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Speaker 1: I've got a lot of questions for our next guest,

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Speaker 1: Congressman Denver Riggleman, a Republican from Virginia, and I just

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Speaker 1: want to get right into it. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's great to be here, buddy. All Right, I gotta

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Speaker 1: first ask you about this drive through convention and what

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Speaker 1: the heck happened and what your future plans are for

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Speaker 1: post November three? Just where where is Denver Riggleman today

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Speaker 1: in relation to that drive through convention from the other

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Speaker 1: month in which I guess you lost to some to

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Speaker 1: to your opponent and and I can't call it a

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Speaker 1: primary because it was a drive through convention. Where was

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Speaker 1: it like McDonald's. I don't I still don't really understand.

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Speaker 1: It was in a church parking lot about five minutes

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Speaker 1: from his house. So what happens is is that to

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Speaker 1: come ease and Virginia control everything. Right, it's not a

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Speaker 1: state run process. It doesn't have to be. So if

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Speaker 1: a committee member or committee chair doesn't like you, they'll

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Speaker 1: try to do something ridiculous to get you out of

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Speaker 1: regardless of how well you're serving, because you were you

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Speaker 1: refused to pay them off. He refused to be part

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Speaker 1: of their little click or the little you know, a

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Speaker 1: little posse that they have. So I'm not much of

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Speaker 1: a guy to kiss anybody's ring. So they people just

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Speaker 1: enfranchised a couple hundred thousand trying to get trying to

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Speaker 1: is really low, and then after that try to kick

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Speaker 1: so Bob Good, who now is a former Campbell County

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Speaker 1: Uh he will, I guess, be the nomination. What what

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Speaker 1: are you? What are you planning in terms of your future? Uh? Where?

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Speaker 1: What are are you going to go on the private sector?

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Speaker 1: I know you have a small business with your family,

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Speaker 1: but what where? Where is Denver him in terms of

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Speaker 1: his future? Is there a political future in your in

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Speaker 1: your crystal ball? I don't even know what he says? Said? Well,

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Speaker 1: I think there is. I think there is, and you know,

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Speaker 1: most people want me to run statewide. And that's really

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Speaker 1: when it comes down to because you know, I didn't

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Speaker 1: have much of a real election. Um, it wasn't a primary,

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Speaker 1: there wasn't a convention. I sort of got booted out

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Speaker 1: those people are like lidless, and you would't want a primary. Eight.

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Speaker 1: It's funny, you're very popular in the state. Why don't

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Speaker 1: So you heard that here that that Congressman Denver Riggleman

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Speaker 1: is considering, in fact running for governor of Virginia. Would

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Speaker 1: an independent? Well, you know, I'm you know, it's tough

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a hard decision for me. You know,

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Speaker 1: much of kissing the ring when is an independent maybe

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Speaker 1: it's it's going to be fascinating. And please make sure

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Speaker 1: that I guess what would you have to make that

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Speaker 1: So my opportunities are limitless. They were before I came

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Speaker 1: It's all right, well, as you weigh that decision. Congressman

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Speaker 1: Denver Riggleman, a Republican from Virginia's fifth congressional district, please

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Speaker 1: please keep us in the loop because we we want

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Speaker 1: to know exactly what that happens. And I said it,

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Speaker 1: done to provide an economic relief? Well, you know, like

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Speaker 1: You know, the Senate once one trillion dollars, the households

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Speaker 1: hard to comprehend the amount of money. I mean, these

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Speaker 1: You know, there's between a half trillion and a trillion

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Speaker 1: So instead of automatically increasing spending in every single line,

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Speaker 1: So are you confident that there will ultimately be a deal?

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Speaker 1: I am? I mean, you know, there's some things in

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Speaker 1: you know, all the CDC rules and the Virginia workplace rules. Right,

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Speaker 1: update on where things stand with the China Task Force. Well,

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Speaker 1: Right since I haven't been in politics, I've been able

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Speaker 1: Can you stick around for a couple more minutes so

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Speaker 1: Bill resolution that you're alright, so cigarette Africa, but I

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Speaker 1: just want to get you on the record. You're hard

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Speaker 1: to hear. Congressman Denver Riggleman, is seriously are you seriously

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Speaker 1: considering a run for governor? Of course I am not

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Speaker 1: going to consider it, but I'm not serious about it.

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Speaker 1: But again, I haven't made a final decision because it's

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Speaker 1: a family decision, and I am I'm seriously considering, of course.

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Speaker 1: All right, more of Denver Riggleman up next. I'm Kevin Sireli,

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Speaker 1: Chief Washington correspondent from Bloomberg Television and from Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 1: What's on my radar? Something I've always wanted to ask

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Speaker 1: Congressman Riggleman, but I never had enough time. And today

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Speaker 1: I thought I am making the time. Uh, and that

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Speaker 1: I have talked about this, Connressan Regalman. This is something

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Speaker 1: And tell me about your resolution and if you feel

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Speaker 1: comfortable your personal connection to it. Sure, the resolution would

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Speaker 1: look at mental health and we look at suicides, I

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Speaker 1: thought this was an appropriate step to make sure that

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Speaker 1: these families have gone through such hardships, you know, should

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Speaker 1: you know, be identified as Purple Star families and have

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Speaker 1: a week where we remember those who died from those

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Speaker 1: my uncle committed suicide. You know, he's a pilot, and

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Speaker 1: everybody never knew why, you know that that happened. And

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Speaker 1: now that I've been around and I was in the military,

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Speaker 1: and I've seen some things and done some things, and

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Speaker 1: things that that I've seen, Um, you want to make

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Speaker 1: something so dear to me. I think you have about

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Speaker 1: so many co sponsors already and and boy, wouldn't it

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Speaker 1: those and those service members