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Speaker 1: Just ahead on American Sunrise. One weekend, you guys. One

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Speaker 1: weekend separates America from President Donald Trump returning to office.

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Speaker 1: We will bring you extensive coverage of inaugural prep and

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Speaker 2: You could say, but today is a big one.

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Speaker 1: We have Christy nob on store for you, and Sennac

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Speaker 1: in Florida, Governor Ron De Santis has made his choice

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Speaker 1: to head the Senate Chamber. We're going to tell you

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Speaker 1: about that, these stories so much more as American Sunrise

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Speaker 3: Good morning, America.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to American Sunrise.

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Speaker 4: Qulbert's Culture.

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Speaker 2: We have breaking news to share with you.

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Speaker 4: Politics.

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Speaker 5: President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.

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Speaker 3: You've got your cover.

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Speaker 6: This is what it.

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Speaker 3: Looks like to be a patriot.

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Speaker 7: We have to protect the American family.

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Speaker 2: The American dream is still alive. I'm David Brody, I'm Terrence,

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Speaker 2: and I'm doctor Tina.

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Speaker 1: You guys, it's Freedom Friday here in American Sunrise. Good morning.

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Speaker 1: I'm doctor Tina. We are live with you from the

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Speaker 1: Palm Beaches. Let's bring in David Brody in Washington, DC

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Speaker 1: and Tvates in our Denver News.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, guys, Good morning.

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Speaker 1: Who is ready for one of the coldest inaugurations in

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Speaker 1: decades On Monday at high noon, temperatures will be around

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Speaker 1: eighteen to nineteen degrees, but with the wind shill making

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Speaker 1: things even worse, everyone attending can expect five to ten

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Speaker 1: degree temperatures.

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Speaker 2: But up, Brody, that's all I have to say.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, that's for sure. Go ahead, please, I'm sure

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Speaker 5: there's more.

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Speaker 1: People are asking me which ball are you going to?

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Speaker 1: Presuming that I'm going to the inauguration I went in

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, I say I am going to the fuzzy

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Speaker 1: Slippers ball. You guys can think about that one. Figure

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Speaker 1: it out out. Though it'll be an arctic day in DC.

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Speaker 2: The warm feeling when President Trump Elect.

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump is of course officially sworn in as forty

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Speaker 1: seventh president of the United States, that is gonna warm

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Speaker 1: everyone inside. That will cheer everyone up.

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Speaker 9: Right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no doubt.

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Speaker 5: And let me just say, if you're going to those

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Speaker 5: inaugural balls in the evening, the temperatures with the windshield will.

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Speaker 3: Be minus minus one.

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Speaker 5: And as you know, Gina, when you go to those balls,

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Speaker 5: they're in the inauguration, you got the security perimeter.

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Speaker 3: You've got to do a lot of walking. It's not

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Speaker 5: You gotta I mean it's walking. It's gonna be tread

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Speaker 5: I mean it's gonna be disastrous. Let's just be honest.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember donating between carrying my boots in a

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Speaker 1: just it's some insane situations.

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Speaker 2: Team go ahead.

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Speaker 7: You know, so much is being made of Monday, and

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Speaker 7: obviously that's the huge deal. But I have to admit, guys,

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Speaker 7: I'm looking forward to Sunday. President Trump is going to

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Speaker 7: I have to admit, Yeah, Monday, you know, We're looking

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Speaker 1: Well, you guys, you all love Doge And after footing

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Speaker 2: Well there's more.

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Speaker 1: Trump just announced his team to restore our culture, including

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Speaker 2: We're so excited about this, you guys.

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Speaker 1: I texted some of those guys are my buddies. I've

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Speaker 1: Here you have mel Gibson, who just lost his home

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Speaker 5: Your thoughts, Yeah, Well, What's interesting to me is I'm

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Speaker 5: the whole tax break situation. You know, Hollywood loses a

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Speaker 2: I'm hopeful get this will last.

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Speaker 7: From a cultural perspective, I'm hoping this will last. You know,

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Speaker 7: they still stand strong for President Trump and for those

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Speaker 1: Or will the parallel economy become parallel enough to the

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Speaker 1: And we're watching movies and we're listening to music, and

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Speaker 1: Let's get to today's Bible verses from Philippians for Versus

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Speaker 2: Secret Service is.

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Speaker 1: Preparing for literally everything, even drone threats. Special Agent Matt

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Speaker 1: McCool is in charge of the President's safety on Inauguration Days, saying, quote,

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Speaker 1: this is going to be the most protected national special

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Speaker 1: more than twenty five thousand law enforcement and military, thirty

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Speaker 1: America Brian Glenn Brian welcome. US Capitol Police Chief Tom

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Speaker 1: Mangers said that the biggest threat, Brian, for all of

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Speaker 1: us remains the lone actor. Does that mean there's less

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Speaker 10: I don't think so, doctor Gina, And I'll say this

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Speaker 10: last week when I flew back to DC from West Palm,

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Speaker 10: to the pilot afterwards. The White House, which is basically

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Speaker 10: just behind me. So your intro there is spot on

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Speaker 10: because you can look exactly, you can look at all

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Speaker 10: the preparation on the ground, which, by the way, those

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Speaker 10: the threat, I agree, is coming from the sky. What

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Speaker 3: I think that's a great point.

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Speaker 3: So, Brian, I was talking to Sean.

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Speaker 5: Spicer yesterday and he said to me that one of

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Speaker 5: So in other words, what he's saying is the people

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Speaker 10: Your take, I agree, you know this will not be

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Speaker 3: It's not that hard.

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Speaker 7: But what have you heard from the others and what

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Speaker 10: You know, Terrence, it feels safe. You do see the fencing.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I never thought about it, from such a small

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Speaker 2: For sure.

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Speaker 1: This will be a fascinating, fascinating news cycle. Brian Glenn,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for being with US State War

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Speaker 1: my friends.

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Speaker 10: Thank you. Yes, till warmers, Yes, yeah, yeah, I've got

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Speaker 10: hey check check this out. By the way, I could

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Speaker 2: All right, you guys. Thanks Brian.

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Speaker 1: Coming up inaugural threats, they are reality. Christopher Ray and

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Speaker 2: David, do you trust them?

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Speaker 1: Those who have followed politics for a long time say

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Speaker 2: Staff for inauguration date.

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Speaker 1: Speaker Mike Johnson wants Old Glory to be all the

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Speaker 2: So who else is honoring Trump? Will be right back.

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Speaker 5: All right, everybody, welcome back to American Center. I I'm

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Speaker 5: David Rudy. We have breaking news now. The Gaza peace plan,

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Speaker 5: the hostage deals looks like it's going forward.

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Speaker 3: It is going forward.

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Speaker 5: The Israeli security cabinet just approved that cease fire and

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Speaker 3: The wider cabinet is going to convene for a vote

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Speaker 7: All right, let's get right to Tara Dall to get

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Speaker 7: good to see you, as always, your thoughts on all

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Speaker 12: Good Maria, it's great to be with you. And as

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Speaker 12: This is a surrender of Israel.

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 12: We saw Turkey too say that Hamas never surrendered. We've

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Speaker 1: Tara, So you're telling me that this deal has been

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Speaker 12: That's why you're seeing these groups of three being released.

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Speaker 7: Sarah Tarah, it's only going to be a forty two

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Speaker 7: At this particular point. I want to bring the conversation

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Speaker 12: Well, I think you know, I hear the FBI say

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And unprecedented too is the number of major events.

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Speaker 2: So that is also a concern.

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Speaker 1: I just think we just need to be on our

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Speaker 2: This is so pivotal. Tar it all, Thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for being with us.

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Speaker 12: Thanks, guys.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, We're American Sunrise in moments.

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Speaker 3: Manhattan, New York, New York. They've got the best pizza

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Speaker 3: in the world. I grew up there. There really is

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Speaker 3: no debate. I know we'll have a debate, I'm sure

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Speaker 5: Welcome back, everybody to American Centriize. I'm David Brody tgif.

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Speaker 3: Whereas Biden would say, Happy Tuesday.

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Speaker 5: Three days, folks, three days until AOC lives Chainey, Nancy

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Speaker 5: Pelosi and all the rest will ingest plenty of Toms

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Speaker 5: and Alka Seltzer as they watch Donald J. Trump sworn

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Speaker 3: That's called promises made promises.

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Speaker 5: Kepta, let's continue the conversation and look ahead to inauguration day.

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Speaker 5: A friend of the show joining us now, Senator Marshall

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Speaker 3: Senator, great to have you with us. What are your

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Speaker 5: On the coming inauguration? Here we go Trump two point zero.

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Speaker 13: And we are so looking forward to having President Trump

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Speaker 14: Of two tiers of justice.

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Speaker 13: They are tired of an open border, They are tired

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Speaker 1: All right, let's discuss a Senate confirmation hearings. It was

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Speaker 13: Yes, And what we need to keep in mind when

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Speaker 14: One for the US Senate.

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Speaker 13: We are in the personnel business. We have all watched

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Speaker 13: How do we move forward? As David was saying, the

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Speaker 13: heard on these issues.

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Speaker 7: Senator Blackburn, I want to follow up a little bit

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Speaker 7: on that, so that the people are heard on the issues.

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Speaker 7: There's a clear mandate from the people that President Trump

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Speaker 7: should move forward with his agenda and in doing so,

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Speaker 7: he should be allowed to have his cabinet. Having said that,

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Speaker 7: I've sat through and listened to just about all of

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Speaker 7: the confirmation hearings, and I have to say their adversarial.

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Speaker 7: They've become adversarial largely from Democrats, not just probing but

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Speaker 7: quite literally attacking some of President Trump's choices. It feels adversarial,

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Speaker 7: it feels personal, and it doesn't feel like it's something

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Speaker 7: to help unite this country. I'd love to get your

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Speaker 13: Yes, And as I said, is I was wrapping up

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Speaker 13: as if they have learned nothing that they did not

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Speaker 13: hear the people in November. And you know, Terrence, what

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Speaker 13: to get spending under control in Washington, and to control

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Speaker 13: the border and to address crime in the streets, much

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Speaker 13: of which is related to the gangs and the cartels

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Speaker 13: that are coming across that southern border. They voted to

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Speaker 13: get inflation under control, and the cost of living down,

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Speaker 13: the checkout counter at the grocery store, to get those

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Speaker 13: back under control. And it is as if our Democrat

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Speaker 13: colleagues many times are trying to live in the past.

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Speaker 13: They are trying to relitigate issues that have been resolved

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Speaker 13: from years ago. They're playing gotcha politics. But at the

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Speaker 13: end of the day, the Republicans have majorities in the

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Speaker 13: Senate and we will pass these nominees. Our nominees will

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Speaker 13: go through that confirmation process, and they will end up

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Speaker 13: in President Trump's cabinet.

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Speaker 1: For President Trump's inauguration, Senator Speaker Mike Johnson ordering flags

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Speaker 1: in DC flown at full staff, though Joe Biden has

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Speaker 1: ordered Old Glory to fly at half staff in the

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Speaker 1: wake of former President Jimmy Carter's death. Do you agree

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Speaker 1: with this move by Speaker Johnson and how big of

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Speaker 1: a role, how big of a platform do you think

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Speaker 13: I feel that people are going to put their attention

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Speaker 13: on other issues. It is appropriate that on the day

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Speaker 13: that we have that peaceful transfer of power and you

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Speaker 13: witness a swearing in of new president, it is appropriate

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Speaker 13: that we move those flags to full mast, and that

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Speaker 13: is what Speaker Johnson has ordered.

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Speaker 5: Senator Marshall Blackburn, great to have you and congratulations on

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Speaker 5: being part of that kitchen cabinet. Senator Thune, give me

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Speaker 5: a lot of trust in you a big deal and

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Speaker 5: we'd love to talk about that next time.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank you.

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Speaker 5: All right, coming up, what will President Elect Donald Trump's

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Speaker 3: Real America's Voice.

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Speaker 5: On the Road to the Swamp, detailing what Trump could

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Speaker 2: How can you identify it? Well?

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Speaker 1: The EU requires a warning label on red dye, stating

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Speaker 1: Sometimes they're sort of sort of sketchy on how they

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Speaker 1: Now, when Congress proposed a band to a bill rather

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Speaker 1: because that die, that red dye is found in those

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Speaker 1: Studies conducted by the alcohol industry found that they sold

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Speaker 1: a lot more alcohol when they used those little red cherries,

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Speaker 1: so they blocked a ban on the die while most

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Speaker 1: it despite cancer concerns. Right, So, besides cordial cherries and candy,

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Speaker 1: it can also be found, as I mentioned, in frostings

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Speaker 1: and some chocolate based mixes as well.

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Speaker 2: To deepen that color.

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Speaker 1: Right, you may also want to keep an eye out

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Speaker 2: Like we all had in grade school.

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Speaker 1: Remember that I thought it was so good though those

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Speaker 2: Take a look on that label.

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Speaker 1: Puddings, ice cream, cakes, popsicles, and all sorts of candies.

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Speaker 2: But you guys, it is a new day.

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Speaker 2: David Brody, overt you, Thank you, Genie. Which on that

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 3: We decided, good morning, take it away, Ben, Hey.

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Speaker 15: Good morning. Yet we got everybody here. We actually were

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Speaker 15: in Ohio. We were in Beth, Ohio yesterday morning. Then

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Speaker 15: now we're back on the outskirts, as he said, of

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Speaker 15: East Palestine.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna be doing a special there during war room

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Speaker 3: with all the folks.

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Speaker 15: Again, another community abandoned by Biden, but looking forward to

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Speaker 15: a brighter day come Monday.

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Speaker 2: Wow, it is it is.

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Speaker 1: You all just look cold, and as a mom, all

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking is how in the world did your amazing.

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Speaker 2: Wife pack for this event?

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Speaker 1: Because I'm thinking, you've got jeans, you've got the coveralls,

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Speaker 1: you've got the boots, but you've got the ball gowns,

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Speaker 1: and you've got the suits that you need to wear,

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Speaker 1: and you got I just don't even know how you

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Speaker 1: did it, but I have to ask, how was the

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Speaker 1: arc encounter yesterday?

