1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 2: It is Verdic with Center, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: you in this episode will be a dual episode. Nice 4 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: show in Center Cruise as well here because we're trying 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 2: to figure out what the hell's going on, just like 6 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 2: every other American when it comes to is the government open? 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: Is it closed? Center? 8 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 2: As we are doing this ten o'clock Eastern, we're recording 9 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 2: on Sunday night. You've just left the Senate for so 10 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 2: where the hell are we now? Because there were some 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: reports like the government's reopened, then it's not reopen. We're 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: heading towards reopening. 13 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: What is right? What's wrong? 14 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 3: Well, we have really good news, which is the government 15 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 3: is in the process of reopening. It's not going to 16 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 3: be reopened on Monday, but we got the votes tonight 17 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 3: that will start the process of reopening it. We're going 18 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: to explain exactly what that means, what the deal, what 19 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 3: the deal was, and what the timing is going to 20 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 3: be and how that's likely to impact you, whether it 21 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 3: is going to a national park or going to the 22 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: Smithsonian or flying on an airplane, what the timing is 23 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: likely to be. We're also going to talk to you 24 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: about a bill that I introduced this past week, the 25 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 3: Deporting Fraudster's Bill that is going after illegal immigrants who 26 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 3: are fraudulently getting welfare benefits. And right now, fraudulently taking 27 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 3: welfare benefits is not a statutory ground for deportation. I'm 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 3: introducing legislation to change that. We'll explain that all to you. 29 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really incredible. 30 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 2: I want to take a moment and talk to you 31 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: about Hillsdale College and saying, amazing that's happening right now. 32 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 2: I am taking a class. I wanted to say it 33 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 2: was a refresher course. It's really been so much more 34 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: than that. And it is about the constitution. 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It's gonna go back to normal. 73 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: I wish that was true. You just described it as 74 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: we've got the votes to move forward. Explain the process, 75 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: because I mean, even on social media it was like 76 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: the government's reopen. 77 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, not so so fast. That's not how this 78 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: can work. 79 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: In fact, they could take almost another week and totally 80 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: get this thing back to where it needs to be. 81 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 3: So look, the good news is we finally have a 82 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: deal and we got the votes that are necessary to 83 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 3: reopen the government. So we've had a shutdown, the Schumer shutdown. 84 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 4: For forty days. Yeah, fourteen different times. 85 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: Fourteen times Republicans have voted to open the government, fourteen 86 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 3: times Democrats have voted no, have voted to keep the 87 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 3: government shut down. Now, remember, the entire reason that we 88 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 3: have a shutdown is because under the Senate rules, you 89 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: need sixty votes to move to proceed to legislation funding 90 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 3: the government. We only have fifty three Republicans. That means 91 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 3: we need at least seven Democrats, and unfortunately ran votes 92 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: no on all of these, So we have fifty two 93 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 3: Republicans to fund the government. 94 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 4: So we need eight Democrats. 95 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 3: The fourteen times we've voted over the last forty days, 96 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 3: over and over and over again, we've gotten at most 97 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 3: two or three Democrats. Tonight Sunday, it's just a few 98 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 3: minutes after ten pm Sunday night, we finally got the 99 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 3: eight Democrats we needed. So the Democrats who voted to 100 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:17,119 Speaker 3: reopen the government are Durbin, Hassen, King, Cortes, Masto, Cain, Shaheen, Rosen, 101 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 3: and Fetterman. Those are the eight we got exactly what 102 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 3: we needed. We ended up with sixty votes, not sixty one, 103 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 3: so that not in a sink. Every other Democrat voted no. 104 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 3: Keep it shut down. But getting eight is important, and 105 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 3: there was a substantive deal. But the substantive deal has 106 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 3: several pieces. Number one, there's a continuing resolution that runs 107 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: through January thirtieth. So one thing that was really important 108 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 3: to me and to a lot of conservatives was that 109 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 3: we not have government funding expire right before Christmas. Often 110 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 3: government fundings expires right before Christmas, and they use the 111 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 3: desire everyone has to go home to their families for 112 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 3: the holidays to twist our arms into passing a really 113 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 3: bad bill. So this does not end right before Christmas. 114 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: The CR instead, the continuing Resolution continues until the end 115 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 3: of January. That was significant. We also included three appropriation 116 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 3: bills in the deals. Now, these are appropriation bills. There 117 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 3: are two ways you can fund the government. You can 118 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: fund the government through an appropriation bill. There are thirteen 119 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 3: different appropriation bills that fund different cabinet agencies in different 120 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: major programs. Those take sixty votes. That's what's called regular order. 