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Speaker 1: On this episode of Newtsworld. Yesterday, I spoke with Republican

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Speaker 1: I wanted to follow up on our one on one

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Speaker 1: conversation by sharing the audio from the Commitment to America

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Speaker 1: live event and Ange Hillo, Pennsylvania on Friday September twenty three.

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Speaker 1: The event was held as a town hall style meeting

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Speaker 1: with questions from the audience. I thought it was informative

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Speaker 1: how Republican House leaders address their questions and concerns. And

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Speaker 1: I want to let all my listeners know if you

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Speaker 1: would like to see this event and video, please go

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Speaker 1: to Commitment to America dot com. The Commitment to America

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Speaker 1: event of Monongehillo, Pennsylvania on Friday September twenty three began

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Speaker 1: with Congressman Guy Rushenthaler from Pennsylvania's fourteenth District, where they

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Speaker 1: were hosting the event, addressing the audience, Well, I just

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Speaker 1: want to thank everybody for coming here to southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 1: I'm just so proud that we're rolling this out right

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Speaker 1: here in my district. You know, Yes, I'm Guy Restamtal.

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Speaker 1: I represent PA fourteen, right here in southwestern Pennsylvania, and

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Speaker 1: I can tell you thank you. I tell everybody I've

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Speaker 1: been so fortunate in my life. I've literally traveled all

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Speaker 1: over the world, both in the Navy and in this job.

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Speaker 1: But I tell everybody, there's no place that's more beautiful

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Speaker 1: in southwestern Pennsylvania. Yeah. Right, And I think some of

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Speaker 1: my colleagues now see what I'm talking about, right, But

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Speaker 1: it's it's just not it's just not the beauty of

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Speaker 1: the landscape. It's the people. We work hard, We believe

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Speaker 1: in America and American exceptionalism. We have the values that

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Speaker 1: built this country and frankly, values that we're lacking in Washington, DC.

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Speaker 1: So it speaks volumes that we're not rolling this out

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Speaker 1: with the capital behind us because it's the Beltway pundits,

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Speaker 1: it's a so called experts, it's a one party role

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Speaker 1: that we've had for two years that have led to

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Speaker 1: the disaster that we're in right now. It's going to

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Speaker 1: take the values of southwestern Pennsylvania in the real America

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Speaker 1: to get us back on tracks. That's why we're right here. Well,

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Speaker 1: I want to thank DM I and I want to

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Speaker 1: thank Ray Yeager for hosting us and having us here.

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Speaker 1: The tour was amazing. I told some of my colleagues

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Speaker 1: a story. I don't know if people know this, but

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Speaker 1: I grew up with the founders grandkids. We were really

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Speaker 1: good friends. I know Pete is somewhere in the audience now,

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Speaker 1: but I vividly remember being told about Pete's grandfather coming

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Speaker 1: here to the United States with five dollars in his pocket,

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Speaker 1: and we looked at this business, we looked at what

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Speaker 1: Pete and his family had, and all of us, all

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Speaker 1: that group of kids, knew that in America, the American

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Speaker 1: dream was real, it was attainable. If an immigrant can

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Speaker 1: do so much as well. But unfortunately, that American dream,

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Speaker 1: I think is being threatened right now. It's the commitment

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Speaker 1: make that American dream always attainable. I want to introduce

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Speaker 1: I just want to point out two things. Number One,

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Speaker 1: this commitment to America. Every member here had input in it,

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Speaker 1: and members all across the conference from all over the

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Speaker 1: United States contributed it to that, and that shows you

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Speaker 1: one thing. We're not going to have this top down leadership.

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Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy is gonna rely on all of us to

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Speaker 1: have bottom up leadership that comes from the districts and

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Speaker 1: Joyce to Marjorie Taylor Green. But we're all united behind

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Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy. He's the one's unified the party. He's the

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Speaker 1: with that, it's my honor to introduce my good friend,

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Speaker 1: the next Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. Thank you

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Speaker 1: about well, Thank you guy. First of all, thank you

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Speaker 1: do you not believe America is exceptional? Well, I want

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Speaker 1: to thank Ray and the whole DAMI team and family.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for letting us come in. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: And you want to know why, because it's about you,

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Speaker 1: It's not about us. We've spent the last year and

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Speaker 1: give us the ability to take a new direction for

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Speaker 1: this country. What the commitment is as a plan, a

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Speaker 1: I ask everybody across this country, could you afford to

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Speaker 1: give up one month of your wages? One month of

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Speaker 1: We warned the Democrats not to do that American Rescue plan.

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Speaker 1: But it wasn't just us warning them. Larry Summers, a

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Speaker 1: watched what they did to our communities. Defunding of the police.

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Speaker 1: Then we watched to Washington that uses their political power

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Speaker 1: longer shrink. We have a plan for a nation that's safe,

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Speaker 1: in a check and balance, that government should be accountable,

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Speaker 1: no longer special interest. We should work for you, not

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Speaker 1: we walk through this facility and as we toured this

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Speaker 1: So if you're like everybody else, we hear whether you

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Speaker 1: Who has a plan to change that? Course we do.

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Speaker 1: If you trust us hold as accountable, we're putting out

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Speaker 1: see that it all changes because on our very first bill,

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Speaker 1: Our job is to make America stronger. We believe America

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Speaker 1: secure our border. We could become energy independent where your

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Speaker 1: He comes from Louisiana and he's going to continue to

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Speaker 1: far left policies have led to record spending. When you

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Speaker 1: Give us the majority and it'll be different. That to

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Speaker 1: begin with on day one with Speaker Kevin McCarthy. One.

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Speaker 1: We can get reckless spending under control. The Democrats have

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Speaker 1: If we go and attack this reckless democratic spending and

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Speaker 1: ability to bring down inflation and allow you to afford

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Speaker 1: the things that your family needs. That's not just our

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Speaker 1: be able to do that. With Speaker Kevin McCarthy, thank you.

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Speaker 1: That's all the Lisa McClain, you're a mom, business owner, congresswoman.

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Speaker 1: You've worked on some of this challenges as well. Well. Lisa,

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Speaker 1: you and I are both the same, We're both named Lisa,

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Speaker 1: so much great here. But I feel your pain, and

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Speaker 1: I think the majority of Americans feel. Our pain is

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Speaker 1: we cannot continue to work harder and take home less.