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Speaker 2: Bench?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 15: Yes, well, first, Billy, how did you pack? I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how I did it, but we packed

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Speaker 2: it carefully.

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Speaker 15: We need an RV. We need an RV. Yeah, the

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Speaker 15: entire car is filled to the brim. Okay, yes, Olivia's

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Speaker 15: raising her hand. Yes, Olivia got.

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Speaker 2: Pajamas.

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Speaker 15: I forgot pajamas.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Okay for the other.

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Speaker 15: Question, girls, what was your favorite part? What was your

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Speaker 15: favorite part of the arc?

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Speaker 8: Just seeing how like amazingly huge it was and that

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Speaker 8: they could do that with the materials and the things

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Speaker 8: they had during their time.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I like the animals and.

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Speaker 3: Carousel.

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Speaker 2: Wait, I need to think thinking.

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Speaker 15: Okay, the animals and how they stored them, the pots

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Speaker 15: and all that stuff they fed them, the art, the

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Speaker 15: art in the how they were Noah and okay, okay,

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Speaker 15: I'm holding on. This is live TV, though, Olivia. It

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Speaker 15: was amazing, guys, Billy.

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Speaker 3: What was your favorite part?

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Speaker 16: Oh?

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Speaker 14: The same, It was just amazing.

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Speaker 1: How big and just the incredible size of the ship.

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Speaker 15: Lily, Lily, what about you. We dressed her up as

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Speaker 15: one of the animals. This we put our ears on.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I love it. I love it. Well, you all

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Speaker 2: look beautiful.

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Speaker 1: You look frozen, but you look beautiful. And I remember

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Speaker 1: making your trip like that to R and C. We

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Speaker 1: did take an RV though, with my whole entire family

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Speaker 1: So cool that you're there in East Palestine giving those

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Speaker 1: people the love they need. And Ben bur Kwalm, we

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Speaker 1: your family, your beautiful family. You guys, safe travels and godspeed.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you on inauguration day.

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Speaker 3: See you guys. Sounds good. All right, thank you, doctor Jan,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to American Son Rise, I'm back to g

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Speaker 1: It is puppy Friday. Kobe, pay attention, Wake up, he's

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Speaker 1: a little comatose. We all want our dogs to stay

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Speaker 1: with us for as long as possible while making sure

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Speaker 1: excited to learn more about helping my five dogs. I

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Speaker 1: Andrew Ciccolini. He is the medical director at the National

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Speaker 1: Mill Dog Rescue to talk about how to keep your

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Speaker 1: dogs happy and healthy. Welcome doctor. Millions of Americans have dogs.

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Speaker 1: We love them. We spend more on our dogs now.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what this says about us as Americans.

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Speaker 1: Then we do our babies, but because many of us

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Speaker 1: have so many dogs, we do lots of dog rescue.

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Speaker 1: They become parts of our family. What's the most important

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Speaker 1: thing that we need to do to help keep them

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Speaker 1: happy and healthy as long as we possibly can As

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Speaker 1: they get older, and I think life's vacancy is increasing.

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Speaker 2: If I'm correct, Right, Yeah.

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Speaker 17: It definitely is, and I think it's a testament to

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Speaker 17: what we've been doing for our pets, putting so much

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Speaker 17: more effort and care into them. And one of the

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Speaker 17: most important things is having the right nutrition, just like

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Speaker 17: it is for us. And a lot of the big

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Speaker 17: brand prep foods are kind of lacking in the quality

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Speaker 17: of nutrients that are aging dog needs, key things like vitamins, minerals, antiaccidents, probiotics.

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Speaker 17: A lot of the pet food manufacturers use like a

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Speaker 17: high heat process that can destroy these important nutrients. That's

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Speaker 17: why I think it's important that we actually supplement those

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Speaker 17: and get those nutrients from another source.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: So, the new trend, as you know, in feeding dogs

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Speaker 1: is feeding raw or feeding meat, you know, feeding.

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Speaker 2: Natural, whole, clean products. I do that with my dogs.

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Speaker 1: I feed them raw, clean products, whole products, but they

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Speaker 1: can still be lacking nutritional ingredients. You know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people I hear feed them all meat, and I say, well,

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Speaker 1: you've got to think about it. If you're not feed

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Speaker 1: and bones, are they getting the calcium, are they getting

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Speaker 1: the probiotics?

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Speaker 2: Are they this nutritional.

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Speaker 1: Formula that you recommend checks all those boxes to support

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Speaker 1: our pets?

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Speaker 17: Correct it does, and you know with pet foods it

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Speaker 17: really is all about balance and having those right nutrition

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Speaker 17: nutrition amounts in there, and so using foods that are

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Speaker 17: made by a veteran nutrition this is really important. And

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Speaker 17: you can also use supplements like the one I'm talking

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Speaker 17: about that has those quality nutrients in there. So one

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Speaker 17: of the ones that I prefer is the Longevity Formula

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Speaker 17: by pet Made, and it contains four quality different nutritional

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Speaker 17: blends that cover all the bases. It has an antioxidant

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Speaker 17: a healthy part and skin, and it helps reduce joint

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Speaker 17: swelling and discomfort we know that's a common problem in

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Speaker 17: our senior pets. Has a longevity blend with organic mushrooms

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Speaker 17: a healthy immune system and liver which helps repair cells

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Speaker 17: and remove toxins, helping them have that pup like energy

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Speaker 17: we want all our dogs to have throughout their whole life.

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Speaker 17: It also has a gut health blend with key probiotics

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Speaker 17: that support good gut bacteria and healthy digestion. And lastly,

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Speaker 17: it has a powerful nutrition and detox blend with superfoods

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Speaker 17: like astaxanthin and organic help and these superfoods provide crucial

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Speaker 17: vitamins and minerals that support a healthy and shiny coat

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Speaker 17: and help clear out harmful toxins and waste. So Longevity

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Speaker 17: Formula has everything your dog needs for a healthy skin,

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Speaker 17: shiny coat, comfortable joints, healthy digestion. And lastly, one of

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Speaker 17: my favorite things about pet Made is just their transparency.

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Speaker 17: You know, unlike other leading competitors, they clearly show the

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Speaker 17: amount of every ingredient in their formula, so it really

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Speaker 17: shows that your pet is actually getting what they need

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Speaker 17: to help them.

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Speaker 2: Love that. So, how can we try it? We want

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Speaker 2: to know?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, great question.

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Speaker 17: Go to petmad dot com s Last Sunrise and you

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Speaker 17: can order the Longevity Formula today. Their purchase is protect

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Speaker 17: by a three hundred and sixty five day money back guarantee.

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Speaker 17: Doesn't matter if you open it, if your pet doesn't

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Speaker 17: like it, they'll give you your money back. And also

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Speaker 17: for a limited time, you're going to get a free

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Speaker 17: bonus gift, which is going to be a bottle of

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Speaker 17: all make a three supplements which we've known for a

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Speaker 17: long time, are really beneficial for absolutely you know, heart

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Speaker 17: health and cognitive function.

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Speaker 2: Well, Cobe says, thank you. He's very exciting.

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Speaker 1: He's placing his order right now to pet Made. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for being with the doctor. Andrew Tiiculone, Thank.

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Speaker 14: You, Thanks for having us by Kobe, Bye bye.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 1: First responders who played a pivotal and a personal part

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Speaker 1: in helping President elect Donald Trump during his first assassination

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Speaker 1: attempt being given a special role at Monday's inauguration.

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Speaker 2: You're going to love this story.

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Speaker 1: But first a quick look at this date in history.

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Speaker 1: It was indeed on this day in nineteen thirty eight,

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Speaker 1: that Joe Kennedy, father of President John F.

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Speaker 2: Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, became the forty fourth

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Speaker 2: United States Ambassador to the Court of Saint James in

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Speaker 2: the UK.

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Speaker 1: In many respects, the ambassadors have represented the pinnacle of

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Speaker 1: the Kennedy's patriarch's personal success until his sons rose up

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Speaker 1: in the world of politics as well. For more, American

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Speaker 1: Sunrise will becoming attute and just a moment.

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Speaker 17: Still with us.

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Speaker 6: Us in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back everybody to American Sunrise. I'm David Brody.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for tuning in time now for our moment of

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Speaker 5: faith is brought to us by Lee Greenwood and the

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Speaker 5: God blessed the USA Bible in focus today honoring our

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Speaker 5: first responder heroes, you know, those responders from Butler County, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 5: the sight of the first assassination attempt on President elect

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Speaker 5: Trump's life, will now be the first group to be

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Speaker 5: featured to walk in the Inauguration Day parade.

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Speaker 3: Pretty cool.

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Speaker 5: Let's welcome in to American centriized doctor Jerry Newcomb, Executive

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Speaker 5: director of Providence Forum, to talk about this prestigious honor.

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Speaker 5: Doctor Newcombe, great to see you. I'll tell you what

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Speaker 5: this is special for those folks Trump honoring those who

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Speaker 5: helped him during one of America's darkest days.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it really is.

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Speaker 18: And you know, when you think about the way those

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Speaker 18: men and women put their lives at risk in order

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Speaker 18: to protect someone, you know, in this particular capacity, Jesus said,

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Speaker 18: greater love has no man than to lay down his

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Speaker 18: life for his friends, And of course Jesus himself did

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Speaker 18: that in the ultimate sense.

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Speaker 3: But in the.

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Speaker 18: Meantime, these first responders were willing to put their lives,

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Speaker 18: you know, in front of the president to save him,

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Speaker 18: and in fact they jumped in him, not even knowing

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Speaker 18: if the bullets were still flying, and in fact, I

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Speaker 18: think some of them were, and that's when it killed,

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Speaker 18: you know, Corey Competa. And so anyway, bottom line is

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Speaker 18: I think it's very nice and noble for the president

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Speaker 18: to honor these men and women and say thank you

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Speaker 18: for your service.

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Speaker 5: And it goes to this idea that we've been talking

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Speaker 5: about for quite some time that there's a reason he

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Speaker 5: turned at the last moment.

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Speaker 3: There it is just turned at the last moment.

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Speaker 5: You know, God is in the affairs of men, and

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Speaker 5: for such a time as this, I'd like to get

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Speaker 5: your take on this, as we are now just three

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Speaker 5: days away from inaugurate a president.

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Speaker 3: Who may not have been with us had he not

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Speaker 3: turned his head.

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Speaker 4: That's exactly right. And let's face it.

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Speaker 18: The first president under the US Constitution was George Washington,

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Speaker 18: and in his life there were incidents where God spared

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Speaker 18: his life, but one in particular was amazing. Long before

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Speaker 18: there was the United States of America and even the presidency,

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Speaker 18: George Washington, as a young man was in a battle

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Speaker 18: where all the officers around him were killed and he

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Speaker 18: was later told by the enemies that we actually aimed

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Speaker 18: our guns at you, but for you, our rifles knew

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Speaker 18: not how to miss, and God spared him. And in fact,

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Speaker 18: this is an Indian chief that said this. He said,

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Speaker 18: the Great Spirit protects that man and guides his destinies.

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Speaker 18: He's talking about George Washington. He will become the chief

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Speaker 18: of nations, and the people yet unborn will hail him

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Speaker 18: as the founder of a mighty empire. I'm talking about

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Speaker 18: a battle that occurred July ninth, seventeen fifty five in

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Speaker 18: the Greater Pittsburgh area. George Washington's life was spared, and

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Speaker 18: we thank God that Trump's life was spared on July thirteenth, seventeen,

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Speaker 18: not seventeen and twenty four, when, as you say, he

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Speaker 18: just turned and that bullet, you know, graizes his ear.

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Speaker 18: But if he had not turned, just a quarter of

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Speaker 18: an inch or so, he could have died right then

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Speaker 18: and there on DV the new left.

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Speaker 5: No doubt about that, Doctor Newcomb. Thirty seconds or so.

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Speaker 5: Your prayer for America, your prayer for Donald Trump as

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Speaker 5: he is about to become inaugurated.

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Speaker 18: Well, I pray that what he said that the golden

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Speaker 18: years of America could be yet ahead of us. But

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Speaker 18: I pray also that we will look to God, because

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Speaker 18: God is the one who has blessed America. I mean,

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Speaker 18: the essence of the American experiment is self rule under God.

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Speaker 4: You take away either of.

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Speaker 18: Those and you end up with something that's really not

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Speaker 18: quite the American experiment and the American experience. So we

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Speaker 18: pray for a time of flourishing under God, with God

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Speaker 18: getting the credit as well.

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Speaker 5: Doctor Jerry Newcomb really appreciated words of godly wisdom this morning.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 5: All Right, we're back with the second hour of American

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Speaker 5: Centrizing two many Instagram.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, America.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to American Sunrise.

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Speaker 4: Well it's culture.

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Speaker 2: We have breaking news to share with you.

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Speaker 4: Politics.

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Speaker 5: President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.

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Speaker 4: We've got your couple.

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Speaker 11: This is what it.

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Speaker 3: Looks like to be a patriot.

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Speaker 7: We have to protect the American family.

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Speaker 2: The American dream is still alive.

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Speaker 1: I'm David Brody, I'm Terrence, and I'm Doctorentina.

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Speaker 6: Breaking news from Real America's Voice.

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Speaker 5: All right, welcome back, everybody in the second our of

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Speaker 5: American Sunrise.

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Speaker 3: I'm David Brody, coming to you from DC. We've got

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Speaker 3: some breaking news.

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Speaker 5: Standing by for the confirmation hearing for President elect Trump's

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Speaker 5: DHS secretary. There she is on the screen, Christy Nome.

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Speaker 5: It's been a staunch ally of President Trump. It's been

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Speaker 5: a big champion of securing the border. Trump has vowed

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Speaker 5: mass deportations on day one. Nome, obviously it's going to

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Speaker 5: be instrumental in getting that done, along with Tom Holman

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Speaker 5: and many others. We're going to take you to the

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Speaker 5: hearing once it gets under way. That is happening momentarily.

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Speaker 5: Let's bring in Terrence and Gina and myself. Why not

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Speaker 5: let's bring in myself as well, Gina. This is a

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Speaker 5: big task for Nome because.