121 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 3: That's the way the system is supposed to work. And 122 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 3: then you can also fund the government through a continuing 123 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 3: resolution also called a CR, that just keeps everything the 124 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 3: way it was before and maintains the status quo. We 125 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: ended up doing a combination of both. So in this 126 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 3: deal we have number one the ag approach, So that's 127 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: the agriculture appropriation that includes the funds that farmers rely on, 128 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 3: but it also importantly includes snap It includes food food stamps. 129 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 3: So yeah, one of the consequences of the shutdown was 130 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: the funding for food stamps went away. With this appropriation bill, 131 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 3: we will fund the food stamps for an entire year, 132 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 3: so that will be taken off the table. 133 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: And by the way, let's be very clear about that, 134 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: Republicans tried to make sure that even with the government shutdown, 135 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 2: that snap benefits were continuing and were not stopped. Democrats 136 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: made damn sure that people did not get their food 137 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: stamp benefits during the forty day the longest shut down 138 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: in American history. They did that because they thought it 139 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: was leveraged to hurt the poorest among us in America, 140 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: and that would then give them leverage to get more 141 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: of the port rail things they wanted for the Democratic 142 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 2: programs and initiatives, and they didn't care if you couldn't 143 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: feed your kids over the last forty days. 144 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 3: So understand that was the entire Democrat strategy is maximize 145 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 3: the pain on the American people, because the more pain 146 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 3: that they could inflict, they were counting on the media 147 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: to be dishonest and blame it all on Trump. And 148 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 3: so repeatedly this past week, I went back and forth 149 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 3: with Democrats repeatedly, and their talking points were very simple. 150 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 3: They would say, well, you have a Republican president, Republican Senate, 151 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: Republican House. The shutdown is their fault, and that was it. 152 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: And they were counting on the dishonest corporate media to 153 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,559 Speaker 3: tell that lie what they omitted. And actually I talked 154 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: about this just this weekend. I spoke on the Senate Florida. 155 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 3: I said, look, whenever anyone takes an oath to testify 156 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 3: in court, that they put their hand on the Bible 157 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 3: and they pledged to tell the truth, the whole truth, 158 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 3: and nothing but the truth. Well, the Democrats saying that 159 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 3: they're failing part number two, the whole truth, because it 160 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: is true we have a Republican president, House and Senate. 161 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 3: What they're ignoring is the fact that it requires sixty 162 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 3: votes and it is the Democrats who forced the shut 163 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 3: down because they're the ones that are not voting to 164 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 3: keep the government open. This package, we took three appropriations bills, 165 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 3: the AG Appropriation Bill which is farmers, ranchers and food stamps, 166 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 3: the Military Construction and the VA Bill so that funds 167 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: funds our veterans and also gives funds for military construction 168 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: projects across the country. And then the Legislature Bill, which, 169 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 3: among other things, we increase the funding for security for 170 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 3: members of Congress. Given the political violence we see, I 171 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: think that's very important to have more funds to increase 172 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 3: security on both sides of the aisle. 173 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 4: So that package. 174 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,599 Speaker 3: Those are three appropriation bills that were bipartisan. The Democrats 175 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 3: had a party in that were passed along with the 176 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 3: thirty day CR or not thirty day the CR to 177 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 3: January thirtieth. 178 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: Three, Henry thirtieth. 179 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 4: Yeah. 180 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, so all of that is what we got sixty 181 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 3: votes for tonight. Now what does that mean tomorrow morning? 182 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 3: Does that mean the government is opened Monday morning? Unfortunately no. 183 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: FINT people are frustrated because they think, well, you guys 184 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 2: shut it down quickly, then why can't you just reopen 185 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 2: it quickly? 186 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: And this is how the sausage is made. 187 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 2: And that's why I think there's some misc communication on 188 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: Sunday night about oh, the government's like open up. I 189 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 2: mean there was major news out it's like government opening up, 190 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 2: the votes to have it, and they're thinking, all right, well, 191 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: if I'm flying out Monday or Monday afternoon or Tuesday, yeah, 192 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 2: there should be no problems at the airport. That's also 193 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: not true. I want to be very clear about that. 194 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 3: Look, if the Democrats want to be full obstructionist, they 195 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 3: could delay opening the government as late as Friday of 196 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 3: this week. Because there are a series of votes we 197 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 3: have to take in. Under the Senate rules, they can 198 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 3: delay thing. They have a right to an intervening day 199 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 3: between one voter and another. They can delay things for 200 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 3: thirty hours, and so they could drag it out even 201 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 3: though we have the sixty votes. They could drag it 202 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: out as late as Friday. My guess is they'll drag 203 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 3: it out till Monday or Tuesday. My best guess is 204 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 3: the government will open up Tuesday or Wednesday. But we 205 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 3: really are dealing with Look the Bernie Sanders is of 206 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 3: the world. By the way, Chuck Schumer voted no, because 207 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 3: the whole point of this was for him to tell 208 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 3: the crazy left he still hates Donald Trump. Now, I 209 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 3: don't think these eight Democrats would have voted yes without 210 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 3: Schumer blessing their voting yes. So this was always going 211 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 3: to end this one. 212 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: I was going to ask you, so getting to the 213 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 2: perfect number of eight, and again, this is how the 214 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: sausage is made. So let's talk about behind the scenes. 