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Speaker 1: So let's start with an idea. I O'Brien talked about

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Speaker 1: a couple of policies, but we got to get back

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Speaker 1: to one simple idea. What does the government produce? Nothing? Nothing.

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Speaker 1: They cannot spend one dollar and give to you of

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Speaker 1: pretty simple. I think I'm kind of a simple person.

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Speaker 1: The government has a spending problem, and we need to

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Speaker 1: And one of those policies really simple, is let's keep

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Speaker 1: more of your money. What a concept. You know, the

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Speaker 1: money that you earn, you can actually keep it. And

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Speaker 1: we also know this crazy thing. It's cause and effect

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Speaker 1: is that let's see if we have more people working,

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Speaker 1: people who are working pay taxes. Let's not forget. The

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Speaker 1: we can provide. Remember remember it's our economic policies, and

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Speaker 1: that's why this commitment to America is so critical. That

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Speaker 1: give us our social programs. We need to get people

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Speaker 1: back to work. It's kind of simple, right, lease, right?

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Speaker 1: You and I agree on that if you think about

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Speaker 1: a debate right now, and we need to contrast. Do

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Speaker 1: to get our kids in America back to work. That's

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Speaker 1: Right back here? Hello, Hi, how are you Hi. My

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Speaker 1: name is Suzanne Ward, and I own several businesses locally

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Speaker 1: coming from investment firm, real estate, residential all the way

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Speaker 1: to retail, so a vast majority. And lately, or the

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Speaker 1: thank you. So I've had a lot to think about.

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Speaker 1: Someone to read from my notes As a business owner,

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Speaker 1: I have had to fight an uphill battle since the

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Speaker 1: onset of the pandemic, and now all of my companies

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Speaker 1: are getting slammed with inflation. The far left is still

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Speaker 1: continuing to drive in upward numbers against all advice given.

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Speaker 1: In my experience, the government has picked winners and losers

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Speaker 1: throughout this entire process, losers being the small business owners

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Speaker 1: had to shut down, as well as who received and

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Speaker 1: gobbled up majority of the funding. Those were told the

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Speaker 1: money ran out before they could gather everything needed to apply.

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Speaker 1: My experience with the SBA and the irs have made

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Speaker 1: want to give up, which is what the far left want.

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Speaker 1: They want you to give up and go work for

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Speaker 1: the big corporations who not only fund the far left

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Speaker 1: but carry out their radical ideas without having to go

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Speaker 1: through any legislative process. They want small businesses to disappear. First,

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Speaker 1: I want to know if the House Republicans are interested

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Speaker 1: in getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID.

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Speaker 1: Will you have China pay for our disrupted lives and

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Speaker 1: businesses for the past two years and still going The

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Speaker 1: far left does not seem interested in holding anyone accountable.

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Speaker 1: Will you evenly distribute the funds and put the money

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Speaker 1: back in the same way it comes out. If the

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Speaker 1: far left can equally distribute ten thousand dollars to everyone,

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Speaker 1: regardless of how much they paid for their education, then

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Speaker 1: the same can go for businesses. Second, I want to

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Speaker 1: know how you will hold the government agencies like the

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Speaker 1: SBA and IRS accountable. Why do they not have to

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Speaker 1: follow the same guidelines as for profit companies and provide

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Speaker 1: transparency and customer service. Right now, I do not receive

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Speaker 1: an itemized loan statement, whereas I do my mortgage. I

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Speaker 1: my loan. I don't even know my balance as of

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Speaker 1: this moment. They also made mistakes during the loan process

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Speaker 1: made loans disappear from the portal, which we had to

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Speaker 1: find and get others to help us find them, and

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Speaker 1: they also denied a lot of grant request to from

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Speaker 1: small business owner later this year. This year, I finally

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Speaker 1: got word back that I actually did qualify, but was

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Speaker 1: told that they ran out of money the day before.

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Speaker 1: These are not loans that people wanted to take from SBA.

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Speaker 1: These were not loans that helped to grow your business.

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Speaker 1: These were loans to either pay for seasonal merchandise that

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Speaker 1: you couldn't no longer sell or items on the shelf

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Speaker 1: like food that expired. Third, what do you plan to

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Speaker 1: do about eighty seven thousand armed IRIS agents the far

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Speaker 1: left one to hire? Do I need to hire an

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Speaker 1: armed security to protect me? Lastly, I have more of

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Speaker 1: a statement than a question for all legislators to consider,

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Speaker 1: both federal and state. The COVID vaccine that we all

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Speaker 1: Given the astronomical amount of doses and types given two children,

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Speaker 1: a rabbit hole of follow the funding. I have had

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Speaker 1: friends turned down by pediatric doctors to care for their

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Speaker 1: And you b b b okay with the vaccines today,

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Speaker 1: but what about the vaccines required tomorrow. We all know

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Speaker 1: sad that you can be bullied to give a child

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Speaker 1: a vaccine, but not responsible if there is a reaction

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Speaker 1: I would like to see a no Child left Behind

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Speaker 1: First of all, congratulations on your child. And second of all,

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Speaker 1: and that is so important. House Republicans are committed to

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Speaker 1: come after we the people, and we will do that

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Speaker 1: in every area we need to. It's the way as

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Speaker 1: the Means Committee is gonna look at how did thousands

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Speaker 1: of Americans tax returns go public? That's not supposed to happen.

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Speaker 1: Foreign Affairs are going to look at how did the

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Speaker 1: debacle that was the exit from Afghanistan leaving eighty billion

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Speaker 1: Our committee, if we get the chance to be in

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Speaker 1: weaponization of the DOJ against the American people and relative

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Speaker 1: I asked, doctor. I asked doctor Burkes a question three

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Speaker 1: She said, well, Congressman, I like to think they hoped.

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Speaker 1: I mean, think again. I'm not against a vaccine. I'm

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Speaker 1: just saying that just we're big boys and girls. We

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Speaker 1: After all, that is part of our constitutional duty to

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Speaker 1: these things that the Democrats have done to us, including

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Speaker 1: to be our first piece of legislation, So we're committed

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Speaker 1: to do that. The last thing I would just say

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Speaker 1: is this, never forget and I think it's so important

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Speaker 1: never forget that the left may control everything. It seems

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Speaker 1: like the left controls big tech, the left controls big media,

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Speaker 1: the left controls big corporations, the left controls big sports,

650
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: the left controls Hollywood, the left controls higher education. They

651
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Speaker 1: controlled the White House, they control the House, they control

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Speaker 1: the Senate right now. But the left doesn't control we

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Speaker 1: the people. And and I'm convinced. I'm convinced we the people,

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Speaker 1: particularly those who live out here where you. Our chiefest

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Speaker 1: staff has a great line. He says, out here where

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Speaker 1: you make things, move things, and grow things right, you

657
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: can't zoom that work in, you can't remote work in

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Speaker 1: the crops. You got to go to work right out here.