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Speaker 3: It's not just the border.

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Speaker 5: Yes, the border is gonna get all the headlines, but

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Speaker 5: this is anti terrorism, this is cybersecurity.

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Speaker 3: This encompasses quite a bit here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I.

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Speaker 2: Feel for her this morning. You know, she's a friend.

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking of the pressure that she must bewithstanding.

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Speaker 2: I'm thinking of all.

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Speaker 1: Of the things that she is going to have to

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Speaker 1: do when she actually gets the confirmation. But you know what,

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Speaker 1: I mean, she has risen up as the governor of

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Speaker 1: what is a rather small state rather ob security, not

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Speaker 1: a lot of us knew a lot about her state

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Speaker 1: before she became governor, and she did masterfully with that.

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Speaker 1: So I have confidence in her, and I have confidence

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Speaker 1: in our president to help her, and of course Tom

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Speaker 1: Holman being there, I think is of course an exceptional

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Speaker 1: opportunity for this to be something that is historic.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, there's so many people in place and who are

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Speaker 7: slated to in place that will hopefully help her be

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Speaker 7: successful being the Secretary of Department Homeland of Security, Homeland Security.

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Speaker 3: Excuse me, you know, it's a fairly.

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Speaker 7: Unique job, and I'm not so sure there's any positioning

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Speaker 7: can compare that can prepare anyone from the full slate

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Speaker 7: of responsibilities that the position with holes. Obviously, she's been

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Speaker 7: an executive, a chief executive as the governor of North Dakota.

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Speaker 7: But even within that position, there are going to be

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Speaker 7: some challenges and some unique things as Secretary of Department

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Speaker 7: of Homeland Security that she probably will not have experienced

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Speaker 7: as governor. But she, I'm sure rise to the occasion.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, So once again we're monitoring that hear and when

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Speaker 5: it starts, I'll stop bloviating and we'll get back to it.

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Speaker 5: But I want to head over to some other news

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Speaker 5: regarding the makeup guys of the Senate.

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Speaker 3: A Senate Republicans soon to get two new members.

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Speaker 5: So Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has now appointed state Attorney

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Speaker 5: General Ashley Moody to take the seat vacated by Marco Rubio, who,

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Speaker 5: of course President ELECTROMP nominated for Secretary of State.

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Speaker 3: And then there's this.

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Speaker 5: We're also seeing reports that Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has

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Speaker 5: met with one of the DOGE leaders that would be

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Speaker 5: Vivek Ramaswami for the Senate seat vacated by JD Vance

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Speaker 5: Politicals reporting that Trump and Elon must think that DOJE

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Speaker 5: is going to need an advocate in the Senate and.

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Speaker 3: That person could be ramas Swami.

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Speaker 5: Let's talk more about that and bring in Donna Fidusha

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Speaker 5: with us from the Cowboy Logic headquarters in the world

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Speaker 5: American head I don't know what I'm saying, Dona, Holla,

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Speaker 5: good to see you. You know, when it's not on prompter, Donna,

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Speaker 5: then forget about it.

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Speaker 3: I'll bets are off. So what do you yeah do?

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Speaker 3: We have show.

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Speaker 13: You'll appear there.

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Speaker 3: I am television from the three Atlanta.

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Speaker 19: By the way, either it's not as cold as DC,

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Speaker 19: but it's cold down here. It's not not It was

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Speaker 19: in the upper twenties overnight last couple of nights.

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Speaker 4: It's cold.

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Speaker 3: So so tell this.

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Speaker 19: Yes, well, the ve You know, I think the VEC

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Speaker 19: kind of lost some credibility with the whole H one

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Speaker 19: B stuff. So maybe this is a way to kind

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Speaker 19: of change things around a little bit and raise the

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Speaker 19: street a lot more.

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Speaker 3: I hate to do this, but I gotta go.

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Speaker 5: We gotta go, Beau.

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Speaker 3: So you, guys, what could have should here?

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Speaker 2: Here?

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Speaker 5: He is You've been preempted for Rand Paul, So sorry,

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Speaker 5: let's go to the hearing.

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Speaker 20: Here we go understand the extent of this bureaucratic labyrinth.

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Speaker 20: We asked DHS for our comprehensive list of collaborative entities

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Speaker 20: it participates in, task forces, advisory boards, coalitions, commissions, and

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Speaker 20: the like. The response was astonishingly opaque. They stated, there

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Speaker 20: is not a single comprehensive list to address all the

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Speaker 20: collaborative relationships that the department and its components engage in.

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Speaker 4: In other words, we do.

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Speaker 20: So much stuff and we're so big, we don't we

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Speaker 20: can't describe it for you. But if we can't describe

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Speaker 20: what we have, we got a problem. In plane language,

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Speaker 20: the DHS had really no idea.

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Speaker 4: Think about it.

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Speaker 20: An agency commanding over one hundred and ten billion dollars

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Speaker 20: annually can't account for its own activities.

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Speaker 4: This is not just bureaucratic incompetence.

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Speaker 20: It's emblematic of a deeper issue, an agency unsure of

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Speaker 20: its own boundaries and commitments.

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Speaker 4: How can an agency fulfill its.

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Speaker 20: Mission or earn the American people's trust if it doesn't

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Speaker 20: even know the extent of its own operations.

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Speaker 4: But the problems don't stop there.

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Speaker 20: Instead of focusing on critical threats like securing the Southwest border,

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Speaker 20: DHS has shifted its gaze inward targeting law abiding Americans.

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Speaker 20: DHS under the Biden administration has often used its vast

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Speaker 20: powers to target a Mayamericans exercising their constitutional rights. It's

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Speaker 20: become an agency more focused on policing speech, monitoring social media,

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Speaker 20: and labeling political dissent as domestic terrorism than addressing genuine

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Speaker 20: security threats. While cartels, traffic, people, and fentanyl across and

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Speaker 20: unguarded borders, has spent its time and resources creating partisan

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Speaker 20: disinformation boards, spying on Americans through invasive surveillance technologies.

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Speaker 4: The mission drift is dangerous.

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Speaker 20: Every dollar spent monitoring law abiding citizens is a dollar

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Speaker 20: not spent securing the homeland. Every moment spent targeting political

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Speaker 20: opponents is a moment not addressing real threats like border security,

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Speaker 20: cyber attacks, or the rising influence of adversarial nation states.

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Speaker 20: The priorities of DHS have been deeply distorted, and the

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Speaker 20: American people are paying the price. And what about DHS's

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Speaker 20: response to COVID nineteen, arguably one of the greatest threats

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Speaker 20: to homeland security.

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Speaker 4: The answer is clear nothing.

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Speaker 20: They knew nothing of the origins, they didn't study the issue,

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Speaker 20: and they had no information about gain and function research.

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Speaker 20: We've seen firsthand how unchecked government overreach leads to waste, fraud,

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Speaker 20: and abuse. We cannot let DHS become yet another agency

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Speaker 20: that operates behind a veil of secrecy. The American people

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Speaker 20: deserve transparency, accountability, and leadership that puts national security and

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Speaker 20: liberty hand in hand, not at odds with each other.

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Speaker 20: Today we gather to consider the nomination of Governor Christy

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Speaker 20: Nome to serve as a Secretary of Department of Homeland Security.

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Speaker 20: I hope this hearing will set the tone for this

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Speaker 20: Committee's work in the new Congress to restore transparency and

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Speaker 20: accountability to.

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Speaker 4: An executive branch that has grown unchecked.

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Speaker 20: Governor Nome, if confirmed, you will lead an agency that

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Speaker 20: has lost its way. Your record as governor of South

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Speaker 20: Dakota and a former member of Congress demonstrates your willingness

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Speaker 20: to make difficult decisions in the face of significant political

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Speaker 20: pressure and to put in put the interest of American

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Speaker 20: people first. You have the opportunity today to address how

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Speaker 20: your background and vision will translate to leading one of

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Speaker 20: the most critical and scrutinized departments in the federal government.

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Speaker 20: This is the first of many consequential moments for this

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Speaker 20: Committee as we renew our commitment to the constitutional oversight

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Speaker 20: role that Congress must assert.

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Speaker 4: I have no doubt that the nominee will.

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Speaker 20: Consider in the coming weeks and months that you will

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Speaker 20: be up for the challenge. Governor nom thank you for

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Speaker 20: your willingness to serve, and I yield to the ranking

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Speaker 20: member for his opening remarks.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, Chairman Paul.

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Speaker 16: Governor nom, it's great to see you here today, and

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Speaker 16: I want to first thank you for making yourself available

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Speaker 16: not only to the entire committee, but the discussions that

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Speaker 16: we had in my office, going perhaps a little more

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Speaker 16: in depth and the issues and as possible, and hearing

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Speaker 16: like this and having that open and frank conversation to

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Speaker 16: something that I appreciate.

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Speaker 4: Also appreciate your.

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Speaker 16: Willingness to spend time with Committee staff as so we

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Speaker 16: conduct our due diligence and review of your qualifications and

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Speaker 16: a background to serve as Secretary of the Department of

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Speaker 16: Homeland Security. As our third largest federal agency, with more

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Speaker 16: than two hundred and forty thousand employees and an operating

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Speaker 16: budget of more than one hundred billion dollars, the Department

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Speaker 16: of Homeland Security requires strong, stable, and principled leadership. Our

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Speaker 16: nation faces serious threats and security challenges, from securing our

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Speaker 16: borders and combating terrorism, to preventing cyber attacks and responding

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Speaker 16: to our nation's increasing number of natural disasters, and DHS

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Speaker 16: is the first line of defense in all of those areas.

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Speaker 16: I appreciated the conversations we had at today's hearing, where

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Speaker 16: we discuss the importance of ensuring that our nation's borders

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Speaker 16: are safe and secure, and while we must address the

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Speaker 16: significant challenges we face on the southern border, we also

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Speaker 16: need to ensure that there are sufficient resources to secure

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Speaker 16: our northern border, something I know you're very familiar with

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Speaker 16: as the governor of your state, including building out our

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Speaker 16: Northern Border Mission Center. This is especially important in my

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Speaker 16: home state of Michigan, which has two of the nation's

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Speaker 16: busiest border crossings, and we're going to be adding another

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Speaker 16: span shortly, the Gordy how International Bridge, which we'll open

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Speaker 16: later this year, to facilitate the lawful trade and traveled

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Speaker 16: to those ports of entry that are absolutely critical to

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Speaker 16: our economy. I've worked on legislation to hire additional US

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Speaker 16: Customs and Border Protection officers to meet increase staffing demands.

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Speaker 16: We must secure our borders, but we also know it

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Speaker 16: is well time passed the streamline our immigration and our

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Speaker 16: asylum process as well. In addition to border security, DHS

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Speaker 16: is responsible for addressing many threats that face our nation.

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Speaker 16: Just a few weeks ago, unfortunately, Americans were shocked to

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Speaker 16: see two horrific incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas,

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Speaker 16: a deadly reminder that terrorism and radicalization remain very real

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Speaker 16: and ongoing threats to our homeland. In my role on

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Speaker 16: this committee, I've made commanding foreign and domestic terrorism, as

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Speaker 16: well as extremism a top priority. In this complex environment,

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Speaker 16: it is essential the DHS continue to focus on all

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Speaker 16: terrorism threats, track and report data to Congress and to

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Speaker 16: the American people, and coordinate between all components to ensure

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Speaker 16: the Department is effectively addressing all types of terrorist threats.

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Speaker 16: We've also seen the persistent cyber attacks are still a

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Speaker 16: very serious threat, in fact an increasing threat. A recent

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Speaker 16: attack from Chinese based hackers infiltrated the Treasury Department, on

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Speaker 16: top of ongoing Salt Typhoon hack that comprised numerous US

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Speaker 16: telecommunications companies. There's no question the DHS must continue to

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Speaker 16: lead the way in protecting our networks from foreign adversaries,

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Speaker 16: cyber criminals, and so called activists to prevent cyber attacks

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Speaker 16: from becoming increasingly devastating to our security as well as

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Speaker 16: to our economy. And finally, the Department of Federal Emergency

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Speaker 16: Management Agency must continue to work hard to address the

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Speaker 16: increasing number of natural disasters affecting our communities as a

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Speaker 16: result of climate change, from violent storms like hurricanes that

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Speaker 16: brought destruction to states across the South, to the devastating

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Speaker 16: wildfires in California, and countless other severe storms and flooding

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Speaker 16: events all across our country. We need leadership at the

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Speaker 16: Department that will ensure our nation effectively responds to communities

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Speaker 16: when disaster strikes them. The safety and security of our

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Speaker 16: nation and the American people depend on the Department's ability

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Speaker 16: to effectively address these wide ranging threats. So, Governor Home,

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Speaker 16: thank you again for your willingness to serve in this

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Speaker 16: incredibly important position, and thank you for being here today.

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Speaker 16: I look forward to having a comprehensive discussion about how

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Speaker 16: you intend to lead this critical department through a series

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Speaker 16: of national security challenges.

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Speaker 4: If indeed you are confirmed.

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Speaker 20: This morning, Governor nom will be introduced by Majority Leader

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Speaker 20: John Thune and Senator Kevin Kramer. Senator Thoon, you're recognized well.

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Speaker 21: Thank you, mister Chairman and Ranking Member Peters and members

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Speaker 21: of the Committee. I'm very pleased to be able to

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Speaker 21: be here today to introduce South Dakota's outstanding governor, who

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Speaker 21: has been nominated by President Trump to serve as a

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Speaker 21: Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. I've known Christy

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Speaker 21: Noham for a long time. She has a very compelling

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Speaker 21: personal and family story which inspired her entrance into the

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Speaker 21: public arena. And I'm sure you'll hear a little bit

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Speaker 21: more about that from her. But I've observed as she

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Speaker 21: has gone through the state legislature as a leader there

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Speaker 21: state House of Representatives, the US House of Representatives where

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Speaker 21: she was our only member from South Dakota representing our

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Speaker 21: state's interests there for eight years, and now currently as

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Speaker 21: South Dakota's governor.

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Speaker 4: And I think she brings.