215 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: You guys, the Republicans have been meeting right behind the scenes. 216 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 2: You have your normal lunches that you have in your 217 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 2: other meetings, And I see you guys on the four 218 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 2: of the Senate talking and you're outside the Senate. I 219 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 2: mean Democrats are doing the same thing when they decide 220 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 2: who is in the eight to vote yes? Is that 221 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 2: strategic based on who needs cover when they're running for office? 222 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: Is that? I mean? 223 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 2: There's some like Fetterman that clearly were leaders on this, 224 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 2: just saying I think it's wrong to hold the American 225 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 2: be a hostage. 226 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 1: I'm voting to open this thing up. 227 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: How do they decide on the exact eight And is 228 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 2: it literally to the point where they're like, all right, 229 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: we're gonna only give eight, and you got to make 230 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 2: your arm to us why you should be in the 231 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 2: eight and we'll give you that blessing. 232 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: How does that work? 233 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 4: So I don't know for sure. 234 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 3: I will say there were a number of Republicans who 235 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 3: were surprised we did not get more than eight. So 236 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 3: there were other Democrats who were telling Republicans privately they 237 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: were going to vote yes to open the government. People 238 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 3: like John Ossoff who's got He's the most vulnerable Democrat 239 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 3: running for reelection in Georgia. He just voted the fifteenth 240 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 3: time to keep the government shut down, you know Georgia. 241 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 3: By the way, Raphael Warnock, the other Georgia senator, did 242 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 3: as well. We actually thought there was a real possibility 243 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 3: they would both vote tonight to open the government. I 244 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: don't know what Osof's calculus was. Warnock will often vote 245 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 3: with Osof to give him some political coverage, so we 246 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 3: figured that they would go They would go either both 247 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 3: yes or both no. They both voted to keep the 248 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 3: government shut down. 249 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 2: What is the chances to guys like that on Tuesday 250 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: Wednesday vote yes? After they say all right, well fine, 251 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 2: we're already going to be there. Does that change you 252 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 2: think that eight number? Could that change attends over or 253 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 2: is it pretty much as eight no? 254 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 3: I could easily see on a subsequent vote some additional Democrats, 255 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 3: Patty Murray, who is the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, 256 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 3: a number of Republicans believe she was going to vote yes. 257 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 3: I mentioned we just were going to pass three appropriation bills. 258 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 3: She played a major hand in drafting those three appropriation bills, 259 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 3: and so for appropriators. Look, when Chuck Schumer and the 260 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 3: Democrats had the majority, do you know how many appropriation 261 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 3: bills they passed into law? 262 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: How many? 263 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: Zero? 264 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 3: The process was broken, They didn't do appropriations. It's our 265 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 3: hope to actually go through the process, to have amendments, 266 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 3: to negotiate it. And that's what these three bills are doing. 267 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 3: And yet the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee voted no. 268 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 3: Chris Coons, who is widely seen as one of the 269 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 3: more moderate Democrats, he voted to keep the government shut down. 270 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 3: Alyssa Slotkin from Michigan. Look, Michigan's a purple state. She 271 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 3: voted to keep the government shut down. Gary Peters, also 272 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 3: from Michigan, retiring, he voted to keep the government to 273 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 3: shut down. So there were another half dozen or so 274 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 3: that a lot of folks thought we would have a 275 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 3: chance at getting their votes, and we did not. 276 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: So when you don't get those votes, we move forward. 277 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 2: You said this thing could end up to Friday. You're 278 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 2: guessing probably Tuesday, Wednesday the government reopens. 279 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: How many more votes after tonight? 280 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 2: Again, for people that are listening, we're doing this Sunday 281 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 2: night at ten to fifteen right now in DC. How 282 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 2: many people are how many votes will it take starting 283 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: now to get the government actually reopened. 284 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 3: We need to continue to hold sixty, but we're going 285 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 3: to the underlying terms of the deal have been cut. 286 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 3: So I don't expect any of the eight who just 287 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 3: voted yes to flip. So I think we've got our sixty. 