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Speaker 1: And the people get it. And I think in forty

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Speaker 1: six days they're going to make a change in our

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Speaker 1: government so that we can hold those people who've been

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Speaker 1: coming after us holding accountable like we're supposed to. So, Steve,

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Speaker 1: you worked with him on this a lot. When it

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Speaker 1: comes to Fauci and the others. YEA, it's unbelievable that

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Speaker 1: Speaker Pelosi has refused to do anything hold any hearings

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Speaker 1: that would dare hold China accountable. Why are they so

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Speaker 1: reluctant to hold China accountable? I will tell you this,

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Speaker 1: a House Republican majority will not be afraid to hold

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Speaker 1: China accountable and get the answers that Jim Jordan just

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Speaker 1: talked about. We were, we were calling for hearings for

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Speaker 1: over a year on the origin of COVID. Shouldn't we

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00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: know that? I mean, this is a basic question. Millions

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00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: of people across the globe died, and so while Pelosi

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00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 1: wouldn't do it, we decided to hold our own hearing.

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Speaker 1: So Jim, myself, Jamie Comer, who would be chairman of

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Speaker 1: the oversight under Republican majority, actually asked some scientists to

677
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Speaker 1: come insts from Alwalkalie. We had a Berkeley professor there.

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Speaker 1: Do you know what every single scientist said, It probably

679
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 1: started in the lab in Wuhan, whether it was intentionally

680
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: or accidentally leaked out. That's where it started, not the

681
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: bat biting your cat biting you. And that's what we're told.

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Speaker 1: All the scientists that look at it said it's a

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Speaker 1: genetically modified that virus, and so why won't we have

684
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Speaker 1: hearings on that? We will, you know, we would like

685
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Speaker 1: to know how many people have come across our border illegally.

686
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Speaker 1: Don't you want to know that answer? And where have

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00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: they gone? How many have gone to Pennsylvania. You can't

688
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,240
Speaker 1: find that out today, We've asked that question. For some reason,

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Speaker 1: they are hiding that information. Now the left goes nuts

690
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Speaker 1: when fifty people show up and Martha's vineyard because Rhonda

691
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,359
Speaker 1: Santa said, I'm gonna send a few of them over there.

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Speaker 1: Now they know it's a problem. Kamala Harris doesn't think

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Speaker 1: it's a problem. America knows it's a problem when more

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Speaker 1: than one hundred thousand of our young people died from

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Speaker 1: Fenton all overdoses last year. Because Joe Biden opened up

696
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Speaker 1: the board, we will have oversight hearings on what happened,

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00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 1: who was responsible for opening up America's southern border, how

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Speaker 1: many have come in, how many are on the terrorist

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Speaker 1: watch list that we know of, and when will we

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Speaker 1: start doing something about it? In our commitment to America,

701
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: we talk about securing America's border and holding them accountable.

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Speaker 1: We will give Secretary Mayorcis a reserved parking spot. He

703
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: will be testifying so much about this. So that's the

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Speaker 1: kind of oversight we're going to be doing. And I

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Speaker 1: will tell you this, We've been trying to do the

706
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Speaker 1: oversight right now, but we're sitting in the minority. But

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Speaker 1: wouldn't you want to know why did Afghanistan? Why didn't

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Speaker 1: the President listen to the military, Why did it cost

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00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: us thirteen new gold Star families? Why does the Department

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Speaker 1: of Justice believe parents are terrorists simply because they want

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Speaker 1: to go to a school board meeting. I think the

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Speaker 1: American public has a right to know the answers and

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Speaker 1: where did COVID start? And so every committee has responsibilities

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Speaker 1: for oversight. Doesn't matter who's in the executive brands. There

715
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: is a check and balance and we need to do

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Speaker 1: our job. There's one thing inside the commitment to America.

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Speaker 1: You will see if we were fortunate enough to be

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Speaker 1: in the majority, we'll create a special committee on China

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Speaker 1: to look in every industry that they're trying to control

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Speaker 1: and bring that supply chain back to America. I know

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Speaker 1: we got more questions. I'm just assuming. Okay, well we're here.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to Washington County. Thanks for coming.

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Speaker 1: My name is Lorie McRoberts and I'm a mama bear.

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Speaker 1: My husband Craig and I have three children, ages nineteen, seventeen,

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Speaker 1: and fourteen. My oldest daughter graduated from a local high

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Speaker 1: school in twenty twenty one, the Nightmare year. Unfortunately for her,

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Speaker 1: Her entire senior year was spent massed at school or

728
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Speaker 1: virtual with no normal activities. No attending Friday night football

729
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:08,839
Speaker 1: games this is southwestern Pennsylvania. No homecoming dance, no end

730
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Speaker 1: of season sports banquets, even pep rallies were virtual. I've

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Speaker 1: spent the last two plus years attending and speaking at

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Speaker 1: our local school board meetings with a great group of

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Speaker 1: parents and grandparents in my community, and constantly emailing our

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Speaker 1: board throughout that I did this because of what was

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Speaker 1: happening in the schools due to the abuse of COVID

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Speaker 1: protocols and mandates, or what they called the Health and

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Speaker 1: Safety Plan, masking our children for over seven hours a day,

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Speaker 1: virtual learning, missing weeks of school because of contact tracing

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Speaker 1: the protocols, even though the children had no symptoms. Children

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Speaker 1: sitting in classrooms six feet apart from friends with plexiglass

741
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Speaker 1: between them, having sports, concerts, plays, activities all canceled. They

742
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Speaker 1: sat like prisoners during lunch, all facing one direction. Yeah,

743
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Speaker 1: one direction spaced apart with no talking because talking could

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00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: spread COVID, no recess for the younger kids. They eventually

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00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 1: allowed children to play sports like golf, basketball, and volleyball,

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Speaker 1: but they were masked. I even asked our school board

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00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: multiple times to form a committee of parents with differing

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Speaker 1: views to help in the decision making for our children.