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Speaker 21: To this job number of things are going to be

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Speaker 21: really essential, and one is obviously a skill set when

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Speaker 21: it comes to managing hard problems. She led our state

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Speaker 21: through the pandemic, managed what were extraordinary circumstances all across

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Speaker 21: this country in a way that made South Dakota frankly

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Speaker 21: a magnet for people from other states who are trying

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Speaker 21: to flee or get away from some of the heavy

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Speaker 21: handed requirements that were imposed in other states around the country.

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Speaker 21: Our state open, state free, and that was largely due

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Speaker 21: to her leadership. And I would say too, as we

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Speaker 21: tackle what is an enormously complicated and hard issue, which

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Speaker 21: is our southern border, it's going to require a skill

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Speaker 21: set which I believe she possesses. It's going to require

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Speaker 21: a tremendous amount of persistence and determination, which I think

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Speaker 21: she has, an enormous amount of energy, which she has

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Speaker 21: in abundance, and frankly, what I would say is just

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Speaker 21: absolute toughness. It's going to take some tough and hard

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Speaker 21: leadership to get things back in order. And I want

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Speaker 21: to refer to something she said in her State of

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Speaker 21: the State address earlier this week to South the Cotins,

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Speaker 21: and that is that over the past four years, we've

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Speaker 21: seen a complete disregard for the security of our borders

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Speaker 21: and the safety of the American people, to say nothing

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Speaker 21: for the rule of law. Kass At our southern border,

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Speaker 21: and the Biden administrations left our country vulnerable to a

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Speaker 21: whole host of security concerns, from terrorist entries to cross

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Speaker 21: border criminal activity like drug trafficking. I think it's well documented,

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Speaker 21: and I think it's high time that it gets fixed,

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Speaker 21: and we have somebody nominated by the President that I

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Speaker 21: believe has the capabilities, the qualities, the experience, and again, frankly,

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Speaker 21: the determination and toughness to solve what is a very

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Speaker 21: very tough issue and one which is desperately in need

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Speaker 21: of solutions. So I'm pleased to be able to be

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Speaker 21: here today to introduce our great governor and to thank

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Speaker 21: you for your consideration. I look forward to this Committee

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Speaker 21: acting on her nomination, and I look forward to voting

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Speaker 21: for her on the floor of the United States Senate

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Speaker 21: to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, miss Chairman, Senator Krimer.

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Speaker 22: Thank you Chairman Paul, Ranking Member Peter's colleagues. Once again,

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Speaker 22: I find myself in full agreement with the Majority leader.

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Speaker 22: It's a good place to be in our business. So

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Speaker 22: this is a very special opportunity for me, and my

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01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:29,640
Speaker 22: first thing I want to do is think nearly all

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Speaker 22: of you. I got into almost every one of your

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Speaker 22: offices with Christy as her very amateurish sitting Senator Schirpa,

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Speaker 22: and the blessing for me was not only to be

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Speaker 22: with my good friend and former colleague, but to learn

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Speaker 22: a lot about this committee that I'm not on, and

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Speaker 22: to get an inside view and gary especially learning how

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Speaker 22: we can work together at the northern border and how similar,

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Speaker 22: although very different, Michigan and North Dakota are. So thank

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Speaker 22: you for your hospitality, you were all very kind to

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Speaker 22: Christy into me.

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Speaker 4: But Christy is a former colleague.

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Speaker 22: You know, when you're the only member of a body

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Speaker 22: of four hundred and thirty five from an entire state,

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Speaker 22: it's really important to have friends. So together, Christy and

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Speaker 22: I were two two out of four hundred and thirty five,

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Speaker 22: and if we could get Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska, there'd

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Speaker 22: be five of us that could take on the fight.

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Speaker 22: But I know this, I remember our very first year,

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Speaker 22: my first year. It was not hers, my first year

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Speaker 22: in the House. The unthinkable happened and the House of

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Speaker 22: Representatives failed to pass a farm bill. And all I

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Speaker 22: can tell you was the least secure homeland person in

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Speaker 22: America was the Speaker of the House and the majority leader.

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Speaker 22: The next day when Christy and I doubled up and

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Speaker 22: eventually we got a farm bill done. I say that

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Speaker 22: because we are living at a time and Senator Peters

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Speaker 22: you use the words strong, stable, and principled. I can't

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Speaker 22: think of three better words to describe Christy home than

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Speaker 22: those three words. Would add this, I'm not surprised that

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Speaker 22: President Trump turned to Governor Nome. Securing the homeland is

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Speaker 22: the number one priority, our number one priority, our number

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Speaker 22: one constitutional priority as a congress and it is for

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Speaker 22: sure the number one priority of the voters in the

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Speaker 22: last election, and it is the number one priority for

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Speaker 22: President Donald Trump. So naturally he would say, hmm, who

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Speaker 22: is the toughest, smartest, most capable protector that I know?

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Speaker 22: I think I'd like to find a ranch woman, mom,

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Speaker 22: grandmother who knows how to protect her own And when

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Speaker 22: you grow up on a ranch in the prairies or

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01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:53,520
Speaker 22: the West, nobody else is going to look out for

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Speaker 22: your critters, no one else is protecting your family.

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Speaker 3: You do it.

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Speaker 22: And she brings this skill set, as Senator Thune said,

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Speaker 22: as a leader, as a legislator, as a member of Congress,

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Speaker 22: as a governor, very important. By the way, when I'd

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Speaker 22: get into the room with other governors, Senator Hassen, I

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Speaker 22: might as well have just left because I was now

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01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,040
Speaker 22: part of the club that where I don't belong. But anyway,

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Speaker 22: it was very, very rich because there's a there's an

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Speaker 22: alliance there that's really really important. And so for me

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Speaker 22: it's just a really special opportunity to be able to

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Speaker 22: be here with her and to have had this time

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Speaker 22: in your offices introducing her to you. But I want

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Speaker 22: to wrap up because last with this, because last night

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Speaker 22: I received a very touching letter, unsolicited by either Christy

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Speaker 22: or me from the tribal chairwoman from the Standing Rock

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01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:50,320
Speaker 22: Sioux tribe, which straddles North Dakota and South Dakota. They

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Speaker 22: don't really care who wins the Southacost State North got

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Speaker 22: State football game, but they do care about their reservation,

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Speaker 22: and Chairwoman el Kaire sent me the letter. Standing Rock

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01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:05,200
Speaker 22: is the home of Sitting Bull. In case you were

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Speaker 22: wondering about the credentials of their ability to protect the homeland,

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Speaker 22: I'll just read a few words. On multiple occasions, Governor

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Speaker 22: Noam has invited the Standing Rock Sue tribe to her

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Speaker 22: table at the South Dakota State Capitol to enter into

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Speaker 22: meaningful discussions. That's what I witnessed when she came to

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Speaker 22: your offices. And Janet writes, it is of great excitement

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Speaker 22: and enthusiasm that our North Dakota Governor Doug Bergham will

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Speaker 22: be at the Helm of the Department of Interior, and

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Speaker 22: my hopes remain high that you will feel the same

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Speaker 22: about Governor Christy Nome at the Helm of the Department

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Speaker 22: of Homeland Security. These two governors understand the needs in

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Speaker 22: the Indian country and what words like tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction

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Speaker 22: and consultation mean to the indigenous people. Speaks volumes to

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Speaker 22: her leadership and to her character. It's my honor to

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Speaker 22: support her and turn it over to her.

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Speaker 20: Thank you for those great introductions. The Committee has also

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Speaker 20: received several statements in support of Governor nomes nomination, including

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Speaker 20: a letter from twenty two fellow governors, the International Association

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Speaker 20: of Firefighters, and six other organizations. Without objection, these letters

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Speaker 20: of support will be made part of the hearing record.

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Speaker 20: And I know our senator is going to have to go,

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Speaker 20: but thank you for coming and doing those introductions. It's

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Speaker 20: the practice of this committee to swear in witnesses. Governor Nome,

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Speaker 20: please stand and raise your right hand. Do you swear

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Speaker 20: that the testimony you will give before this committee will

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Speaker 20: be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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Speaker 4: So help you God.

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Speaker 20: Governor Ome, you are now recognized for your opening statement.

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Speaker 23: Well, thank you, and good morning Chairman Paul, ranking Member Peters,

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01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:02,600
Speaker 23: and the inguished members of this committee. I'm honored to

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Speaker 23: appear before all of you today as the nominee for

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Speaker 23: the Secretary of Homeland Security. I want to thank President

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Speaker 23: Elect Donald J. Trump for his confidence in my leadership

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Speaker 23: and the people of South Dakota for their fantastic support

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Speaker 23: throughout my time in public service. I would also like

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Speaker 23: to express my sincere gratitude to Senator Kramer. He has

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Speaker 23: been an invaluable resource to me throughout this process and

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01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:30,760
Speaker 23: given me much wisdom as well as insight into the

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Speaker 23: thoughts and the procedures of the Senate in this body.

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Speaker 23: And I'd also like to express my gratitude to Senator Thun,

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Speaker 23: the majority leader of this esteem body. He's been an

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Speaker 23: advisor to me for many years as well as a friend.

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Speaker 23: And I'm so grateful for the generous support of these

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Speaker 23: two men and their willingness to be here this morning

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Speaker 23: to speak on my behalf and to introduce me to

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Speaker 23: this committee.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 23: I'm a wife and a mother and a grandmother, a farmer, rancher,

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Speaker 23: business person. I've served in our stategisl in Congress for

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Speaker 23: eight years, and also a governor. I've spent my entire

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01:09:05,479 --> 01:09:08,280
Speaker 23: life in rural America. I understand what it means to

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01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:10,920
Speaker 23: work hard every single day and to build a better

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01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:13,360
Speaker 23: future for your kids, and for all of our communities.

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Speaker 23: I come before you today with a deep sense of

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Speaker 23: responsibility and a humility as the nominee to lead the

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Speaker 23: Department of Homeland Security, and also a commitment to the

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Speaker 23: more than three hundred and thirty Americans who we will

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Speaker 23: work together to help serve and to keep safe and

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Speaker 23: secure in their homes and in their communities. Now, before

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Speaker 23: I proceed, I want to introduce to you my husband, Brian,

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Speaker 23: who's here with me today. He is my constant twenty

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Speaker 23: four to seven reminder of our dedication to public service

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Speaker 23: and that it's not a solo effort or done alone.

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Speaker 23: He has been a rock by my side and I

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01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:53,559
Speaker 23: appreciate all of his love over so many years. I'm

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Speaker 23: grateful that he's here with me today now. Securing our

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01:09:56,920 --> 01:10:00,000
Speaker 23: homeland is a serious, sacred trust that must be really

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Speaker 23: wentlessly pursued and can never be taken for granted. Being

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01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:08,320
Speaker 23: safe within our borders here in America is critical, and

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01:10:08,439 --> 01:10:11,360
Speaker 23: yet Americans feel less safe than they have felt in decades.

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Speaker 23: For the first time in thirty years, more than forty

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Speaker 23: percent of Americans are afraid to walk alone at night

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Speaker 23: within a mile of their homes. President Elect Trump is

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Speaker 23: going to change that. I've seen firsthand the challenges and

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Speaker 23: the opportunities facing our great nation. In the twenty years

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Speaker 23: since the Department of Homeland Security was formed, the nature

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Speaker 23: of the threats to our homeland has grown and they've evolved.

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Speaker 23: This department was created in response to the failures of

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Speaker 23: the governor government that led to the September eleventh, two

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Speaker 23: thousand and eleven, two thousand and one terrorist attacks, and

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Speaker 23: that reality is not lost on me, especially in the

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Speaker 23: wake of the recent terrorist attacks over new years now,

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Speaker 23: I've led South Dakota for the last six years with

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Speaker 23: a focus every day on making our state safer, stronger,

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Speaker 23: and freer. I've focused every day on making the best

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Speaker 23: decisions not just for right now, but for generations to come.

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Speaker 23: I've overseen a state budget of over seven billion dollars

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Speaker 23: and a state employee workforce of more than thirteen thousand,

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Speaker 23: including more than seven thousand that report directly to the governor.

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Speaker 23: I've addressed important issues like cybersecurity, human trafficking, drug interdiction,

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Speaker 23: and also natural disasters, the same challenges that are facing

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Speaker 23: so many of you and the people that you represent

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Speaker 23: back home. I've secured our state and supported the rule

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Speaker 23: of law, and if confirmed as the eighth Secretary, that

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Speaker 23: is the same approach that I will take to leading

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Speaker 23: the Department of Homeland Security. As we face the evolving

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Speaker 23: threats of the twenty first century, the mission and the

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Speaker 23: success of DHS is.

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Speaker 14: More critical than ever.

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Speaker 23: We must be vigilant and proactive and innovative to protect

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Speaker 23: the homeland. The challenges in front of us are extremely significant,

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Speaker 23: and we must secure our borders against illegal trafficking and immigration.

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Speaker 23: We must say safeguard our critical infrastructure, to make sure

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Speaker 23: that we're protected against cyber attacks, respond to natural disasters,

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Speaker 23: and also terrorism.

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Speaker 14: I firmly believe that.

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Speaker 23: We can meet those challenges head on with resolve innovation.

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Speaker 23: We can use collaboration with federal and with state partners

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Speaker 23: and senators. I want your input. Border security must remain

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Speaker 23: a top.

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Speaker 14: Priority as a nation.

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Speaker 23: We have the right and the responsibility to secure our

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Speaker 23: borders against those who would do us harm, and we

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Speaker 23: must create a fair and a lawful immigration system that

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Speaker 23: is efficient and is effective, and that reflects our values.

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Speaker 23: President of Trump was elected with a clear mandate. He

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Speaker 23: needs to achieve this mission because two thirds of Americans

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Speaker 23: support his immigration and border policies, including the majority of

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Speaker 23: Hispanic Americans. I was the first governor to send National

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Speaker 23: Guard troops to our southern border when Texas asked for

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Speaker 23: help and when they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented

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Speaker 23: border crisis. If confirmed as Secretary, I'll ensure that our exceptional,

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Speaker 23: extraordinary Border Patrol agents have all the tools and resources

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Speaker 23: and support that they need to carry out their mission effectively.