288 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: But the remaining Democrats can just drag things out and 289 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 3: make it painful. I hope they don't. I actually pulled 290 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 3: Dick Durbin aside. Durbin is retiring, and I mentioned I 291 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: always thought this was going to end with retiring Democrats 292 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 3: voting to open the government. Durbin did so. Now, look 293 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 3: he's the number two in leadership among the Democrats. He's 294 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer's right hand buddy's retiring. I told Dick tonight, 295 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 3: I said, look, we've got sixty now. It sure would 296 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 3: be nice if like you guys, didn't drag this out 297 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 3: unnecessarily till Friday, and just the identical outcome will happen, 298 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 3: and it just is more painful for everybody. I think 299 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 3: there are a lot of Democrats who feel that way. 300 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 3: It's why I think we'll end Tuesday or Wednesday. 301 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 4: But who the heck knows. 302 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: Now, there's another element of this deal that's getting some 303 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 3: attention online, which is a commitment to reverse the riffs, 304 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 3: the reductions and forces that happened during the shutdown. And 305 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 3: there's some folks online saying, you guys, cave, this is terrible. 306 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 3: That was was an off that President Trump made, I 307 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: think like two weeks ago to the Democrats. That has 308 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 3: been on the table for them a long long time, 309 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 3: and the White House made the decision, Okay, if you 310 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 3: guys open the government, we agree, we'll offer you that 311 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 3: will reverse those rifts. So that was in the deal, 312 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 3: but it was a deal that came from the White 313 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 3: House that we just agreed. Okay, if that's if those 314 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 3: are the terms that the President wants to cut, we'll 315 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 3: we'll back up the president. 316 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 2: So you go into Monday, you're going to have more 317 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: meetings throughout the day, or explain to me Monday what 318 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 2: that looks like. 319 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 3: We're anticipating the first vote probably around noon. And as 320 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: I said that, there could be we could have done 321 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 3: it all tonight if the Democrats had agreed to In 322 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 3: the Senate, you can do anything by unanimous consent, and 323 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: so if they wanted to open the government tonight. They 324 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 3: could have just consented to do one vote and then 325 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: do the other one next to the other one next, 326 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 3: the other one next, and we'd be done. 327 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: Like you can do that, you know, literally, instead of 328 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: us recording right now, you guys could actually be voting 329 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: and this could have all been Monday morning. The government 330 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 2: is open for business. All the fa guys are back 331 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 2: to normal, everybody's getting paid, and they're like, now, SCREWT, 332 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 2: will just wait a few more days. So there's the 333 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 2: flying home, right, I mean, you're not flying home tonight, 334 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 2: are you. 335 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 4: Nope? 336 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 3: No, I'm in DC. I didn't see my family this weekend. 337 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 3: I would have loved to have seen my kids. I didn't. 338 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 3: I've spent most of the time just sitting here waiting 339 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 3: for Democrats to finally agree to cut a deal. But 340 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 3: it was striking. We could have done it tonight. But 341 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 3: to do that you need unanimous consent. That means you 342 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 3: don't need sixty you need one hundred. That means one 343 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 3: person can object and say no, drag it out. I 344 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 3: want to burn more time. I want to burn more time. 345 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 3: And you have people like Bernie Sanders, you have all 346 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 3: the Democrats who are running for president that want to 347 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 3: want a spectacle, and so that if they really decide 348 00:17:55,880 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 3: to be just just fully obstructionist, they could drag it 349 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 3: as late as Friday. 350 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: All right. 351 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: So one other question is this is unfolding when the 352 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 2: government opens back up, and let's just use a hypothetical 353 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 2: of Wednesday, all right, Wednesday the government opens up, does 354 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 2: that mean that instantly the system is going to go 355 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: back to normal. I'm saying this to people traveling. Yeah, 356 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 2: you and I've traveled a lot. We've started to see 357 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 2: the breakdown of of air traffic control and of having 358 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: to cancel flights. I've witnessed it traveling internationally and domestically 359 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 2: over the last couple of days. You've done it as well. 360 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 2: And so when it opens back up, is that like 361 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 2: an instant fix or is that going to take a 362 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: couple of days to cycle through the system as well? 363 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 2: What does travel look like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 364 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 3: Look at least travel Monday and Monday and Tuesday, I 365 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 3: would expect still really significant delays and really significant cancelations. 366 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 3: The reason for those delays and those cancelations. We have 367 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 3: roughly fifty thousand TSA agents all across the country. 368 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 4: Many of them are going into work. None of them 369 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 4: are being paid. 370 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 3: They all missed their last paycheck, didn't get their last paycheck. 