1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you, 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 2: and as we get ready for a new year, it's 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 2: important that we take a look back at some of 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: the biggest stories of this past year, some of the 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: biggest conversations at Senator Ted Cruz and I had, and 7 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: that's exactly what we're going to do. Give you some 8 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 2: of those big stories and things to look forward to 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 2: or issues that you may need to be paying attention 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: to heading into twenty twenty four. 11 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: Senator, you're at the border. 12 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: You are there where Title forty two has literally just expired. 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 2: What does this mean for the country and what have 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 2: you seen today? 15 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 3: Well, Ben, you and I are recording this. It is 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 3: right now twelve fourteen am Friday morning. Title forty two 17 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 3: expired at midnight, So for fourteen minutes, the last legal 18 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 3: authority the Biden administration was using to deport illegal aliens 19 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 3: is no longer in effect. From the first day of 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 3: the Biden presidency until today, we've seen over six and 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 3: a half million people crossing into this country, the worst 22 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 3: illegal immigration in the history of our country. As of 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 3: right now, it is about to get much much worse, 24 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: and so I flew down this afternoon Thursday afternoon and 25 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 3: came to the southern border with three other senators, with 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: Roger Marshall, with John Hoven and Ted Budd and the 27 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 3: four of us wanted to see firsthand what is happening here. 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 3: We wanted to be here for the expiration of Title 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 3: forty two to let the American people know what is 30 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 3: happening and that the Biden administration wants this absolute catastrophe 31 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 3: to unfold. 32 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: It is truly shocking to watch the images that so 33 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 2: many Americans saw, and we'll see over the weekend of 34 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: the drone footage if you've been watching Fox News channel 35 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: of tens of thousands of people waiting to come across 36 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: the border. And there was a warning that was given, 37 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: advice that was given not only to the Biden administration 38 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: by border patrol, but we actually have a guest with 39 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: us tonight that warned the Biden administration that this was 40 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 2: going to happen. And the Biden transition team clearly said, no, no, no, 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: we don't care about the chaos and the anarchy. 42 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: We want this by design. 43 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 3: Well that's exactly right, and so tonight, Ben, you and 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: I are joined by someone who has become a very 45 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 3: good friend of mine. Brandon Judd Brandon is the president 46 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: of the National Border Patrol Council, that is the union, 47 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 3: the national union for the men and women of the 48 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 3: Border Patrol all across this country. And I have spent 49 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: hundreds of hours with Brandon and with the heroes of 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: the Border Patrol. I've been blessed to go out with 51 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 3: them repeatedly on midnight patrol down on the border. I've 52 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 3: been been with them at midnight muster. I've been with 53 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 3: them as they're processing this deluge of illegal immigrants. I've 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 3: been with them to encourage those heroes while they have 55 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: political superiors who undermine them, who belittle them, who insult them, 56 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 3: and who deliberately prevent them from doing their jobs. And 57 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 3: I have to say it is a miracle that they 58 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 3: continue to show up to work every day to protect 59 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 3: this country, even while facing a president and an administration 60 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: that is doing everything it can to make it impossible 61 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 3: for them to succeed at their task. 62 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: Brendan, I got to ask you about the warning and 63 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: the advice that you gave to the Biden administration. You 64 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: gave advice you told the Biden transition team before even 65 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: Biden took office, what they need to do to keep 66 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: a secure border. You represent, obviously as the president of 67 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: National Border Patrol Council border patrol agents who right now 68 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: I'd bless all of you for what you do, because 69 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: I can't imagine going to work every day knowing that 70 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: the administration is working against you the way that they 71 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: are right now. 72 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: But what did you tell them? 73 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: And and you knew this day would come, and this 74 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 2: hour would come, and this moment would come if they 75 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: did and put in place the policies that they have 76 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: now put on all. 77 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: Of us, not just once. 78 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 4: I sat down with the transition team three separate times 79 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 4: to discuss the issues that we face on the border, 80 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 4: to discuss what could be done to keep the American 81 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 4: people safe. And that's what border security is all about. 82 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 4: We've got to keep Themerican people sary. 83 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 3: Brandon, this was not just the Trump transition team, although 84 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 3: you sat down with them as well, talking. 85 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: To I was on the Trump transition. 86 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 3: You were on the Trump transition team. But when Joe 87 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 3: Biden came in, you sat I did with them, I did, 88 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 3: and you tried to help them not have this disaster. 