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Speaker 1: It was never even considered. Propaganda signs were all over

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Speaker 1: the schools like mask up for safety and be a hero,

751
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Speaker 1: wear a mask. The collateral damage these policies have done

752
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 1: to our children is now finally coming to light, and

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00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: it was foreseeable for many of us and preventable. In

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00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:59,959
Speaker 1: addition to lower standardized test scores, things like teenage depression, suicide, anxiety,

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00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 1: and alcohol abuse all increased during this time, but few

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00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 1: politicians fought for us and our children. Parents got angry,

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00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: parents got vocal, and we got active all across this

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Speaker 1: great country. When we initially brought all these concerns to

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Speaker 1: our school board, they said it was out of their hands.

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00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: The state was setting the guidelines. But was it the

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Speaker 1: PA Department of Health or the PA Department of Education.

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Speaker 1: When I questioned where these state agencies were getting their guidelines,

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Speaker 1: I was told it was coming from the CDC, So

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Speaker 1: the power and control of our children and our local

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Speaker 1: school district was coming from a federal agency, through the state,

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Speaker 1: and eventually to our local school boards. In other words,

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Speaker 1: our local school board was essentially rubber stamping federal mandates

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Speaker 1: with no pushback. Our children were being used as political

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Speaker 1: pawns in all of this, hence the Mama Bear. We

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Speaker 1: started questionings our funds, were they connected to the mandates?

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Speaker 1: How about the teachers unions, school board associations, the NEA,

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Speaker 1: the PTA's was even any of this legal? We filed

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Speaker 1: right to no requests and we filed lawsuits, made a

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Speaker 1: lot of enemies that way. We still don't have the

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Speaker 1: answers to any of these questions. In addition to the

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Speaker 1: COVID protocol and mandates, there are many other public education

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Speaker 1: issues concerning parents like myself, the slow creep of critical

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Speaker 1: race theory, diversity equitym inclusion, gender identity, and allowing logical

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00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:40,760
Speaker 1: boys to enter girls spaces and sports. Now we have SEL,

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Speaker 1: which is social emotional learning. It's indoctrination disguised as programs

781
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: like kindness initiatives or anti bullying programs or diversity projects.

782
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Speaker 1: These are all Marxist style programs targeting our children. Then,

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Speaker 1: to make it all better, the current administration weaponized the

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Speaker 1: Department of Justice and all the parents speaking up a

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Speaker 1: school bird meetings or challenging any of these programs, like

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Speaker 1: I was was now labeled a domestic terrorist. Our Department

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Speaker 1: of Justice is calling me a mom a domestic terrorist.

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Speaker 1: So I have three questions. What is the Republican Party

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Speaker 1: going to do to help parents take that back control

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Speaker 1: of our children's education. Will the Republican Party be the

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Speaker 1: party of parents and defend us from being labeled domestic terrorists?

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00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: And how will you protect our children from the radical

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Speaker 1: agenda of the left. Thank you very much, Thank you

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00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 1: for what you do. Thank You're an amazing mom. When

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00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: you look at the commitment to a Marria, a future

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00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:07,120
Speaker 1: built on freedom, you're exactly what this whole section is about.

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Speaker 1: The sad part is we've heard exactly what you just

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00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: said clear across the country. This wasn't based upon one

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Speaker 1: school district. But what's amazing is what you're going to

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Speaker 1: hear about here because we have tiger moms just like

801
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 1: you in Congress, and Julia Letlowe right here has an

802
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 1: amazing bill that you're gonna love. It's one of the

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Speaker 1: cornerstone of what this all is all about. Julia, thank you,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Thank you, Laurie. Mama Bear to

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Speaker 1: Mama Bear, I hear you, and I have some exciting

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Speaker 1: news to tell you today, because in our commitment to America,

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00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: parents will always have a seat at the table when

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Speaker 1: it comes to their child's education from here on out,

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Speaker 1: I can promise you that, you know, I think, just

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Speaker 1: like you said, one of the silver linings of the

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Speaker 1: pandemic is that, for the first time, I'm us working parents,

812
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 1: we had a front row seat to what our children

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Speaker 1: were being taught. And I heard from you, I heard

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Speaker 1: from dads. I heard from parents all across my district

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00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:14,719
Speaker 1: in this country that they were astonished of what they

816
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: were seeing and what they were hearing. And then when

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00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,839
Speaker 1: they went to their school boards to voice their concerns,

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00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,840
Speaker 1: they were told, we don't want your voices here, We

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00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: actually don't want you to come here at all. And

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Speaker 1: then on top of that, you're labeled a domestic terrorist.

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Speaker 1: So no wonder the Mama Bears came out to fight,

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Speaker 1: and I am so thankful that you did. You know,

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Speaker 1: what are we going to do about all of this.

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Speaker 1: What is going to be our response as a Republican Party.

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Speaker 1: We are going to give power back to the parents.

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Speaker 1: And I am so honored to have the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: author the parents' Bill of Rights that we are going

828
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 1: to roll out in this commitment to America. This is

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00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: common sense legislation. It's just about providing transparency for us.

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Speaker 1: And so you, as a parent should always the first

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Speaker 1: and foremost thing, be able to view your child's curriculum.

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Speaker 1: That is first and foremost. That is your right as

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Speaker 1: a parent. And then secondly, if you don't like what

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Speaker 1: you find, if you don't like what you see, you

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00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: should be able to go to your school board and

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00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: lawfully tell them this needs to change. You should have

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Speaker 1: that right as a parent. And then thirdly, you should

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00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: know where your taxpayer dollars are going. Your school should

839
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Speaker 1: be transparent with you about how they are using your

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00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:41,840
Speaker 1: taxpayer dollars to teach your children. Absolutely, and then finally,

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00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:46,040
Speaker 1: you should be able to protect your child's privacy. You

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00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:47,920
Speaker 1: as a parent should be able to do that. And

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00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: then if there is any violence on your child's campus,

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Speaker 1: you should be notified right away. As a former educator,

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Speaker 1: I know that when parents are involved, when parents are

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00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:05,279
Speaker 1: actively involved in their child's education, when they're laying the foundation,

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00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,040
Speaker 1: then that child is going to be set up for success.

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Speaker 1: So I'm so absolutely honored to push this Parents Bill

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Speaker 1: of Rights. It's the first break of the layer, a

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00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,960
Speaker 1: foundation of where we're going to go and turning education

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00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: around for our country because we desperately need to right

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00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,760
Speaker 1: this ship. Everything is on the line for our children's

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00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,600
Speaker 1: future and future generations for this country. Thank you so

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00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: much for your questions. You know, I don't know if

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00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: you've got a pocket card, but it goes through the Parents'

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00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:40,560
Speaker 1: Bill of Rights, parental choice, and we believe in fairness.