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Speaker 23: The same is true of my commitment to the outstanding

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Speaker 23: men and women of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Speaker 23: They are responsible for apprehending, detaining, and deporting illegal immigrants

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Speaker 23: and getting criminal aliens off of our streets and out

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01:13:27,479 --> 01:13:31,040
Speaker 23: of the country will help American communities be safer again.

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Speaker 23: The bravery and the dedication of the border patrol and

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Speaker 23: ice are unmatched, and I will restore dignity to their work.

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Speaker 23: The rising threat of cyber attacks also demands our utmost attention,

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Speaker 23: and our critical infrastructure, from energy grids to financial institutions,

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01:13:48,479 --> 01:13:52,320
Speaker 23: is under constant attack by foreign adversaries and criminal actors.

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Speaker 23: As Secretary, I will prioritize a comprehensive whole of government

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Speaker 23: approach to cybersecurity. In fact, in the coming days, we

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Speaker 23: have to plan bigger and think faster and smarter. I

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Speaker 23: fully acknowledge that people in Washington, d C. Do not

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01:14:09,479 --> 01:14:12,160
Speaker 23: have all of the answers, and therefore I will leverage

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Speaker 23: private public partnerships. I'll advance cutting edge, state of the

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Speaker 23: art technologies to protect our nation's digital landscape, and I

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Speaker 23: will have a proven track record of doing this in

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Speaker 23: South Dakota. To back me up, I've helped make Dakota

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Speaker 23: State University a global leader in cybersecurity education because we

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Speaker 23: recognize the need to address this merging threat, and I

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Speaker 23: will take a proactive approach if given the opportunity to

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Speaker 23: serve as secretary now.

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Speaker 14: President ELEC.

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Speaker 23: Trump has been a tremendous friend to law enforcement over

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Speaker 23: the years, and I will do the same in my

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Speaker 23: role as Secretary. As governor, I've worked closely with law

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Speaker 23: enforcement to make South Dakota safer. I've overseen hundreds of

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Speaker 23: state troopers in the South Dakota Highway Patrol, and on

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Speaker 23: several occasions, I've convened groups of law enforcement from across

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Speaker 23: our state to address PAULA that will make our people safer.

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Speaker 23: In fact, while some in this country we're attacking law

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Speaker 23: enforcement and defunding them. We took the opposite approach in

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Speaker 23: South Dakota. We recruited law enforcement officers to move to

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Speaker 23: South Dakota, a state that respects their service and their sacrifice,

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01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:20,200
Speaker 23: and we revamped our law enforcement training to provide the

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Speaker 23: first ever state led tribal focused law enforcement training academy.

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Speaker 14: I'm very proud of.

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Speaker 23: The work that we've done in cooperation with our tribes

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Speaker 23: to help make their communities more safe. And we must

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Speaker 23: remain vigilant against terrorism and against others.

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01:15:35,479 --> 01:15:37,880
Speaker 14: Who wish to do us harm to our country and

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Speaker 14: to our great people.

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Speaker 23: I'll ensure that our intelligence and our law enforcement agencies

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Speaker 23: are working together hand in hand, that they're fully equipped

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01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:50,440
Speaker 23: to detect, prevent, and respond to threats from radical ideologies

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01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:57,519
Speaker 23: and foreign adversaries. This requires resources, coordination, and collaboration across

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01:15:57,600 --> 01:16:00,320
Speaker 23: all levels of government, and once again I will seek

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01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 23: your wisdom and I will seek your input into the

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01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,160
Speaker 23: months ahead. For the sake of the people that we

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Speaker 23: both represent, we have to get this right now. I

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01:16:09,320 --> 01:16:13,000
Speaker 23: recognize that homeland security isn't just about prevention, but it's

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Speaker 23: also about resilience when disasters strike, as we know they will.

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Speaker 14: The Department of Homeland.

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Speaker 23: Security must be ready to respond swiftly, efficiently, and effectively

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01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:25,520
Speaker 23: to protect the lives and the property of Americans.

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Speaker 14: As Governor, I've worked with.

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Speaker 23: FEMA in response to a dozen natural disasters in South Dakota.

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Speaker 23: These have included historic floods, tornadoes, blizzards, wildfires, a duratio.

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Speaker 14: And even a global pandemic.

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Speaker 23: As Secretary, I will enhance our emergency preparedness and strengthen

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01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 23: FEMA's capabilities, and we will ensure that no community is

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01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:51,880
Speaker 23: left behind and that life saving services like electricity and

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01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:56,360
Speaker 23: water are quickly restored. As Secretary, I will oversee the

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Speaker 23: Secret Service, an agency that is in serious need of reform.

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Speaker 14: We all saw the threats.

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Speaker 23: To President Elect Trump last year and the consequences of

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01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:09,400
Speaker 23: failure now that should never happen again. And I've worked

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Speaker 23: closely with my own gubernatorial Protective Detail, and I'm familiar

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01:17:13,240 --> 01:17:15,720
Speaker 23: with what works and what doesn't work, and I'll bring

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01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:20,120
Speaker 23: that experience towards strengthening the Secret Service once again. I'm

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01:17:20,120 --> 01:17:23,439
Speaker 23: committed to working with this committee, with Congress, and with

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Speaker 23: the dedicated men and women of the Department of Homeland

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01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:29,799
Speaker 23: Security to fulfill our mission, and together we can ensure

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Speaker 23: that the United States remains a beacon of freedom, safety,

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01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:35,639
Speaker 23: and security for generations to come.

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Speaker 14: So thank you for.

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Speaker 23: The opportunity and the honor to appear before you today.

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01:17:40,280 --> 01:17:42,160
Speaker 23: Thank you for the meetings and the time that you

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01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:45,559
Speaker 23: took in your office to discuss the department and what

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01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:47,759
Speaker 23: we can do in the future to make the American

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01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:50,960
Speaker 23: homeland much more secure. I look forward to your questions

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01:17:50,960 --> 01:17:54,040
Speaker 23: and I hope to earn your trust and hopefully also

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01:17:54,120 --> 01:17:56,920
Speaker 23: your vote as we embark on this critical work together

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01:17:57,120 --> 01:17:58,679
Speaker 23: with that, mister Chairman, I yield back.

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Speaker 11: Thank you, guys.

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Speaker 4: We will now proceed to questions. Each member will have

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01:18:04,040 --> 01:18:04,759
Speaker 4: seven minutes.

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01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:07,920
Speaker 20: We will have a vote that will start at ten am,

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01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:10,639
Speaker 20: but we're going to continue the hearing and keep people

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01:18:10,680 --> 01:18:12,599
Speaker 20: in line as you come and go to vote.

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01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:13,960
Speaker 4: We'll keep the hearing moving.

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01:18:16,479 --> 01:18:18,040
Speaker 20: I want to be clear from the outset that we

1453
01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:20,880
Speaker 20: will not tolerate any disruptions. The Capitol Police have been

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01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:23,280
Speaker 20: asked to escort anyone immediately from the room if they

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01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:27,200
Speaker 20: disrupt the hearing. This is a standard question, Governor Knowme,

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01:18:27,240 --> 01:18:30,840
Speaker 20: that we ask of all nominees. Governor knowme, do you agree,

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01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:34,960
Speaker 20: without reservation to comply with any request or summons to

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01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:38,560
Speaker 20: appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of Congress.

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Speaker 4: If you are confirmed, yes, mister Chairman, I'm going to.

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Speaker 20: Reserve the rest of my time for my questions and

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Speaker 20: go to Senator Peters.

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Speaker 16: Oh you, miss Chairman, have it or know the DHS

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01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:52,840
Speaker 16: sectary as many competing priorities as you well know, and

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01:18:52,840 --> 01:18:56,520
Speaker 16: you outline certainly in your opening comments, from our borders

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01:18:56,600 --> 01:19:01,400
Speaker 16: to wildfires to cyber attacks. But as you and I

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01:19:01,479 --> 01:19:03,680
Speaker 16: discussed at length, and I appreciate you bringing it up

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01:19:03,680 --> 01:19:05,439
Speaker 16: in your opening comments as well, we do have a

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Speaker 16: northern border in addition to a southern border. That's absolutely

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01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:13,120
Speaker 16: essential that the DHS has the resources necessary at the

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Speaker 16: northern border to carry out its mission both between ports

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01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:20,240
Speaker 16: of entry and all along the border. In fact, we've

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01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:24,599
Speaker 16: seen an increase in unauthorized crossings in recent years at

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Speaker 16: the northern border. So my question for you is, if confirmed,

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Speaker 16: you commit to ensuring, along with the southern border, that

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01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:35,160
Speaker 16: the northern border is sufficiently staffed to maintain in security

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01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:38,639
Speaker 16: and robust trade between the US and its neighbors, including

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01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:41,160
Speaker 16: at the Gordi Howe International Bridge in my home state

1478
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:44,679
Speaker 16: of Michigan have the resources they need to facilitate trade

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01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:46,679
Speaker 16: while keeping Americans safe.

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Speaker 23: Yes, Senator Peters, you and I talked about this in

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01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:52,320
Speaker 23: your office and also with Senator slot Cain as well,

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01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:55,320
Speaker 23: how important it is to continue to remain focused on

1483
01:19:55,360 --> 01:19:58,439
Speaker 23: our northern border and all borders and ports of entry

1484
01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:01,600
Speaker 23: that the United States has. I think there's been some

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01:20:01,760 --> 01:20:04,800
Speaker 23: universal concern from some of the Committee members that as

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01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,040
Speaker 23: we focus on the southern border and what we're seeing

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01:20:07,120 --> 01:20:08,960
Speaker 23: as far as the invasion there and the amount of

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01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:12,400
Speaker 23: people crossing, that the northern border would lose focus.

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01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:14,479
Speaker 14: But that will not happen, and.

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01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:17,000
Speaker 23: We will ensure that our borders are secure and we're

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01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:19,599
Speaker 23: addressing all threats that may come in from any direction,

1492
01:20:19,800 --> 01:20:22,799
Speaker 23: and also with the bridge as well.

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01:20:22,560 --> 01:20:25,040
Speaker 14: And staffing up on that as well.

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01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:27,200
Speaker 23: And I've assured Senator slock In as well that our

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01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:28,120
Speaker 23: focus is there.

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01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:30,240
Speaker 14: To make sure that it is staffed appropriately.

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Speaker 16: Very good, and as we discussed, the Department is diligently

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01:20:34,040 --> 01:20:36,760
Speaker 16: working to stand up the Northern Border Mission Center at

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01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:40,680
Speaker 16: Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, following the authorization

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Speaker 16: and funding that I was able to secure in the

1501
01:20:42,920 --> 01:20:46,840
Speaker 16: last Congress. This center is critical to supporting the Department's

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01:20:47,080 --> 01:20:51,599
Speaker 16: Northern Border security missions and addressing evolving threats. So quick question,

1503
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:53,600
Speaker 16: if confirmed, do you commit to working with me to

1504
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:56,559
Speaker 16: fully build out the Northern Border Mission Center.

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01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:00,280
Speaker 23: Yes, Senator, we will look forward and I look forward

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01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:03,080
Speaker 23: to working with you to ensure that that is a

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01:21:03,080 --> 01:21:06,960
Speaker 23: priority and that it's adequately resourced, and working with Congress

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01:21:06,960 --> 01:21:09,080
Speaker 23: and Senators to make sure that we have what we

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01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:12,439
Speaker 23: need to make sure that that mission for that base

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01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:13,520
Speaker 23: is fully fulfilled.

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01:21:13,760 --> 01:21:14,439
Speaker 4: Great, thank you.

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Speaker 16: On New Year's we witnessed two incidents that reminded us

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01:21:18,160 --> 01:21:22,600
Speaker 16: that terrorism and extremism remain serious threats so to all Americans.

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01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:26,360
Speaker 16: Both DHS and the FBI have consistently said that the

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01:21:26,400 --> 01:21:30,160
Speaker 16: most persistent threat to the homeland is from US based

1516
01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:35,160
Speaker 16: individuals or small groups radicalized by a variety of ideologies,

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01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:39,240
Speaker 16: from white supremacy to ISIS to al Qaeda. We must

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01:21:39,280 --> 01:21:42,519
Speaker 16: certainly continue to focus on people who are radicalized here

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01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:46,480
Speaker 16: in the United States with the intent of terrorizing our communities.

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01:21:46,760 --> 01:21:48,880
Speaker 16: So my question for you, ma'am is how do you

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01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:52,320
Speaker 16: plan to address this threat of US based terrorists?

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01:21:53,880 --> 01:21:57,360
Speaker 23: Senator, This is a grave concern for our country, As

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01:21:57,439 --> 01:22:00,200
Speaker 23: we all agree that the number one threat to our

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01:22:00,200 --> 01:22:03,639
Speaker 23: homeland security is a southern border. In fact, since Joe

1525
01:22:03,640 --> 01:22:06,599
Speaker 23: Biden has been president, we've seen three hundred and eighty

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01:22:06,600 --> 01:22:09,680
Speaker 23: two individuals that have come over that border that are

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01:22:09,720 --> 01:22:13,320
Speaker 23: on the terrorist watch list. Behind me have the governor

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01:22:13,320 --> 01:22:16,160
Speaker 23: of Louisiana with me, and he and his state and

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01:22:16,160 --> 01:22:18,320
Speaker 23: people in this country went through a horrific event on

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01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:20,880
Speaker 23: New Year's Day and one that we never want to

1531
01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:23,799
Speaker 23: see repeated again. But this governor behind me is concerned

1532
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:27,160
Speaker 23: also about an upcoming event, which is the Super Bowl

1533
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:30,880
Speaker 23: coming shortly, which we need to do all that we

1534
01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:33,280
Speaker 23: can to work together that he has the reassurance that

1535
01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:36,280
Speaker 23: the federal government, that the Department of Homeland Security is

1536
01:22:36,360 --> 01:22:39,639
Speaker 23: prepared to help him protect that event and to keep

1537
01:22:39,640 --> 01:22:42,120
Speaker 23: people safe while they are there. Those three hundred and

1538
01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:44,840
Speaker 23: eighty two terrorists are known terrorists that have come over

1539
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:49,240
Speaker 23: our border. We don't know necessarily where they are because

1540
01:22:49,439 --> 01:22:52,479
Speaker 23: of what has been happening under Joe Biden's policies. Now,

1541
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:56,040
Speaker 23: President Trump obviously won the last election with a clear mandate,

1542
01:22:56,080 --> 01:22:58,799
Speaker 23: and that mandate is for the American people to secure

1543
01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:03,479
Speaker 23: that border. Also, we need to focus on dramestic terrorism

1544
01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:07,000
Speaker 23: and homegrown terrorism, which you just referenced in your question.