89 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 4: I did the best that I could I didn't vote 90 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 4: for Joe Biden. I don't like Joe Biden, and I 91 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 4: didn't like him as the Senator. I didn't like him 92 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 4: as the Vice president. But I did want him to 93 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 4: succeed as the President of United States, because if he succeeds, 94 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 4: the American people succeed. 95 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: That's all I cared about. And so I sat down 96 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: with the Transition team. 97 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 4: I sat down with them three separate times, and we 98 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 4: went over in depth what needs to be done on 99 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 4: the border secure to secure the border, and we even 100 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 4: stayed within the parameters that Biden gave on the campaign trail. 101 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 4: It's not like we offered them up radical ideas. It's 102 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 4: not like we were telling them stick with the Trump policies, 103 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: although I would have loved to have stuck with those policies. 104 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 4: We worked within their parameters and they still rejected it, 105 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 4: which clearly showed to me that they didn't care about 106 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 4: securing the border. They didn't care about the American people 107 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 4: who they're supposed to be protecting, and so it was 108 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 4: really disgusting to me. And not only did I sit 109 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 4: down with the Transition team, I actually spoke with Secretary 110 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 4: of my Orchis prior to his confirmation and discussed the 111 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 4: issues with him as well. And so when you look 112 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 4: at this, it's not like they can claim that they 113 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,559 Speaker 4: didn't know. It's not like they can say we didn't 114 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 4: know what we needed to do. They knew, They know 115 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 4: exactly what they need to do. They knew what they 116 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 4: needed to do. And so you have to ask yourself, 117 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 4: are they doing this on purpose? And I think that 118 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: the only answer is yes, they are. They are doing 119 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 4: this on purpose. They are pandering to open border activists. 120 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 4: Look at the West Wing, Look look at the West Wing. 121 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 4: All of the political appointees in the West Wing they 122 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 4: come from activist backgrounds. Look at the Look at the 123 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 4: political appointees in DHS. They come from activist backgrounds. So 124 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 4: now you have activists that are running legitimate law enforcement agencies. 125 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 3: Brandon, you were with me when I brought down nineteen 126 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 3: senators to the boarder and we went in to the 127 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 3: Biden cages, to the tent city at Donnaye, and there 128 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 3: the Biden administration refused to let TV cameras in. They 129 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 3: refused to let Fox News in, They refused to let 130 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: ABC News in because they said that the that the 131 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 3: cameraman might have COVID. Now, mind you, these these Biden 132 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 3: cages were packed wall to wall and as you'll recall, 133 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 3: and Brandon, you'll recall, well, because you were standing there, 134 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: I pulled out my cell phone and I began taking 135 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 3: pictures and recording it. And the Biden DHS had sent 136 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 3: they'd sent this little political operative who jumped in front 137 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 3: of the camera and tried to block me. And she 138 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: was she was the right hand to to to the 139 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: head of CBP, and her job was prevent the American 140 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 3: people from seeing the disaster they were creating. And so 141 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 3: you know, I kind of laughed and said, well, you're 142 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: about to make yourself famous. And I think that that 143 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 3: video that I took on my cell phone because they 144 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: wouldn't let news cameras in, it ran on just about 145 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 3: every news station. 146 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: It did, It did, and it showed. 147 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: And at one point she was yelling at me, respect 148 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 3: these people, respect these their dignity, and I said, you 149 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 3: respect these people. You're the one that have locked them 150 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 3: up in cages like animals, and you leave. They were stacked. 151 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 3: You saw children shoulder to shoulder lying on the floor 152 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: on mats with with with silver reflective blankets. There was 153 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 3: a rate of COVID positivity among the kids that was 154 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 3: through the roof, and the Biden policies kept having thousands 155 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: upon thousands, and ultimately millions of people coming. 156 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 4: As a federal employee, as a border patrol Asian. That 157 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 4: was one of the funniest things I had ever seen 158 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 4: in my career. It was absolutely great to see this 159 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 4: little political appointed, this little activist, just absolutely lose her mind. 160 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 4: And that goes back to the problem that we're dealing 161 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 4: with this administration. We all want to have an honest conversation. 162 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 4: When I say we all want to the honest people 163 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 4: want to have a conversation so the American people understand 164 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 4: what's going on. I don't care if the American people 165 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 4: agree with me. I don't care if they come back 166 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 4: and say that, you know, I'm wrong. All I want 167 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 4: is I want them to have all of the information. 168 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 4: I want them to be able to make an informed 169 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 4: opinion upon all of the evidence, not just the rhetoric 170 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: that comes out of the White House. And if we 171 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 4: have that honest conversation, I am absolutely convinced that the 172 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 4: American people will agree that the border needs to be secured. 173 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 4: And I am absolutely convinced that they will blame what 174 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 4: is currently going on on the border on this administration, 175 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 4: and that they will know that this administration is actually 176 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 4: killing American citizens. Fentanyl poisoning is taking place. Seventy thousand 177 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 4: US citizens are losing their lives every year to fentanyl poisoning. 