371 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 3: We have roughly fourteen thousand air traffic controllers. Many of 372 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 3: them are going into work, none of them are getting paid. 373 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 3: They all missed their last paycheck. Listen if you're a 374 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 3: TSA agent, if you're an air traffic controller, typical TSA 375 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 3: agent or air traffic controller doesn't have a deep reservoir 376 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 3: of savings. I mean, they're under real stress right now. 377 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 3: How do I pay my mortgage, how do I pay 378 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 3: my rent? How do I pay my bills? And so 379 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 3: what is happening with both TSA agents and controllers. They're 380 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 3: calling in sick, they're just not showing up, say summer, 381 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 3: coming into work. The problem is in New York City 382 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 3: on Halloween Day, roughly eighty percent of the controllers called 383 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 3: in sick and didn't show up to work. That's Chuck 384 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 3: Schumer's hometown, by the way. And so we're seeing with TSA. 385 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 3: You had Monday a week ago, the lines in the 386 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 3: Houston Bush Airport were two and a half to three 387 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 3: hours line long to get through security because they were 388 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 3: so short staffed on TSA agents, they didn't have enough 389 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 3: to move people through security. So even if the government 390 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 3: opens up tomorrow, you're dealing with the independent decisions of 391 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 3: fifty thousand TSA agents and fourteen thousand controllers when they 392 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 3: come back to work. And the reason that the FAA 393 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 3: has mandated ten percent of flights be canceled is they're 394 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,959 Speaker 3: looking at the data and seeing that these short staffed 395 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 3: air traffic controllers there's an increased risk to safety. So 396 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 3: they're saying, all right, if we don't have full staffing, 397 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 3: we got to reduce the number of flights. So in 398 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 3: a week, do I expect things to go back to normal? Yes, 399 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 3: a week after things open up, but it could easily 400 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 3: take several days for people to say, Okay, I'm going 401 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 3: to come back into work now. That doesn't happen automatically 402 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 3: just by flipping a switch. 403 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 2: So what you're basically telling me is this week, when 404 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 2: I'm flying, and when you're flying, and so many others 405 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 2: that listen to this show flying, we're gonna be dealing 406 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 2: with this type of chaos because the Democrats decided not 407 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 2: to do their job, even while doing their job on 408 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: Sunday night, Right now, yes. 409 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 3: And by the way, they could have agreed to open 410 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 3: it all up tonight, that they could have given consent, 411 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 3: said okay, you've got a deal, let's move ahead. And 412 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 3: it's now just the obstructionist who you know, if your 413 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 3: flight is canceled tomorrow, you can thank Chuck Schumer and 414 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 3: every Democrat senator running for president who's trying to show 415 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 3: off to the crazy left. But we will get it 416 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 3: open now, but it will take It'll take a few 417 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 3: more days at a minimum. 418 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: All right. 419 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 2: So let's move to another issue in this shutdown, and 420 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 2: there's been some confusion over it. There's been a lot 421 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 2: of fighting over it. It deals with Obamacare. Also knows 422 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 2: the Affordable Care Act. Democrats decided, and this is some 423 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: of the history that I do think we need to 424 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 2: now explain because there's been so much of a political 425 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 2: football on this one. That they purposely designed for the 426 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 2: subsidies which make Obamacare seem cheaper than it is, even 427 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 2: though your tax dollars are paying for the subsidies to 428 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 2: subsidize people's health insurance. They designed it purposely to expire now, 429 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: and that was something that was done by design. I'm 430 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 2: assuming for this type of fight is am I wrong 431 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 2: and explain what's happening with Obamacare now and moving forward. 432 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 3: Well, look, the other thing Democrats talked about and they 433 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 3: claimed they were fighting the shutdown for, was to extend Obamacare. 434 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 4: And in particular during. 435 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 3: COVID, when the Democrats had control of the House and 436 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 3: the Senate. In the White House, they passed massive subsidies 437 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 3: that went straight to giant insurance companies, went to the 438 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 3: didn't go to the people, didn't go to you, but 439 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 3: went to insurance companies, roughly fifty billion dollars worth of subsidies, 440 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 3: just huge corporate welfare. And that corporate welfare to the 441 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 3: insurance companies expires the end of December. And so part 442 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 3: of this deal is Republicans agreed we will have a 443 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 3: vote on those subsidies the first week of December. Now, 444 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 3: by the way, Republicans offered them that we would schedule 445 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 3: that vote forty days ago, so they've had that on 446 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 3: the table for forty days. But we said at the beginning, sure, 447 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 3: we'll give you a vote. They're going to lose that vote. 448 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 3: They know they're going to lose that vote, but we said, 449 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 3: we'll give you that vote. 450 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 4: And so we agreed to have that vote. Now what's 451 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 4: the answer? 452 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 3: And this is where I want to take folks a 453 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 3: little bit behind the scenes to some of the sausage making. 454 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 4: So most of the Senate was in DC all weekend. 