1545
01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:09,479
Speaker 14: Homegrown terrorism is on the rise.

1546
01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:12,200
Speaker 23: We see more and more incidents of people that are

1547
01:23:12,400 --> 01:23:15,920
Speaker 23: US citizens that have become radicalized. And knowing when people

1548
01:23:15,960 --> 01:23:19,120
Speaker 23: are leaving the country and coming back and changes to

1549
01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:22,799
Speaker 23: their behaviors and what their actions are is critically important.

1550
01:23:22,880 --> 01:23:25,719
Speaker 23: So the resources that the Department of Homeland Security has

1551
01:23:26,320 --> 01:23:29,439
Speaker 23: needs to be utilized as far as identifying those threats

1552
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:32,840
Speaker 23: and being proactive to prevent them, but also protecting civil

1553
01:23:32,920 --> 01:23:35,519
Speaker 23: rights and liberties in that process and making sure that

1554
01:23:35,960 --> 01:23:38,479
Speaker 23: the Department is on mission to do what it was

1555
01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,120
Speaker 23: called to do, why it was created, and what authorities

1556
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:44,280
Speaker 23: that Congress and the Senate has given them. My hope

1557
01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:48,000
Speaker 23: is that Governor Landry and his staff and his people,

1558
01:23:48,200 --> 01:23:50,760
Speaker 23: and the people that attend the Super Bowl know that

1559
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:53,680
Speaker 23: the Department of Homeland Security is their partner, is on

1560
01:23:53,840 --> 01:23:56,200
Speaker 23: watch to protect them and to keep that event safe.

1561
01:23:56,360 --> 01:24:00,760
Speaker 23: I hope all Americans know that leadership has consequences. I

1562
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:03,880
Speaker 23: hope that we can get through and get your support

1563
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:06,680
Speaker 23: for this nomination and get confirmed quickly so that we

1564
01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 23: can address the threats that we currently face and make

1565
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 23: sure we don't have any repeats of the day that

1566
01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:14,320
Speaker 23: we saw just starting this year on New Year's Day.

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01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:18,599
Speaker 16: In the last two years we haveased, we have seen

1568
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:23,640
Speaker 16: increasingly aggressive and expansive cyber attacks against our federal agencies.

1569
01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:28,400
Speaker 16: Just last month, Chinese hackers infiltrated the Department of Treasury

1570
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:34,360
Speaker 16: installed potentially thousands of unclassified documents. So, given these concerning

1571
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:39,360
Speaker 16: trends by the PRC to hold our federal networks hostage,

1572
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:42,040
Speaker 16: do you believe that federal agencies should be required to

1573
01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:47,080
Speaker 16: implement cybersecurity upgrades and maintain the highest cybersecurity standards to

1574
01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:53,720
Speaker 16: protect sensitive or classified data and US citizen information as well.

1575
01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:53,960
Speaker 4: Well.

1576
01:24:53,960 --> 01:24:57,320
Speaker 23: Senator, The mission of SISA, which is a cybersecurity and

1577
01:24:57,400 --> 01:25:01,400
Speaker 23: infrastructure agency, the mission of it is to hunt and harden.

1578
01:25:01,840 --> 01:25:04,800
Speaker 23: It's to find those bad actors and help work with

1579
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:09,080
Speaker 23: local and state infrastructure critical infrastructure entities so that they

1580
01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:12,559
Speaker 23: can help them be prepared for such cyber attacks and

1581
01:25:12,600 --> 01:25:15,040
Speaker 23: that they can make sure that they're hardening their systems

1582
01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:18,040
Speaker 23: to protect them in the future. Recognizing the vulnerabilities that

1583
01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:21,200
Speaker 23: they have, the CIS has gotten far off mission. They're

1584
01:25:21,320 --> 01:25:24,479
Speaker 23: using their resources in ways that was never intended. The

1585
01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:28,840
Speaker 23: misinformation and disinformation that they have stuck their toe into

1586
01:25:29,320 --> 01:25:33,720
Speaker 23: and meddled with should be refocused back onto what their

1587
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:36,960
Speaker 23: job is, and that is to support critical infrastructure and

1588
01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:40,520
Speaker 23: to help our local and small businesses and critical infrastructure

1589
01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:42,840
Speaker 23: at the state level to have the resources and be

1590
01:25:42,920 --> 01:25:45,880
Speaker 23: prepared for those cyber attacks that they will face. You know,

1591
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:50,799
Speaker 23: Salt Typhoon was a campaign of espionage by the PRC

1592
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:54,559
Speaker 23: in China against our telecoms where large amount of data

1593
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:58,759
Speaker 23: was stolen and taken and people's private information was taken

1594
01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:01,479
Speaker 23: as well. And we've also seen China and the PRC

1595
01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:06,000
Speaker 23: go after our critical infrastructure with the volt Typhoon hack,

1596
01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:09,280
Speaker 23: and that was extremely dangerous because there was no reason

1597
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:11,920
Speaker 23: for them to do that just to steal people's data

1598
01:26:11,960 --> 01:26:15,240
Speaker 23: and information. The reason for them to go after that

1599
01:26:15,479 --> 01:26:19,160
Speaker 23: was to control our critical infrastructure for the ability to

1600
01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:21,360
Speaker 23: see if they could shut down a water plant, a

1601
01:26:21,439 --> 01:26:23,160
Speaker 23: utility company, and that was.

1602
01:26:23,080 --> 01:26:24,200
Speaker 14: To cripple our country.

1603
01:26:24,320 --> 01:26:27,880
Speaker 23: So these threats are real SISA needs to be much

1604
01:26:27,880 --> 01:26:31,439
Speaker 23: more effective, smaller, more nimble to really fulfill their mission,

1605
01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:34,280
Speaker 23: which is to hunt and to help harden our nation's

1606
01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:35,400
Speaker 23: critical infrastructure.

1607
01:26:37,520 --> 01:26:40,080
Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, Thank you, Senor Scott.

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01:26:43,680 --> 01:26:46,920
Speaker 24: Governor, congratulations are denomination. I think you're gonna do a

1609
01:26:46,920 --> 01:26:49,840
Speaker 24: great job. I think it's great that you're a governor

1610
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:51,880
Speaker 24: and you bring you know, and bring that expertise to

1611
01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:54,640
Speaker 24: the table. So I just went through the campaign to

1612
01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:57,759
Speaker 24: get re elected, and it was after the Butler shooting.

1613
01:26:58,479 --> 01:27:01,160
Speaker 24: I'd asked people, I said, raise hit all my events,

1614
01:27:01,320 --> 01:27:03,880
Speaker 24: say raise your hand if you think the acting director

1615
01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:05,759
Speaker 24: of the Secret Service is going to tell us what happened?

1616
01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:07,799
Speaker 3: No one person.

1617
01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:12,559
Speaker 24: I said, what about Sectarmercus, you know he's running HHS.

1618
01:27:12,600 --> 01:27:16,040
Speaker 24: What do you think Homeland Security? What do you think?

1619
01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:20,200
Speaker 24: I said, how about Chrisopher Wray, you know, head of

1620
01:27:20,240 --> 01:27:20,839
Speaker 24: the FBI.

1621
01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:21,960
Speaker 4: Not one person.

1622
01:27:22,640 --> 01:27:26,280
Speaker 24: Can you just talk about in the importance of transparency

1623
01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:29,920
Speaker 24: and accountability in government and how you're going to bring

1624
01:27:29,960 --> 01:27:30,559
Speaker 24: that to the table.

1625
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:33,639
Speaker 23: Yeah, Senator Scott, thank you for that question, because that's

1626
01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:35,519
Speaker 23: what I have found across the country as well, and

1627
01:27:35,560 --> 01:27:37,240
Speaker 23: I know it's certainly true in my home state of

1628
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:40,080
Speaker 23: South Dakota, is that people don't trust the federal government.

1629
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:43,400
Speaker 23: They don't trust our leadership and this current administration that's

1630
01:27:43,400 --> 01:27:45,400
Speaker 23: in the White House right now to tell them the truth,

1631
01:27:45,840 --> 01:27:48,080
Speaker 23: to tell them the truth about what the threats really

1632
01:27:48,120 --> 01:27:51,839
Speaker 23: are about our agencies and departments when there are failures,

1633
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:55,599
Speaker 23: addressing them and fixing it. The Secret Services is one

1634
01:27:55,640 --> 01:28:00,479
Speaker 23: of those perfect examples. They need leadership that understands why

1635
01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:03,599
Speaker 23: that Secret Service was created and what it needs to do.

1636
01:28:03,640 --> 01:28:06,200
Speaker 23: There's two elements really that the Secret Service is tasked with,

1637
01:28:06,720 --> 01:28:09,720
Speaker 23: and that is protective detail and then also investigations. Yet

1638
01:28:09,720 --> 01:28:13,680
Speaker 23: we see investigators within the Secret Service out there investigating

1639
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:16,680
Speaker 23: antiquities and other things that are off mission when they

1640
01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:20,280
Speaker 23: should be focused on making sure we're addressing national security

1641
01:28:20,280 --> 01:28:23,120
Speaker 23: events with the protocols that are necessary and protecting the

1642
01:28:23,120 --> 01:28:26,160
Speaker 23: individuals that they're charged with, and getting that skill set

1643
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:29,240
Speaker 23: in training that are necessary. That's been compromised by not

1644
01:28:29,360 --> 01:28:33,320
Speaker 23: having enough people there and being adequately staffed and resourced.

1645
01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:36,640
Speaker 23: But frankly, the leadership hasn't been honest about talking about it.

1646
01:28:36,680 --> 01:28:39,519
Speaker 23: We saw this with the drones over New Jersey as well,

1647
01:28:39,640 --> 01:28:43,080
Speaker 23: the federal government not answering the questions from the public,

1648
01:28:43,200 --> 01:28:45,080
Speaker 23: and when they finally got a straight answer out of

1649
01:28:45,080 --> 01:28:48,760
Speaker 23: President Trump, they felt reassured that somebody recognized that this

1650
01:28:49,560 --> 01:28:52,160
Speaker 23: was something they were questioning and that they deserved answers.

1651
01:28:53,160 --> 01:28:56,040
Speaker 23: My goal and my mission is to build trust. We

1652
01:28:56,080 --> 01:29:01,000
Speaker 23: will undertake a large job and a large that we

1653
01:29:01,120 --> 01:29:03,320
Speaker 23: have to fulfill that the American people expect us to

1654
01:29:03,320 --> 01:29:06,320
Speaker 23: do by securing our border, to make sure that our

1655
01:29:06,439 --> 01:29:09,040
Speaker 23: nation is a nation with borders or we're no nation

1656
01:29:09,120 --> 01:29:11,360
Speaker 23: at all, and that we are making sure that those

1657
01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:16,360
Speaker 23: criminal actors that are perpetuating violence in our communities and

1658
01:29:15,760 --> 01:29:19,040
Speaker 23: in our cities and towns and states are removed from

1659
01:29:19,040 --> 01:29:21,280
Speaker 23: this country. That there's consequences for breaking the law in

1660
01:29:21,280 --> 01:29:24,040
Speaker 23: our country. Again, there has to be consequences, because when

1661
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:27,559
Speaker 23: Americans break the law, there's consequences. And why would we

1662
01:29:27,560 --> 01:29:30,240
Speaker 23: ever allow someone to come in from another country and

1663
01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:34,599
Speaker 23: not allow them and not have consequences or allow them

1664
01:29:34,640 --> 01:29:38,120
Speaker 23: to continue to go forward and to commit rape and

1665
01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:44,000
Speaker 23: murders and other break other laws that endanger our society.

1666
01:29:44,120 --> 01:29:47,479
Speaker 23: So we've had over thirteen thousand murders that are loose

1667
01:29:47,479 --> 01:29:49,360
Speaker 23: in this country that have come over that border. We've

1668
01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:54,479
Speaker 23: had almost sixteen thousand rapists and sexual assault perpetuators that

1669
01:29:54,520 --> 01:29:55,160
Speaker 23: are loose.

1670
01:29:54,920 --> 01:29:55,519
Speaker 14: In this country.

1671
01:29:55,600 --> 01:29:58,599
Speaker 23: Right now, four hundred and twenty five thousand plus people

1672
01:29:59,080 --> 01:30:02,760
Speaker 23: have criminal can that are here legally in this country

1673
01:30:02,600 --> 01:30:06,040
Speaker 23: that our current administration is doing nothing to round.

1674
01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:07,240
Speaker 14: Them up and get them out of our country.

1675
01:30:07,240 --> 01:30:09,519
Speaker 23: We will be doing that immediately and that will be

1676
01:30:09,560 --> 01:30:10,280
Speaker 23: the priority.

1677
01:30:10,640 --> 01:30:11,559
Speaker 14: And that is one of the.

1678
01:30:11,520 --> 01:30:14,880
Speaker 23: Reasons that today the American people have lost their trust.

1679
01:30:15,240 --> 01:30:16,639
Speaker 14: President Trump will build.

1680
01:30:16,439 --> 01:30:19,000
Speaker 23: It back and know that their federal government is accountable

1681
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:21,360
Speaker 23: to them and is working to put America first again.

1682
01:30:22,520 --> 01:30:24,960
Speaker 24: So Joe Biden completely opened on our southern border and

1683
01:30:25,040 --> 01:30:29,480
Speaker 24: just found their entire immigration system. As a former governor,

1684
01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:31,760
Speaker 24: I know that when the federal government policies are broken

1685
01:30:31,760 --> 01:30:34,200
Speaker 24: in failing Americans, you see the impacts in your state.