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Speaker 1: We should ensure women only compete in women's sports. You know,

858
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 1: we have another Mama bears. Sam's only a year old,

859
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 1: but he's the happiest child I've ever met. Elise brings

860
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: him along, but this has been really an area that

861
00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:59,640
Speaker 1: Elise is focused on greatly. Elise, So in addition to

862
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:03,280
Speaker 1: the Parent's Bill of Rights, in addition to protecting women's sports,

863
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 1: I want to talk about our oversight and holding this

864
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:10,960
Speaker 1: administration accountable. You talked about Joe Biden's Department of Justice

865
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:15,200
Speaker 1: going after parents and labeling them as domestic terrorists. It

866
00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: was House Republicans that asked the tough questions that uncovered

867
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Speaker 1: not only did the Department not only did the Department

868
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Speaker 1: of Justice do that, but they set up the predicate

869
00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:29,320
Speaker 1: of the infamous letter that they used to justify targeting parents.

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Speaker 1: I will tell you parents are patriotic Americans. We urge

871
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:36,399
Speaker 1: parents to go to school board meetings because you are

872
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:40,359
Speaker 1: the primary advocate on behalf of your kids. I as

873
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 1: I think about my son Sam, it has energized me

874
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 1: to do this job. I worry about making sure that

875
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 1: we continue to have a nation that's based upon the

876
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:51,960
Speaker 1: American dream and built on freedom. But I want to

877
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: make sure that he gets the best education possible. That's

878
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:57,840
Speaker 1: why parents in the driver's seat. Holding this administration accountable

879
00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 1: is going to be a top priority for our educ

880
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:04,560
Speaker 1: Location Committee in the next Congress. So I hope we ends.

881
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: I'll make this personal pledge. I don't know that if

882
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,800
Speaker 1: it happened, but any parent that got put on the

883
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:13,360
Speaker 1: terrorist watch list by the DJ we'll get you off it. Okay,

884
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you've flown recently. Hen Leader McCarthy again,

885
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:46,359
Speaker 1: more questions good morning, Good morning. First, thank you for

886
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 1: your service to us. You're welcome. I'm James Custer, Sheriff

887
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 1: of Fayette County, right here in the fourteenth can Grow

888
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: District where we have the best Congressman and guy Russian Thallara.

889
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: I've been in law enforcement for over thirty three years now.

890
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:17,440
Speaker 1: I'm the past president of the Pennsylvania Sheriff's Association and

891
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,680
Speaker 1: the current member the Board of Directors in the National

892
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 1: Sheriff's Association. Right here in southwestern Pennsylvania, we're experiencing what

893
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:30,799
Speaker 1: we are across the country. Our communities are faced with

894
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:37,759
Speaker 1: rising crime to include burglaries, thefts, shootings, drugs, and to

895
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: be specific, fentanyl. This rising crime also creates a health

896
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: crisis and impacts economic prosperity. It has had an impact

897
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:53,160
Speaker 1: on worker productivity, increase healthcare demands, enormous stress on limited

898
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:59,479
Speaker 1: emergency response with law enforcement, EMS and social services. Jail

899
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:03,920
Speaker 1: populations are up, as is recidivism, and the counties directly

900
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:07,800
Speaker 1: experience the toll and shoulder a large share of costs

901
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:12,359
Speaker 1: required to respond to the crisis. Fayette County has a

902
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:16,840
Speaker 1: population of approximately one hundred and thirty thousand residents in

903
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:22,560
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, we had sixty one fentanyl related deaths, seventy

904
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:27,320
Speaker 1: six last year and already up to sixty nine this

905
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:35,400
Speaker 1: year with three months to go. These overdoses is directly

906
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:38,520
Speaker 1: related to our open southern border with record numbers of

907
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:42,600
Speaker 1: illegal immigrants and drugs enter in our country as every

908
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,960
Speaker 1: state has become a border state. Nationally, approximately one hundred

909
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:52,280
Speaker 1: and eight thousand Americans lost their lives last year to overdose,

910
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:57,880
Speaker 1: seventy one thousand being fentanyl. To put things in perspective,

911
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:01,400
Speaker 1: we had forty five five thousand people die as a

912
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:05,880
Speaker 1: result of firearms, but and the government wants to vigorously

913
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:09,120
Speaker 1: come after law abiding gun rights, but they're doing nothing

914
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:20,600
Speaker 1: about the fentanyl crisis. We all know that China is

915
00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:26,840
Speaker 1: manufacturing fentanyl coming across to Mexico and coming across our border.

916
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:31,440
Speaker 1: This is the intentional poisoning of America. When you're making

917
00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:37,360
Speaker 1: it to look like other medications like percocet, xanex and

918
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:41,640
Speaker 1: now disguising it to look like skittles and Smarties, that's

919
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:46,080
Speaker 1: intentional targeting our children and our people. And an overdose

920
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 1: is a continued use of a substance, and then you're

921
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 1: gonna die. But fentanyl. I was just in DC last

922
00:58:55,480 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 1: Friday meeting with FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform

923
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 1: and the Lost Voices of Fentanyl, and talk to a

924
00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: mother down there. Her daughter had an injury, ended up

925
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 1: taking a Zanex off of a friend. It would end

926
00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:17,760
Speaker 1: up being laced with fentanyl, and she died on one pill.

927
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:19,920
Speaker 1: That's why we got to look at it. It's it's

928
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 1: intentional poisoning. So another thing, I have been to Arizona,

929
00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:31,080
Speaker 1: I've met with our border sheriffs. I talked to a

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00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,640
Speaker 1: rancher out there and a rancher in Texas just in

931
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:38,080
Speaker 1: DC last week about all the migrants that are coming

932
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:40,560
Speaker 1: up and they don't have enough body bags that are

933
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: covering these immigrants that are coming across and drug mules

934
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:47,320
Speaker 1: that are just tearing up their property and their fences.

935
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Speaker 1: So with that, my question is, with the commitment to

936
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 1: America and keeping our people safe, how do you plan

937
00:59:55,440 --> 01:00:00,480
Speaker 1: to resolve this Biden border crisis and stop the fentanyl

938
01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 1: poisoning of America and hold our administration responsible for not

939
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:17,760
Speaker 1: keeping America safe, which is almost treasonous. Thank you, Thank you, sheriff. Sheriff.