455 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 3: We'd all planned to be back home and had many 456 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 3: people had fundraisers at political events or family events, and 457 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 3: we missed most of them just staying here. So Friday 458 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 3: night I invited a dozen senators out to dinner, and 459 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 3: so we went to a local restaurant and got a 460 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 3: room together and had a great dinner. And we're laughing 461 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 3: and talking and strategizing and saying, look are the Democrats 462 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 3: going to move? So in that dinner, we decided to 463 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 3: call President Trump. So we called President Trump, got him 464 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 3: on the cell phone, and the president he was in 465 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 3: a good mood, but he was he was expressing his 466 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 3: views emphatically as he always does. 467 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. 468 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: And by the way, for people I've ever done a 469 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 2: phone call, like if you've never gotten to do this, 470 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 2: he does not ever hold back when you're talking about 471 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 2: the phone. I'm not a single phone call. You've had 472 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 2: a lot more than I have. But when I've had 473 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 2: phone calls with him, whether it was in sixteen to 474 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 2: twenty or now forward like he does not hold back 475 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 2: at all. When you're on the cell phone on speakerphone as. 476 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 4: Well, he does not. 477 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 3: So one of the things we asked of him Friday night, 478 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 3: we said, listen, in this battle with the Democrats over Obamacare, 479 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 3: Obamacare's failing. It's a bad program. And if you go back, 480 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 3: go back to twenty thirteen. Twenty thirteen, when I did 481 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: a filibuster against Obamacare, I said, at the time, if 482 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 3: you remember, you remember, Barack Obama promised the American people 483 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 3: Obamacare would would cut the average families premiums by twenty 484 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 3: five year. 485 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 4: Ye, that was a lie, And in. 486 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 3: Fact they skyrocketed at the time, five thousand a year. 487 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 3: They've skyrocketed a lot more than that. Even the Washington 488 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 3: Post has now admitted the editorial page the Affordable Care Act, 489 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 3: which is the misleading name of Obamacare, did not make 490 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 3: healthcare more affordable. It caused premiums to skyrocket. So when 491 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 3: we had Trump on the phone, we said, look, it 492 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 3: would really help if you made the case that what 493 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 3: Democrats are fighting for is these massive multi billion dollar 494 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 3: corporate welfare payoffs to the health insurance companies. Instead of 495 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 3: empowering consumers, and look, we want a lower prices. And 496 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,719 Speaker 3: so we said, in particular, it would really help if 497 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 3: you would send a truth and Trump said, great, come 498 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 3: up with something. And so I will tell you what 499 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 3: the President sent. I had a lot of input in this, 500 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 3: and here's what he put out. President Trump said, Democrats 501 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 3: claimed to be working for quote the little guy driving 502 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 3: down your health insurance. But the and the rest of 503 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 3: this is in all caps. Obamacare scam goes straight to 504 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 3: their best friends in the insurance industry. They are making 505 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 3: a killing while health coverage only gets worse. If Democrats 506 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 3: get their way again, they're in for another huge payday 507 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 3: at the expense of the American people. 508 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 4: No deal. In all caps. 509 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 3: Republicans should give money directly to your personal health savings 510 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 3: accounts all in caps that I expanded in our great, big, 511 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 3: beautiful bill. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Now, 512 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 3: this is really important because if you want a really strong, 513 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 3: principled conservative reform to health insurance, expanding health savings accounts 514 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 3: so that you give you the consumer, you the patient, 515 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 3: more control and instead of sending money to the insurance companies, 516 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 3: send it straight to people's health savings accounts, so you 517 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 3: can spend it on premiums. 518 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 4: You can spend it on deductibles. 519 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 3: You can spend it on healthcare that expands competition and 520 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: empowers patients that at lowers prices. The President leaning in 521 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 3: with this tweet really helps in this political battle we'll 522 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 3: have over the next six weeks because the outcome he's 523 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 3: advocating for is something I've advocated for a long time, 524 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,919 Speaker 3: and that was a direct result of that dinner on 525 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 3: Friday night where we got him on the phone. 526 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 2: You know, there's one interesting thing that's coming out this 527 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,959 Speaker 2: first year of Trump being back in office. It is 528 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 2: really empowering the American people, whether it is the accounts 529 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 2: you've talked about, whether it's the Trump accounts that are 530 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 2: going to be coming in this next year that you 531 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 2: guys pass to give kids the opportunity to save money 532 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 2: and to be able to grow accounts and to build 533 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 2: wealth over their lifetime. Like, there is a lot of 534 00:27:55,280 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 2: personal growth and personal excitement that it's Trump is get 535 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 2: the government out of your life. 536 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: You can do better without it. We want to help 537 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: you do that. And then the. 538 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 2: Democrats like no, no, no, no, no, Mandani's and others usually 539 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 2: have no control of your life. We want to run 540 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 2: the whole damn show from birth to death. Just trust 541 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: the US government to be your daddy or your mommy, 542 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 2: are both. And that's exactly the difference between the Republicans 543 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 2: and Democrats right now. 544 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 3: Look at it's a fundamental divide. As you noted, we 545 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 3: passed the Trump accounts. As you know well, I wrote 546 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 3: that legislation. This has been a major theme that I've 547 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 3: been fighting for since the first day I got elected 548 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 3: to the Senate. And whether you're talking about hell savings accounts, 549 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 3: whether you're talking about Trump accounts that are essentially four 550 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 3: A one CA savings accounts for kids, or whether you're 551 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 3: talking about school choice and getting tax credits, the unifying 552 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 3: theme of all of those is individual choice, empowering you 553 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 3: the individual rather than government competition and and giving you control. 