1686
01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:36,320
Speaker 24: It's like I did when I was a governor, and

1687
01:30:36,360 --> 01:30:38,760
Speaker 24: you take the subsensary to protect the families in your state.

1688
01:30:38,840 --> 01:30:40,920
Speaker 24: I know you've done that. One thing you did is

1689
01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:43,760
Speaker 24: you talked about before you sent troops our National Guard

1690
01:30:43,840 --> 01:30:45,680
Speaker 24: to the southern border. Can you talk more about how

1691
01:30:45,720 --> 01:30:49,080
Speaker 24: Biden's open border policy has affected your state and communities

1692
01:30:49,080 --> 01:30:51,880
Speaker 24: and the role year state resources placed in helping secure

1693
01:30:51,880 --> 01:30:52,360
Speaker 24: the border.

1694
01:30:53,520 --> 01:30:55,679
Speaker 23: You know, we certainly have seen the effects in South

1695
01:30:55,760 --> 01:30:58,040
Speaker 23: Dakota that many of your states did, and I would

1696
01:30:58,080 --> 01:31:00,439
Speaker 23: say every state has seen the effects of an open border.

1697
01:31:00,439 --> 01:31:02,840
Speaker 23: In the policies that have been under the Biden administration,

1698
01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:08,040
Speaker 23: we saw increased crime, but we also saw increased drug activity.

1699
01:31:08,640 --> 01:31:11,639
Speaker 23: We saw cartel and their affiliates moving into our state

1700
01:31:11,680 --> 01:31:16,000
Speaker 23: to proliferate trafficking, and we saw people being victimized and

1701
01:31:16,040 --> 01:31:18,880
Speaker 23: a lack of accountability with the federal government. So when

1702
01:31:18,880 --> 01:31:22,760
Speaker 23: Texas was addressing the situation and asked other governors for help,

1703
01:31:23,880 --> 01:31:25,880
Speaker 23: we sent help. I know many of the other governors

1704
01:31:25,920 --> 01:31:29,000
Speaker 23: at the time were sending law enforcement, but I made

1705
01:31:29,000 --> 01:31:31,280
Speaker 23: the decision that at that time that it was more

1706
01:31:31,320 --> 01:31:34,400
Speaker 23: appropriate to send the National Guard, that our national Guard

1707
01:31:34,800 --> 01:31:38,040
Speaker 23: could be activated under Title thirty two and sent to

1708
01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:41,400
Speaker 23: assist another state from the invasion that was happening, And

1709
01:31:41,439 --> 01:31:44,160
Speaker 23: because the National Guard is trained for just such a mission,

1710
01:31:44,560 --> 01:31:48,759
Speaker 23: because of this invasion, that it is a war zone

1711
01:31:48,800 --> 01:31:50,479
Speaker 23: down there, with what they are going to see, the

1712
01:31:50,520 --> 01:31:53,080
Speaker 23: threats that they would see, and that they are trained

1713
01:31:53,120 --> 01:31:56,479
Speaker 23: specifically to interact with other agencies. The national Guard is

1714
01:31:56,920 --> 01:31:59,760
Speaker 23: used to falling in with other agencies and cooperating with

1715
01:31:59,800 --> 01:32:02,920
Speaker 23: them and could do that seamlessly, and their families and

1716
01:32:02,960 --> 01:32:07,400
Speaker 23: their communities are normalized to them being deployed. So we

1717
01:32:07,560 --> 01:32:10,880
Speaker 23: have in South Dakota deployed our National Guard to the

1718
01:32:10,920 --> 01:32:14,040
Speaker 23: southern border eight different times. Two of them were federal

1719
01:32:14,080 --> 01:32:17,639
Speaker 23: deployments that the Biden administration sent them down there. One

1720
01:32:17,680 --> 01:32:20,400
Speaker 23: was to send our Lakota helicopters, which were used for

1721
01:32:20,439 --> 01:32:23,280
Speaker 23: surveillance and the drug interdiction that was going on down there.

1722
01:32:23,560 --> 01:32:26,679
Speaker 23: But six other times I sent them under state activation

1723
01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:29,800
Speaker 23: to partner with Texas and other states in securing our

1724
01:32:29,840 --> 01:32:33,880
Speaker 23: southern border. They did security operations, they also did building

1725
01:32:33,920 --> 01:32:38,360
Speaker 23: of the wall and partnered with Texas, recognizing.

1726
01:32:37,720 --> 01:32:39,080
Speaker 14: The failures of the federal government.

1727
01:32:39,080 --> 01:32:42,599
Speaker 23: The failures of the federal government are significant, and we've

1728
01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:46,280
Speaker 23: seen our families and communities devastated by those effects, by

1729
01:32:46,320 --> 01:32:49,120
Speaker 23: the drug epidemic, by the trafficking that's going on. They

1730
01:32:49,120 --> 01:32:52,679
Speaker 23: increased crime, and we recognized that just because the federal

1731
01:32:52,720 --> 01:32:55,960
Speaker 23: government wasn't doing their job, we could not fail our

1732
01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:58,400
Speaker 23: state and I needed to protect the people of South Dakota,

1733
01:32:58,479 --> 01:33:01,439
Speaker 23: and the people of South Dakota were overwhelmingly supportive of

1734
01:33:01,479 --> 01:33:03,960
Speaker 23: these deployments and very proud of our National Guard.

1735
01:33:04,439 --> 01:33:06,679
Speaker 24: When I was governor of Florida, there was a terrace

1736
01:33:06,720 --> 01:33:12,920
Speaker 24: hacked in Paris by Syrian refugees. So prison Babma was president,

1737
01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:15,479
Speaker 24: and I said, I'd like to know if you're going

1738
01:33:15,520 --> 01:33:18,240
Speaker 24: to send refugees to my state, that you give us

1739
01:33:18,240 --> 01:33:19,080
Speaker 24: some background on them.

1740
01:33:19,680 --> 01:33:20,639
Speaker 4: You know, I assume you've.

1741
01:33:20,520 --> 01:33:21,960
Speaker 24: Vetted them and tell us what's going on.

1742
01:33:22,280 --> 01:33:23,000
Speaker 4: I have to tell me.

1743
01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:25,640
Speaker 24: But you got to tell our state law enforcement, our

1744
01:33:25,680 --> 01:33:29,040
Speaker 24: local law enforcement. That they said go jump in the lake.

1745
01:33:29,560 --> 01:33:31,519
Speaker 24: Meaner than that, but they said go You know, you

1746
01:33:31,640 --> 01:33:34,240
Speaker 24: have no rights as a governor, which had made no sense.

1747
01:33:34,800 --> 01:33:38,800
Speaker 24: Over seventy thousand people come here after Afghanistan on our

1748
01:33:38,920 --> 01:33:43,639
Speaker 24: planes into this country completely unvetted. Right, They've never given

1749
01:33:43,800 --> 01:33:46,599
Speaker 24: our governors any information. So would you change that?

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01:33:47,680 --> 01:33:47,960
Speaker 14: Yes?

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01:33:48,160 --> 01:33:51,720
Speaker 23: The communication between states and the federal government has been

1752
01:33:51,880 --> 01:33:54,400
Speaker 23: absolutely broken. And that's what I love about this committee

1753
01:33:54,479 --> 01:33:58,000
Speaker 23: is you do have governors sitting on this committee that

1754
01:33:58,040 --> 01:34:00,120
Speaker 23: have been in that role as a commander in chief

1755
01:34:00,200 --> 01:34:02,960
Speaker 23: and have the responsibility for being the CEOs of their state.

1756
01:34:03,040 --> 01:34:06,519
Speaker 23: It's a different perspective than serving I served in Congress too,

1757
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:09,960
Speaker 23: and both are extremely important, and they're just different in

1758
01:34:09,960 --> 01:34:12,960
Speaker 23: that responsibility that weighs on your shoulder. I often told

1759
01:34:13,160 --> 01:34:16,559
Speaker 23: folks that that is the thing that most times, if

1760
01:34:16,600 --> 01:34:18,120
Speaker 23: something was going to keep me up at night, it

1761
01:34:18,200 --> 01:34:21,600
Speaker 23: was the responsibility that I had being commander achieved recognizing

1762
01:34:21,600 --> 01:34:24,599
Speaker 23: the decisions that I made, and I'm sure you had

1763
01:34:24,640 --> 01:34:28,880
Speaker 23: this feeling as well, Senator scot As Governor, that impacted.

1764
01:34:28,360 --> 01:34:30,920
Speaker 14: Those families, those soldiers, and.

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01:34:30,840 --> 01:34:33,200
Speaker 23: It impacted their communities when we pulled them out. In

1766
01:34:33,240 --> 01:34:36,320
Speaker 23: the importance of that, and when they were bringing refugees

1767
01:34:36,360 --> 01:34:38,880
Speaker 23: into the country, I as well communicated that to the

1768
01:34:38,880 --> 01:34:42,080
Speaker 23: federal government they were bringing refugees, and I asked how

1769
01:34:42,120 --> 01:34:44,519
Speaker 23: they were vetted, how we were working with their home

1770
01:34:44,560 --> 01:34:46,640
Speaker 23: countries to find out who they really were, what their

1771
01:34:46,680 --> 01:34:49,160
Speaker 23: intentions were, and why they were coming to the United States.

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Speaker 23: And received no information from this administration that that vetting

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01:34:54,160 --> 01:34:54,800
Speaker 23: process was.

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Speaker 14: Being done, that we knew where they're going.

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01:34:56,560 --> 01:34:59,080
Speaker 23: In fact, they kept us in the dark and didn't

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01:34:59,080 --> 01:35:02,800
Speaker 23: communicate to us even what states and where those refugees

1777
01:35:02,840 --> 01:35:03,639
Speaker 23: were being placed.

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01:35:03,680 --> 01:35:06,519
Speaker 14: So that is something that we need to change. When

1779
01:35:06,520 --> 01:35:06,880
Speaker 14: we have.

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Speaker 23: Programs that fall under the purview of the Department of

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01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:13,799
Speaker 23: Homeland Security, there needs to be communication, especially with the governor,

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01:35:13,880 --> 01:35:15,840
Speaker 23: so that we can coordinate to ensure that it's the

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01:35:15,920 --> 01:35:16,880
Speaker 23: right thing for that state.

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Speaker 8: Thank you, Sandra Hassen, thank you, mister Chair, and welcome Governor.

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01:35:23,840 --> 01:35:26,120
Speaker 4: Noam really appreciate you being here.

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01:35:26,200 --> 01:35:29,840
Speaker 8: Welcome to your family as well, and families do share

1787
01:35:29,840 --> 01:35:32,439
Speaker 8: in this kind of public service and we appreciate them

1788
01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:36,719
Speaker 8: very much. As we discussed at our meeting last month.

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01:35:37,240 --> 01:35:40,640
Speaker 8: As a former governor, I appreciate the important responsibilities that

1790
01:35:40,680 --> 01:35:43,800
Speaker 8: governors have to ensure the safety and security of their communities,

1791
01:35:44,160 --> 01:35:49,280
Speaker 8: including by managing public safety and emerging in emergency agencies.

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Speaker 8: And I will say that in many ways I agree

1793
01:35:53,320 --> 01:35:55,960
Speaker 8: with some of the things that Senator Scott just said

1794
01:35:56,120 --> 01:36:00,280
Speaker 8: about improving communication between the Department of Homeland Security and

1795
01:36:00,400 --> 01:36:02,879
Speaker 8: governors around who.

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Speaker 4: Is being sent to states.

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01:36:03,960 --> 01:36:07,960
Speaker 8: It's a critical issue in something that I was frustrated

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Speaker 8: by when I was governor. So I look forward to

1799
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Speaker 8: hearing more today about your priorities, if confirmed, about how,

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Speaker 8: if confirmed, about how your experience as governor would help

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Speaker 8: you run the Department of Homeland Security. Let me just

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Speaker 8: start by following up with a question that Senator Peters

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01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:32,040
Speaker 8: had also touched on. We have recently in New Hampshire

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01:36:32,160 --> 01:36:36,400
Speaker 8: seen a dramatic increase in unauthorized border crossings at the

1805
01:36:36,439 --> 01:36:39,880
Speaker 8: northern border, and when I was at the Northern border recently,

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01:36:39,960 --> 01:36:42,640
Speaker 8: law enforcement told me about the need for more personnel

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Speaker 8: and resources. We still don't have cell phone coverage and

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01:36:46,680 --> 01:36:49,599
Speaker 8: a lot of the stretch of our northern border. I've

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01:36:49,640 --> 01:36:53,040
Speaker 8: worked with Senator Kramer on bipartisan legislation to strengthen our

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01:36:53,040 --> 01:36:55,799
Speaker 8: northern border strategy because it's clear more.

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Speaker 4: Support is needed.

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Speaker 8: So, Governor, if you're confirmed, would you deploy additional full

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01:36:59,840 --> 01:37:03,759
Speaker 8: time on personnel and upgrade equipment along the northern border.

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Speaker 23: You know, Senator I enjoyed our meeting that we had

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Speaker 23: and you identifying the northern border issues that are going on,

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Speaker 23: the lack of security and the lack of technologies that

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Speaker 23: you really need to cover. Some of the landscapes that

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01:37:16,320 --> 01:37:19,680
Speaker 23: are there very different than the southern border, some just

1819
01:37:19,720 --> 01:37:22,760
Speaker 23: as equally challenging, but all need to be addressed. So

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Speaker 23: I definitely will be working with you to ensure that

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01:37:25,320 --> 01:37:29,000
Speaker 23: our northern border is adequately resourced as well, and we

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01:37:29,040 --> 01:37:32,800
Speaker 23: do have to have the resources in order to be successful.

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Speaker 23: That's something I want to work with Congress, with the

1824
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Speaker 23: Senate and the House on to ensure that the resources

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01:37:38,040 --> 01:37:40,280
Speaker 23: are there to meet the challenges that we have. We

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01:37:40,400 --> 01:37:43,760
Speaker 23: have not fully utilized the technologies that are available that

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Speaker 23: are necessary to really secure this country and to compete

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01:37:46,720 --> 01:37:50,160
Speaker 23: with those bad actors which wish to infiltrate our country,

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Speaker 23: and having the ability to utilize them will make it

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Speaker 23: make us much more safe. So I'll work with you

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01:37:56,280 --> 01:37:58,880
Speaker 23: most definitely ensuring the northern border.