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01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 1: This is very personal to everybody across this country. I'll

941
01:00:20,560 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 1: tell you exactly what happened in my hometown just a

942
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,800
Speaker 1: Friday ago, in a junior high of thirteen and fourteen

943
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:31,440
Speaker 1: year olds, one student brought one hundred and fifty fentnol

944
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:35,400
Speaker 1: pills not designed as fentanyl, but another drug. A counselor

945
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 1: finds it, pulls it out. The counselor does not take it,

946
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:45,480
Speaker 1: but because the counselor touches it, starts to od, has

947
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:47,640
Speaker 1: to be brought back and is in the hospital. This

948
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 1: is how powerful this is. There's three prong attack. We

949
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,880
Speaker 1: first have to be very clear, China, you stop poisoning

950
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 1: us or we're coming to take it. Stop it up.

951
01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:00,360
Speaker 1: You got to take care of the border. You gotta

952
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:03,840
Speaker 1: do that. I want to bring in Tony Gonzalez for

953
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 1: every time you see the border down there and you

954
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:09,439
Speaker 1: see Eagle Pass, this is Tony Gonzalez district. He's brought

955
01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:13,640
Speaker 1: I don't know how many Republican members down there. The

956
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:16,280
Speaker 1: president has been elected forty some years, never been there.

957
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:18,160
Speaker 1: The vice president supposed to be in charge. He goes

958
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:22,120
Speaker 1: far away, but he knows on the first hand what's

959
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:24,800
Speaker 1: happening down there. And we continue to fight. But I

960
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 1: will promise you this, if we get the majority, we

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01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 1: will secure this border. Thank you, Leader, and thank you

962
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:38,400
Speaker 1: sheriff for keeping us safe. All our law enforcement. I

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01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:41,560
Speaker 1: will tell you House Republicans, we are committed to working

964
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:46,160
Speaker 1: alongside with our law enforcement to every American. Every American

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01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:49,920
Speaker 1: deserves a nation that is safe. Whether you're in Texas,

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01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:53,160
Speaker 1: whether you're in Pennsylvania, Florida, it doesn't matter. I mean,

967
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:56,680
Speaker 1: these are fundamental rights. I represent forty two percent of

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01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,959
Speaker 1: the southern border. A lot of my district's pretty rural.

969
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,520
Speaker 1: Most people would never heard of the towns that I

970
01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:05,800
Speaker 1: represent until a year ago. Now everybody knows where del

971
01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:09,600
Speaker 1: Rio is when they saw these thousands of Haitians under bridge.

972
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:12,960
Speaker 1: Now everybody knows where Eagle Passes, where they see thousands

973
01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 1: of people coming coming over the water every day. I

974
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:19,920
Speaker 1: also represent Yuvaldi, and I'll talk a little bit about

975
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:22,720
Speaker 1: that as well. I will tell you you know, at

976
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:26,320
Speaker 1: the very beginning of this, everyone thought that Democrats didn't

977
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:28,840
Speaker 1: have a plan, right, how could they let this happen?

978
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: Clearly they have no plan other than whatever Trump did,

979
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:35,080
Speaker 1: We're going to do the opposite. That's what everyone thought originally. Oh,

980
01:02:35,120 --> 01:02:38,320
Speaker 1: they do have a plan, and we are seeing exactly

981
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:47,760
Speaker 1: what that plan looks like, and it is tearing America apart.

982
01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:51,439
Speaker 1: It is killing our kids. Doesn't matter the color your skin,

983
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:53,560
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if you're from a big city or a

984
01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:57,160
Speaker 1: small town. None of that matters. It is killing our kids.

985
01:02:57,160 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 1: It starts in China, makes its way through the Mexican

986
01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:03,760
Speaker 1: cart hills, and then it comes to our towns, our cities.

987
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:06,360
Speaker 1: So we know they have a plan. We know what

988
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:10,240
Speaker 1: the Democrats plan looks like. What does our plan look like?

989
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:14,960
Speaker 1: House Republicans are committed to ending catch and release. This

990
01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:22,920
Speaker 1: is critical. When someone comes over and there is no

991
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 1: law enforcement, all it does is encourage more people to

992
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:29,600
Speaker 1: come over. We have to end catch and release. Another

993
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:33,000
Speaker 1: big part of this is technology. About two months ago,

994
01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:36,080
Speaker 1: there were fifty three migrants that were found cooked in

995
01:03:36,120 --> 01:03:38,800
Speaker 1: the back of a trailer that's in my district. That

996
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 1: could have been prevented if there was technology at the

997
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:45,440
Speaker 1: border to identify these trucks. We're going to do those things.

998
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:48,919
Speaker 1: The other thing is this, people forget the House has

999
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 1: the power of the purse, and it is time for

1000
01:03:52,360 --> 01:03:54,960
Speaker 1: the House to lead again. It is time for us

1001
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:57,680
Speaker 1: to go Wait a second, here. You will stop killing

1002
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:00,160
Speaker 1: our kids. We are all committed to doing that. I

1003
01:04:00,240 --> 01:04:02,560
Speaker 1: want to bring you Valdi up. Before I turned it over,

1004
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,600
Speaker 1: I had a horrific incident that occurred in you Valdi

1005
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:08,320
Speaker 1: a couple months ago. I wish this upon no one.

1006
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:12,160
Speaker 1: Our community has been turned upside down. It's been a

1007
01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:15,160
Speaker 1: few months. We're starting to heal together. Someone mentioned Friday

1008
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:17,400
Speaker 1: night football. That was a big part of our healing

1009
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:19,840
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, just the community coming together.

1010
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:22,400
Speaker 1: But imagine this, this is what is happening right now.

1011
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,640
Speaker 1: To this day. We still have high speed chases coming

1012
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:29,240
Speaker 1: through our town. What does that mean? That means our

1013
01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:32,919
Speaker 1: schools go into lockdown. So imagine you just went through

1014
01:04:32,920 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 1: this horrific incident. You were either a student, you're a parent,

1015
01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:39,000
Speaker 1: you're someone in the community, and you get a text

1016
01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:42,240
Speaker 1: message on your phone that says, hey, our school is

1017
01:04:42,240 --> 01:04:46,520
Speaker 1: in lockdown. This is happening on our border every single day.