554 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 3: That is the fundamental difference between left and right. And 555 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 3: President Trump has been a great partner in this, and 556 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 3: I'll tell you as a part of his tweet, he 557 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 3: sent out a chart, a chart which which I had 558 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 3: sent him, but I want you to see the chart. 559 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 3: We're going to put it up on YouTube for anyone 560 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 3: that's watching on YouTube. But it goes through the major 561 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 3: healthcare companies their stock performance since Obamacare pass I'm going 562 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 3: to walk through them. 563 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 4: Etna. 564 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 3: Obamacare March twenty ten is when it passed. Etna's stock 565 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 3: stock price was thirty dollars and fifty cents. Today it's 566 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 3: two hundred and twelve dollars, so it's increased five hundred 567 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 3: and ninety five percent. Since Obamacare passed. Senteen Its stock 568 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 3: has increased six hundred and four percent, Molina its stock 569 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 3: has increased eight hundred and fifty nine percent, Humana Its 570 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 3: stock has increased four hundred and ninety percent. Ends Anthem 571 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 3: Elevance Health Its stock has increased four hundred and fourteen percent, 572 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 3: Signa Its stock has increased eight eight hundred and twenty 573 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 3: two percent, and United Health Group. When Obamacare passed, United 574 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 3: health stock was twenty five dollars and sixty six cents. 575 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 3: Today November twenty twenty five, it is three hundred and 576 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 3: twenty seven dollars and seventy four cents. That is at 577 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 3: one thousand, one hundred and seventy seven percent increase. 578 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 4: That's what Obamacare did. 579 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 3: It massively increased the profits of the health insurance companies. 580 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 3: By the way, those health insurance companies overwhelmingly give to Democrats. 581 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 3: They give to Chuck Schumer, they give to Keing, Jeffries 582 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 3: and the Democrats because they recognize when Democrats are in power, 583 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 3: their profits go through the roof and the American people's 584 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 3: premium skyrocket. What are the Democrats say they wanted to 585 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 3: do in this shutdown? Give fifty billion dollars to those 586 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 3: same health insurance companies who profits have skyrocket. And it's 587 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 3: why with the pre residents said is so important. No, 588 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 3: we're not going to give money to health insurance companies. Instead, 589 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 3: we're going to expand health savings accounts so you, the 590 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 3: individual has control over your own healthcare. 591 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 2: For the last several weeks, you've heard me talk with 592 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 2: Josherrard at Berna and tell stories about people just like 593 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 2: you and I and how they've used their burn A 594 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 2: launcher protect themselves and their families. Now, if you don't 595 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 2: know what a burna is, it is a handheld pistol 596 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 2: that fires both kinetic rounds and chemical irritants to separate 597 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: you from an attacker. 598 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: And it's truly amazing. Now Josh is back today to. 599 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 2: Share a story about a store owner and how a 600 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 2: Berner launcher could have really come in handy. 601 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 5: Yes, So in Seattle, the owner of local small business 602 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 5: decided to have a sidewalk sale to engage more directly 603 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 5: with her community. Well, today was going great when a 604 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 5: male walking down the middle of the street could be 605 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 5: seen yelling, streaming, and hitting passing cars. This man was 606 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,479 Speaker 5: clearly suffering from an acute mental episode when he then 607 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 5: approached the store owner began threatening her. After several failed 608 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 5: attempts at escalating the situation, the woman ultimately tried to 609 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 5: go back into the store to try to get to safety, 610 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 5: and it was then that the deranged man yelled that 611 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 5: he was going to gouge out her eyes and then 612 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 5: grabbed her, slammed her to the ground, and begin choking her. 613 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 5: It was only due to several good Samaritans that jumped 614 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 5: in to pull him off of her that probably saved 615 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 5: your life. 616 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 2: You know, this is a growing trend. Unfortunately, mental health 617 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 2: is a serious issue and in areas where the larger 618 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 2: homeless populations, these individuals affected by this can really get violent. 