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Speaker 4: Is protected well, I appreciate that.

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Speaker 8: I just note too that at the same time there's

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Speaker 8: real concern in New Hampshire and all along the northern

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Speaker 8: border that we strengthen the border and have the resources

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Speaker 8: we need. We also have a really strong economic relationship

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Speaker 8: with our part of our friends to the north, and

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Speaker 8: a lot.

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Speaker 4: Of family relationships.

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Speaker 8: So I think it's important that we're smart in the

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Speaker 8: deployment of technology. We don't want to impede that flow

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Speaker 8: of economy and people that's lawful, but we do want

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Speaker 8: to make sure that we have the resources we need.

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Speaker 8: I want to turn to the southern border now. At

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01:38:32,640 --> 01:38:36,920
Speaker 8: the southern border, we need significant technological investments to support

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Speaker 8: law enforcement personnel in their efforts to catch fentanyl smugglers,

1847
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Speaker 8: to stop human traffickers, and seize the cash and illegal

1848
01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:48,360
Speaker 8: guns that criminals traffic southward to the cartels.

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Speaker 4: And we talked about this a little bit.

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Speaker 8: There's bipartisan support for these investments and I've worked with colleagues,

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Speaker 8: including Senators Langford and Cornyn on legislation around these issues.

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Speaker 8: Governor Noham, could you identify specific technological investments that you

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01:39:02,880 --> 01:39:05,439
Speaker 8: would make at the southern border and are you willing

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Speaker 8: to work with me on increasing southbound inspections if you're confirmed.

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Speaker 14: Yes, certainly. Senator.

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Speaker 23: You've heard President Trump talk about the need to build

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Speaker 23: a wall, and the wall and infrastructure is critically important,

1858
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Speaker 23: but also at our three hundred and eighty two legal

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01:39:19,640 --> 01:39:22,080
Speaker 23: ports of entry, we need to have technologies so that

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01:39:22,720 --> 01:39:25,599
Speaker 23: flow can happen north and south and it can happen

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Speaker 23: in a legal manner to ensure that our commerce can

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01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:31,519
Speaker 23: continue to operate and that we can continue to make

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Speaker 23: sure that we're also secure. I think deminimous shipments are

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Speaker 23: a concern and the need to look at those and

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Speaker 23: how traffickers and ventanyl distributors are using that. I think

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01:39:41,760 --> 01:39:47,080
Speaker 23: we also need to use scanners, surveillance operations. There's new

1867
01:39:47,120 --> 01:39:50,840
Speaker 23: technologies out there to cooperate with satellites in some area

1868
01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:56,880
Speaker 23: where the topography does not necessarily facilitate having actual infrastructure,

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01:39:57,400 --> 01:40:00,080
Speaker 23: and then also the ability to make sure that we're

1870
01:40:00,160 --> 01:40:04,040
Speaker 23: utilizing that technology that allows us to know what is

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01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:07,360
Speaker 23: going south that might be fueling some of the violence

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Speaker 23: that ends up coming back north, and ensuring that we're

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01:40:10,400 --> 01:40:12,760
Speaker 23: stopping that before it has the chance to supply those

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01:40:12,840 --> 01:40:14,519
Speaker 23: cartel and bad actors that would come in.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I really appreciate that because the southbound flow, particularly

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01:40:18,600 --> 01:40:23,599
Speaker 8: of cash and weapons, fuels the cartels and strengthens them,

1877
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Speaker 8: and it's something that we really have to focus on.

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Speaker 8: I also want to follow up on the issue of cybersecurity. Recently,

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Speaker 8: criminals launched a successful cyber attack on Power School, a

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01:40:35,800 --> 01:40:40,160
Speaker 8: cloud based record management system that contains personal information about

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01:40:40,200 --> 01:40:44,839
Speaker 8: tens of millions of kindergarteners through high school seniors, including

1882
01:40:44,840 --> 01:40:48,080
Speaker 8: many students and teachers in New Hampshire. This cyber attack

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01:40:48,160 --> 01:40:51,360
Speaker 8: on Power School comes as schools and local governments across

1884
01:40:51,400 --> 01:40:54,200
Speaker 8: the country have seen a surge in cyber attacks on

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01:40:54,240 --> 01:40:54,919
Speaker 8: their systems.

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01:40:55,240 --> 01:40:57,360
Speaker 4: And when a small.

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Speaker 8: School, maybe a couple of thousands system, maybe one thousand

1888
01:41:01,800 --> 01:41:04,680
Speaker 8: students or so, has to pay two million dollars in ransom,

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Speaker 8: I want you to think about what that does to

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01:41:07,040 --> 01:41:11,040
Speaker 8: one of our small communities. So, Governor nom if you're confirmed,

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01:41:11,479 --> 01:41:15,280
Speaker 8: how will you empower the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

1892
01:41:15,280 --> 01:41:18,800
Speaker 8: to improve the cybersecurity of state and local governments in

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01:41:18,840 --> 01:41:19,639
Speaker 8: the United States.

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01:41:20,439 --> 01:41:21,479
Speaker 14: Well, thank you, Senator.

1895
01:41:21,600 --> 01:41:25,360
Speaker 23: If I am confirmed and have the opportunity to serve

1896
01:41:25,360 --> 01:41:29,040
Speaker 23: as secretary of this department, I'll be following the Constitution

1897
01:41:29,160 --> 01:41:31,720
Speaker 23: and the rule of law and then getting these departments

1898
01:41:31,760 --> 01:41:34,559
Speaker 23: back on mission to why they were created and why

1899
01:41:34,600 --> 01:41:38,599
Speaker 23: they are existing. What SISA should be doing is helping

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01:41:38,640 --> 01:41:43,000
Speaker 23: those small entities, those schools, those local city governments, the

1901
01:41:43,080 --> 01:41:46,720
Speaker 23: state governments, and the small businesses that are critical infrastructure

1902
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:49,559
Speaker 23: that don't have the resources to stay on top of

1903
01:41:49,600 --> 01:41:52,360
Speaker 23: the critical protections that they need to enact.

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Speaker 8: Well, let me follow up just quickly on that one point.

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Speaker 8: It's something we discussed when we had our meeting. I

1906
01:41:57,920 --> 01:42:00,960
Speaker 8: worked with Senator Cornyan on a bipartisan it became law

1907
01:42:01,280 --> 01:42:05,040
Speaker 8: that created a cybersecurity grant program for state and local governments.

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01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:06,879
Speaker 4: This is in addition to each.

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01:42:06,720 --> 01:42:10,960
Speaker 8: State getting a cyber coordinator to help on the ground.

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01:42:11,360 --> 01:42:14,040
Speaker 8: We discussed this program, and I know you as governor,

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Speaker 8: had some reservations about the structure of the program. But

1912
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Speaker 8: if confirmed, will you commit to working with Congress to

1913
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:24,200
Speaker 8: adjust it. I'd love your input about what gave you pause.

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Speaker 8: As governor, I think there were only two governors who

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01:42:26,680 --> 01:42:31,280
Speaker 8: didn't participate in the program, and I hope that as

1916
01:42:31,320 --> 01:42:33,960
Speaker 8: we work on the concerns you have, you'd work with

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Speaker 8: me to adjust and reauthorize the program.

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Speaker 23: Yes, all grants within the Department will be evaluated when

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01:42:40,800 --> 01:42:43,400
Speaker 23: I come in and be looked at to see what

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01:42:43,439 --> 01:42:45,800
Speaker 23: we can do to make sure that they're actually fulfilling

1921
01:42:46,479 --> 01:42:47,360
Speaker 23: the mission.

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01:42:47,280 --> 01:42:49,280
Speaker 14: To which they were established.

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01:42:49,760 --> 01:42:52,559
Speaker 23: What I would say about the cybersecurity grants in South Dakota.

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01:42:53,280 --> 01:42:55,519
Speaker 23: When I came in as governor, one of my main

1925
01:42:55,560 --> 01:42:58,360
Speaker 23: priorities was to bring the next industry into the state

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Speaker 23: and I determined that that would be technology in cybersecurity.

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01:43:01,880 --> 01:43:04,679
Speaker 23: In fact, we have Dakota State University in our state,

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Speaker 23: which is a cybersecurity national leader in training those cyber warriors.

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Speaker 14: That we need to protect us and keep us safe.

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Speaker 23: I've since then partnered to grow and double the size

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Speaker 23: of that school. We train a lot of NSA employees

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Speaker 23: in South Dakota, and so understanding cybersecurity and my experience

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Speaker 23: and that I think is critically important to the Department

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01:43:24,120 --> 01:43:26,360
Speaker 23: and bringing it to the table to do this. You

1935
01:43:26,439 --> 01:43:29,519
Speaker 23: talked about why we didn't take that cybersecurity granted South Dakota,

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Speaker 23: and it's because the requirements of that grant would have

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01:43:32,240 --> 01:43:35,920
Speaker 23: caused me to grow my state government. The administration costs

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01:43:35,920 --> 01:43:37,600
Speaker 23: of it would have been much more than what it

1939
01:43:37,680 --> 01:43:40,840
Speaker 23: had been able to facilitate at the local level, and

1940
01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:45,440
Speaker 23: our state was already proactively helping these individuals that needed.

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Speaker 14: The resources to secure their systems.

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Speaker 4: Well, I appreciate that. I'm way over time.

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Speaker 8: There were very few requirements purposely in that grant program

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Speaker 8: other than to make sure the money was being spent

1945
01:43:55,080 --> 01:43:56,320
Speaker 8: the way we authorized.

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Speaker 4: But let's continue to talk about that. Thank you, Sandra Halling, Thank.

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Speaker 9: You, mister chairman, Governor nom Welcome, congratulations on your nomination.

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Speaker 9: I'm delighted to see you here. I do notice the

1949
01:44:06,560 --> 01:44:08,640
Speaker 9: chairman of the Ways and Means Committees.

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01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:09,000
Speaker 4: Over your shoulder there.

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01:44:09,000 --> 01:44:11,400
Speaker 9: I have to question your judgment about who your friends

1952
01:44:11,400 --> 01:44:14,240
Speaker 9: are based on that, the great chairman from the state

1953
01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:14,679
Speaker 9: of Missouri.

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Speaker 4: It's fantastic to have you here.

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Speaker 9: You know, the Department of Homeland Security is not particularly old,

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Speaker 9: but you already have the what I hope will soon

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01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:27,920
Speaker 9: be the distinction of succeeding the worst secretary in the

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Speaker 9: history of the Department of Homeland Security. Alejandra Mayorcis has

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01:44:31,200 --> 01:44:35,200
Speaker 9: been an absolute disgrace to that department and frankly to

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01:44:35,240 --> 01:44:38,080
Speaker 9: this country. And I'm delighted to see you willing to

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Speaker 9: step up and serve. Let me just ask you something.

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Speaker 9: I repeatedly asked your predecessor, when he sat where you're sitting,

1963
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Speaker 9: whether the southern border was secure, and he repeatedly told me,

1964
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Speaker 9: under oath, it is secure, Senator. And he repeatedly said,

1965
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Speaker 9: under oath, our policies are working, Senator, meaning the Biden

1966
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Speaker 9: administration policies that, of course gave us this devastating open border.

1967
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Speaker 9: So let me just ask you, is the southern border

1968
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Speaker 9: secure as we find it today, Senator?

1969
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Speaker 23: No, the southern border is not secure today. But in

1970
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Speaker 23: just three days, we will have a new president in

1971
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Speaker 23: this country, President Donald J. Trump, and he will secure

1972
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Speaker 23: our border.

1973
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Speaker 9: That is refreshing. Candor, I'm glad to hear it. Let

1974
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Speaker 9: me ask you about a young man from my state.

1975
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Speaker 9: This is Travis Wolf, who's twelve years old when he

1976
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Speaker 9: was killed just over a year ago by an illegal

1977
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Speaker 9: migrant who mowed him down and I choose my words,

1978
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Speaker 9: carefully mowed him down in a motor vehicle hit him

1979
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Speaker 9: head on doing seventy five and a forty killed him.

1980
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Speaker 9: Others were severely injured. Just yesterday, a witness sitting where

1981
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Speaker 9: you are sitting today told this committee that migrant crime

1982
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Speaker 9: is and I quote not an actual concern. Not an

1983
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Speaker 9: actual concern, and a hearing before this committee advising us

1984
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Speaker 9: to drop the Lake and Riley Act and not focus

1985
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Speaker 9: on migrant crime. You know, in my state, with the

1986
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Speaker 9: death of people like Travis Wolfe, officer David Lee who

1987
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Speaker 9: was assaulted and killed in Saint Louis, and officers in

1988
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Speaker 9: Kansas City who have been assaulted by illegal migrants, and

1989
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Speaker 9: others who have been carjacked and stabbed, would you agree

1990
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Speaker 9: with me that migrant crime, sure.

1991
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Speaker 2: As heck is all right?

1992
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Speaker 1: You guys, a great show today, Thanks for joining us.

1993
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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more coverage of today's hearings on Real

1994
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Speaker 1: America's Voice. We will see you Monday for President elect

1995
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Speaker 1: Trump's inauguration.

1996
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Speaker 2: You guys, War room is up next.

1997
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Speaker 1: How good children, love your God, pet your puppies. You

1998
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Speaker 1: go boldly now and live the truth. Make it a

1999
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Speaker 1: great weekend.

2000
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Speaker 3: Seriously, and why.

2001
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Speaker 23: The federal government is allowing people to come into this

2002
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Speaker 23: country illegally and then perpetuate crimes against their people, and

2003
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Speaker 23: then give them resources and shelter and food and debit

2004
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Speaker 23: cards to go take care of their families when they

2005
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Speaker 23: go to work every single day, to make sure that

2006
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Speaker 23: they're providing for their families and are held accountable to

2007
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Speaker 23: when they break our laws.

2008
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Speaker 9: Let me ask you this, will you work with President

2009
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Speaker 9: Trump