1018
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:50,520
Speaker 1: That's why we have to secure the board. Enough is enough,

1019
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:58,120
Speaker 1: Let's secure the southern border. Thank you very much. Securing

1020
01:04:58,160 --> 01:05:03,439
Speaker 1: the boarders one element, but this is everywhere. Carmerson brad

1021
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 1: Winstrom served our country. He's a medical doctrine he serves

1022
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 1: on Ways and Means and also on the Intel community. Sir, Yeah,

1023
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,880
Speaker 1: thank you, and thank you Sheriff so very much. You've

1024
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:17,760
Speaker 1: framed the issue so well that the cancer that is

1025
01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:22,240
Speaker 1: upon our society today from the fentanyl, and let's face it,

1026
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:25,120
Speaker 1: where is it coming from, It's coming from across our

1027
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:27,880
Speaker 1: worries and antony. You did a great job of really

1028
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:31,960
Speaker 1: summarizing what is taking place. And I'm from Ohio and

1029
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,760
Speaker 1: believe me, we're a border town too, just like you

1030
01:05:34,800 --> 01:05:37,720
Speaker 1: know you are here today. You know, as a soldier

1031
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:43,640
Speaker 1: you have to recognize your own vulnerabilities, and in America today,

1032
01:05:43,720 --> 01:05:47,440
Speaker 1: the vulnerability that we have in this particular issue are

1033
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:51,120
Speaker 1: the policies from the Biden administration that has allowed our

1034
01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:54,960
Speaker 1: border to be so poorous because if we don't respond

1035
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:58,000
Speaker 1: to our vulnerabilities, our enemies are going to take advantage

1036
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:02,320
Speaker 1: of it, and that is exactly what we see happening today.

1037
01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:05,960
Speaker 1: China is doing this so intentionally, the biggest player in

1038
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:10,240
Speaker 1: this whole game. And recently I had the Chinese ambassador

1039
01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:12,280
Speaker 1: say he wanted to meet with me and he was

1040
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,920
Speaker 1: very upset that across America were blaming China for so

1041
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:19,400
Speaker 1: much of this problem. And I said, well, look, I

1042
01:06:19,480 --> 01:06:23,440
Speaker 1: know that you made some steps from no longer sending

1043
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:28,160
Speaker 1: fentinel directly to Americans across the country. But what you're

1044
01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:32,000
Speaker 1: doing now is you're sending the precursors, the ingredients that

1045
01:06:32,080 --> 01:06:35,720
Speaker 1: you need to the cartels in Mexico where they have

1046
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:41,280
Speaker 1: well educated chemists putting this fentinel together and creating these drugs,

1047
01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:45,160
Speaker 1: creating these skittles and all of these things. So what

1048
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:48,080
Speaker 1: happens at the border, You know, the cartels are winning

1049
01:06:48,240 --> 01:06:53,000
Speaker 1: every phase of this, right because they bring migrants across,

1050
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:56,760
Speaker 1: they're paid for that, they're in such large numbers. It's

1051
01:06:56,800 --> 01:07:00,040
Speaker 1: a diversion for our border patrol and it opens the

1052
01:07:00,040 --> 01:07:03,400
Speaker 1: opportunity for more drugs to come through. I will tell you,

1053
01:07:03,440 --> 01:07:07,720
Speaker 1: if you look at these members of Congress here individually,

1054
01:07:08,120 --> 01:07:10,960
Speaker 1: we probably all have been to the border more than

1055
01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:20,600
Speaker 1: Joe Biden and Kamal Harris combined. We went down with

1056
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:23,440
Speaker 1: the doctor's gaugas to really see and hear from the

1057
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,160
Speaker 1: border patrol agents just how much of this they've been

1058
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:29,160
Speaker 1: able to capture and what they estimate they haven't been

1059
01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:33,200
Speaker 1: able to capture. And look, what's this is one of

1060
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:36,840
Speaker 1: the greatest tragedies going on in America today. If you

1061
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:39,959
Speaker 1: look at the age group that's being so effective, this

1062
01:07:40,040 --> 01:07:43,480
Speaker 1: is the next generation, right, This is the generation that

1063
01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:46,400
Speaker 1: creates new businesses. This is the generation that goes to

1064
01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:50,200
Speaker 1: work every day, that drives the trucks, that produce the steel,

1065
01:07:51,160 --> 01:07:55,240
Speaker 1: that become doctors, whatever the case may be. This is

1066
01:07:55,280 --> 01:08:00,080
Speaker 1: the generation to become soldiers, and we're losing them. And

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Speaker 1: that's to our adversary's delight. I am sure. So as

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Speaker 1: we have engaged in this, I said to the ambassador,

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Speaker 1: I said, well, if that bothers you so much, why

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Speaker 1: don't you do something about it? Because you may say

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Speaker 1: those precursors are legal and you have the right to

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Speaker 1: sell them, but maybe you would have a moral responsibility

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Speaker 1: to track them, know where they're going. And I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you what, the United States would be glad to help

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Speaker 1: you with that, and we can engage with the Mexican

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Speaker 1: government as well, and let's figure this out and stop it,

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Speaker 1: nip it in the bud, and prevent this problem from

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Speaker 1: even being a problem in the United States of America.

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Speaker 1: One of the other things that I'm working on right now,

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Speaker 1: and I know my colleagues are here, are on board

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Speaker 1: with it. If you look at the definition of weapon

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Speaker 1: and mass destruction, that's what this is. That's what this is.

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Speaker 1: It fits the categories completely, and we're going to declare

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Speaker 1: it as that and use every resource we possibly can

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Speaker 1: to nip it in the bud. We want our children

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Speaker 1: to have a future, a safe future, not a problem

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Speaker 1: in the street. But do we have Fenton al killing

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Speaker 1: three hundred of our kids every single day? Why isn't

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Speaker 1: that a crisis. Why isn't that the administration waking up?