619 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 2: Could BURNI still be effective in this case? 620 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 5: Absolutely? You know, mental health is striking populations all over America, 621 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 5: and those with mental health issues that also have substance 622 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 5: of abuse issues are over eleven hundred times more likely 623 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 5: to commit violent crime. And the problem is you never 624 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 5: know when that may happen. Berna, especially used with our 625 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 5: chemical agent projectiles, will incapacitate even those suffering from those 626 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 5: acute mental episodes. So Burne is a great tool to 627 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 5: use when you absolutely have no idea that you may 628 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 5: need it. 629 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 2: If you want to find out more about burna can 630 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 2: help you or your family members. It's a great gift 631 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 2: for the holidays coming for someone you want to help protect. 632 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 2: Go to Burna by RNA dot com. That's Burnaby RNA 633 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 2: dot com, burna dot com. Senator, I also want to 634 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 2: get a little preview of something that you're working on. 635 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 2: We're going to do a more expansive show on this, 636 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 2: but it's important that people know that even while the 637 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 2: government has been shut down, you have been working very 638 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 2: hard on other things. One of those things is you've 639 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 2: now introduced the Quote Deporting Fraudsters Act of twenty twenty five, 640 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 2: and it deals with snap and public benefits abuses that 641 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 2: is costing the American people millions and millions of dollars. 642 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 2: Give us a little preview of this so people know 643 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 2: what's been going on. 644 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 4: Look, this is a very simple bill. 645 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 3: It is an astonishing fact that right now welfare fraud, 646 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 3: fraudulently taking government assistance benefits is not a deportable effe 647 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 3: events under the immigration laws. This law will change that 648 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 3: and make it a deportable offense. Let me give you 649 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 3: some basic statistics. Forty eight percent of households headed by 650 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 3: illegal immigrants received food related welfare benefits forty eight percent 651 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:20,240 Speaker 3: nearly half specifically SNAP. A CIS analysis found that thirty 652 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 3: one percent of illegal alien households with children draw SNAP benefits. 653 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:31,360 Speaker 3: One in five households getting WICIC Women's Infants and Children 654 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,800 Speaker 3: or SNAP is headed by a non citizen, and ninety 655 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 3: six percent of the children in those households are US 656 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 3: but born, showing how illegal aliens exploit child based eligibility 657 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,880 Speaker 3: to access benefits indirectly. 658 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,400 Speaker 4: The US Department of Agriculture reports. 659 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 3: One point seventy six million non citizens on SNAP in 660 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three. That is roughly three hundred and twelve 661 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 3: million dollars in ten pair funds. In twenty twelve or 662 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 3: not twenty twelve, rather twenty twenty two, it was one 663 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 3: point five million recipients that cost two hundred and twenty 664 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:09,240 Speaker 3: two million. 665 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 4: Fraud is rampant. 666 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 3: For example, in twenty twenty four, one hundred and twenty 667 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,240 Speaker 3: six point eight million dollars was stolen from EBT cards. 668 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 3: In Texas, three point seven million people, about eleven percent 669 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 3: of the state relies on SNAP. Every stolen or unlawfully 670 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 3: claimed dollar robs a citizen family in genuine need. And 671 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 3: according to the CBO, about two hundred thousand illegal aliens 672 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 3: from the surge of alien asylum seekers from twenty twenty 673 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 3: three to twenty twenty four already received SNAP, growing to 674 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 3: eight hundred thousand by twenty thirty four, assuming no deportations. 675 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 3: A ten year cost. You said this cost millions. Yeah, 676 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 3: the ten year cost is fifteen billion dollars. And so 677 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 3: this bill is to target that and say, if you're 678 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 3: here illegally, you do not have any entitlement to public welfare. 679 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 3: And if you access fraudulently access public welfare, that is 680 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,480 Speaker 3: yet another ground to deport you. 681 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 1: Now, Chuck Schumer is a co sponsor this bill. 682 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 3: Right, no, And I feel confident that Schumer is not 683 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 3: just to know he's a hell no, because today's Democrat party, 684 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 3: it is all for giant health insurance corporations. It is 685 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 3: all for illegal immigrants, it is all for violent criminals, 686 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 3: it is all for men and women's sports. It's all 687 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 3: for everyone except the average American citizen trying to work 688 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 3: hard and provide for his or her family. 689 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 4: And that's exactly backwards. 690 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: It's incredible. 691 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 2: Well, as we're doing the show right now at ten 692 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,359 Speaker 2: forty at night on Sunday evening, the government's still shut down, 693 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,240 Speaker 2: you're still being held hostage. We're moving in the right direction. 694 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 2: Democrats could drag this out even till Friday, just to 695 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 2: hurt you. If you're traveling this week, you're not alone, 696 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 2: Sender Kruz and I are traveling with you. 697 00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: It's gonna suck. That's just the best way I can 698 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: describe it. 699 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 2: But at least hopefully will be safe while doing it 700 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 2: Center and I will see you back here when the 701 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,759 Speaker 2: government hopefully reopens. So we'll be doing a show on Wednesday, 702 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 2: So hit that subscriber auto download button and grab my podcast, 703 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 2: the Ben Ferguson Podcasts on those in between days. I 704 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 2: will keep you up to date with whatever is happening. 705 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 2: I can promise you that, and we'll see you back here. 706 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,439 Speaker 1: In a couple of days