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Speaker 1: Because every day we bring it forth and we will

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Speaker 1: do that in the majority. We've got time for one

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Speaker 1: more question. Who's got a question, Yes, sir, Good morning everyone,

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Speaker 1: Good morning. I'm remberend, doctor James Nelson, pastor of New

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Speaker 1: Birth Ministries, and we're looking for a new birth in

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Speaker 1: America from you. I'm one of the millions in this

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Speaker 1: country who may not have a mega hat, but I

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Speaker 1: have a mega heart, and my heart tells me that

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Speaker 1: this country will never be great again until we make

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Speaker 1: it God odds again. I served in the United States

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Speaker 1: Air Force. I had three brothers that were served in

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Speaker 1: the military, and I put on the uniform of a

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Speaker 1: I know what it's like to face the condemnation and

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Speaker 1: the dangers of going out every single day, and as

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Speaker 1: a black man, I know what it's like to be

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Speaker 1: a black police officer. So I caught it double. My

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Speaker 1: very first call was shots fired, and as I was

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Speaker 1: going towards that call and everybody else was going in

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Speaker 1: the opposite direction, what went through my mind was what's

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Speaker 1: going to happen to my wife if something goes south?

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Speaker 1: But I knew that there were some who didn't care

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Speaker 1: what happened to my wife because they were the same

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Speaker 1: ones who didn't care what happened to me. But I

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Speaker 1: was willing to get hurt to keep others from being hurt.

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Speaker 1: And I still feel that same way today as a

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Speaker 1: retired law enforcement officer, because God got me through. I've

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Speaker 1: had to arrest United States citizens for having illegally entered

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Speaker 1: into a building and then told to release non citizens

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Speaker 1: who had illegally entered my country. As a Christian with

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Speaker 1: a constitutional guarantee to freedom of speech, I was invited

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Speaker 1: by the state reps to pray at the state Capitol,

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Speaker 1: but cautioned not to mention the name of Jesus. I

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Speaker 1: have administered narcan and performed CPR on those who fight

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Speaker 1: an upheal battle with opioids, and I've preached and attended

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Speaker 1: the funerals of those who lost that battle. I'm at

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Speaker 1: the mercy of politicians who boast on one end that

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Speaker 1: they're taking criminals off the street though they've never made

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Speaker 1: an arrest, and other politicians who say that we're being

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Speaker 1: more safe with criminals on the street. And what I

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Speaker 1: would like to know is this, from this committee and

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Speaker 1: from the leaders of my country, just what will the

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Speaker 1: Commitment to America do to address these concerns? Great question

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Speaker 1: before we turn to the answer. Thank you for your

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Speaker 1: service to our country. Thank you for your service as

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Speaker 1: an officer. Thank you, thank you for your question. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna turn to the member who's right here, right at home, guy.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Leader, I appreciate it, and thanks Reverend for the question.

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Speaker 1: As you know and many know, I've seen the criminal

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Speaker 1: justice system from a lot of different angles. I prosecuted

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Speaker 1: terrifs in Iraq. I defended sailors, marines, seals in military

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Speaker 1: courtrooms all over the United States and back in Baghdad.

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Speaker 1: And then I became a district judge about a year

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Speaker 1: after I got separated from the Navy. So I've seen

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Speaker 1: this from all angles, and I can tell you that

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Speaker 1: crime is on the rise. If you look at the numbers,

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Speaker 1: it's staggering. You've got murder rates in Philadelphia that were

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Speaker 1: literally the highest rates ever in twenty twenty one, in

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Speaker 1: the rates this year. They're on track now to have

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Speaker 1: more homicides in Philadelphia than ever before. That's the path.

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Speaker 1: In Pittsburgh, you have roughly a one in one hundred

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Speaker 1: and thirty five chance of getting killed downtown. This is

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Speaker 1: a mess. But we got to look at what goddess here,

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Speaker 1: and I can tell you it's it's defunding the police.

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Speaker 1: And it's amazing that in twenty twenty that whole summer,

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Speaker 1: and then in twenty twenty one, we were told that

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Speaker 1: we needed to defund the police. The police were the problem.

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Speaker 1: So the Democrats did that. They defunded the police. You

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Speaker 1: look at New York City, they cut a billion dollars,

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Speaker 1: not a million, a billion with a be a billion

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Speaker 1: dollars from their police budget. Crime rate, Sword La cut money, Seattle, Portland,

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Speaker 1: all these municipalities, all these cities cut their police budget

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Speaker 1: reduced the amount of police on the street, and crime

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Speaker 1: rate went up as the funds went down. So one

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Speaker 1: thing we have to do, and what's in them to

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Speaker 1: America is we want to make sure that we fund police,

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Speaker 1: that we add two hundred thousand police officers to the

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Speaker 1: streets to make sure the crime is coming down. So

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Speaker 1: that's part of it. Another thing, and I can tell

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Speaker 1: you because I used to set bail and pre trial confinement,

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Speaker 1: we have to seriously look at bringing back cash bail

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Speaker 1: and making sure that prosecutors and woke das who refuse

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Speaker 1: to prosecute, who refuse to ask for pre trial detention,

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Speaker 1: they need to be held accountable because too many people

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Speaker 1: are being released on pre trial confinement. I can tell you,

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Speaker 1: having been a district judge, there's only two reasons why

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Speaker 1: you release or there's two reasons why you keep somebody.

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Speaker 1: One they're a flight risk or two they're a danger

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Speaker 1: to the community. I can tell you if you're accused

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Speaker 1: of murder or an other heinous act, you should not

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Speaker 1: be released back onto the streets. And that's something we've

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Speaker 1: got to take a look out. So that's just some

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Speaker 1: of the things we're gonna do to make sure that

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Speaker 1: we're making America's staffe in the commitment to America. So

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Speaker 1: thanks for their question. I know we're running out of time.

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Speaker 1: I just want to thank everybody again. I want to

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Speaker 1: turn it over today at once again to the future

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Speaker 1: Speaker of the House, my good friend Kevin McCarthy, to

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Speaker 1: close this out. Well, I want to thank you. I

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Speaker 1: hope we spent a little time talking about the commitment

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Speaker 1: to America, taking on your questions. If you support this

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Speaker 1: plan for a new direction in this nation, join with us,

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Speaker 1: everybody across this country. This isn't about a party. This

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Speaker 1: is about our nation. This is a moment in time

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Speaker 1: that we'll look back and make sure the next century

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Speaker 1: is the American century. Thank you all, and God bless.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was an extraordinary event on Friday. I

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Speaker 1: do think the commitment to America is exactly what we need,

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Speaker 1: a promise to the American people of what Republicans will

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Speaker 1: do if they're the majority. And I look forward to

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Speaker 1: Leader Kevin McCarthy becoming the next Speaker of the House

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Speaker 1: of Representatives in January. Again, if you want more information,

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Speaker 1: please go to Commitment to America dot com. That's Commitment

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