178 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 4: And it's all because the Biden administration does not allow 179 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 4: us to go after the cartels. 180 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: They're enriching the cartels. 181 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 3: Brandon, how frustrated are border patrol agents right now? Give 182 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 3: me the real sentiment of the men and women on 183 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 3: the front. 184 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 4: We're sick of him. We're sick of him. He's got 185 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 4: to go. As far as we're concerned, he has got 186 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 4: to go. And we were absolutely demralized. 187 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: I believe that. 188 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 4: Every hard working person in this country, they want to 189 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 4: feel like their job means something. They want to feel 190 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 4: like they have accomplished something. They want to go home 191 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 4: every day thinking that I did a good job. Border 192 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 4: patrol agents cannot do that right now. We know that 193 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 4: every single time we put on a uniform that we're 194 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 4: not doing anything. 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Let's walk through exactly 226 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 2: what they have charged Donald Trump with and also your 227 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 2: overview how serious is this in your opinion scale one 228 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 2: to ten. 229 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 1: We've seen like in New York there was not a 230 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: lot of people worried about that indictment. 231 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 2: They thought it was frivolous, they thought it was kind 232 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: of absurd, satul limitations. 233 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of problems in court. Is 234 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: this different? 235 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: Well, the last podcast we did on Friday, we did 236 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 3: it right after news of the indictment broke, but the 237 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 3: indictment wasn't public. What has changed between then and now 238 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 3: is we now have the indictment so we can see 239 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 3: specifically what they brought. I will say now Having reviewed 240 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 3: the specific indictment, it's pretty underwhelming. There's not a lot 241 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 3: of there there. We talked quite a bit before the 242 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 3: indictment about how I believed it was extremely likely that 243 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 3: the Department of Justice was going to indict Donald Trump, 244 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 3: that Merrick Garland I believe wants to indict Donald Trump. 245 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 3: I think he came into office wanting to indict and 246 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 3: to prosecute Donald Trump. But we also talked about the 247 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 3: problem that he couldn't just base it on the classified 248 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 3: documents because it so happened just that everyone else had 249 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 3: did the same damn thing. And so we discussed on 250 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 3: this podcast how I believe they would really build their 251 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 3: case as an obstruction case. What's interesting is they did that, 252 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 3: but the bulk of the indictment focuses on the classified documents. 253 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 3: So if you look at the indictment, there are thirty 254 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 3: seven counts in the indictment. It starts with criminal offenses 255 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 3: concerning the wilful retention of national defense information, with holding 256 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 3: a document of record, corruptly concealing a document of record, 257 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 3: concealing a document of a federal investigation, a scheme to 258 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 3: conceal and if you look at it all right, so 259 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 3: counts one through thirty one, So the bulk of the 260 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 3: indictment are multiple counts of willful retention of national defense information, 261 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 3: and by the text of it, the terms of that 262 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 3: crime are serious. Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, 263 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 3: or control over any document writing, codebooks, sign signal books, sketch, photograph, photographic, negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, 264 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 3: or note relating to the national defense, or information relating 265 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 3: to the national defense, which information the possessor has reason 266 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 3: to believe could be used to the injury of the 267 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 3: United States or the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits, 268 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 3: or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts 269 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 3: to communicate, delivered, or transmitted, or caused to be communicated, 270 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 3: delivered or transmitted the same to any person not entitled 271 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 3: to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails 272 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 3: to deliver it to the officer employee of the United 273 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 3: States entitled to receive it. Whoever being entrusted with, or 274 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 3: having lawful possession of, or control of any document writing, codebook, 275 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 3: signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic, negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, 276 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 3: or information relating to the national defense through gross negligence, 277 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 3: permits the same to be removed from its proper place 278 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 3: of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, 279 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 3: or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or having 280 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: knowledge that the same has been illegally moved from its 281 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 3: proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation 282 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 3: of its trust, or lost or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, 283 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: and fails to make prompt report of such lost, theft, abstraction, 284 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 3: or destruction to his superior officer. The consequence of all 285 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: of that is that you face a maximum fine of 286 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 3: two hundred and fifty thousand dollars an imprisonment of not 287 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 3: more than ten years, or both a noother thirty one 288 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 3: counts of that. If those thirty one counts, if Trump 289 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 3: were can victed of it, and if they ran consecutively, 290 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 3: he could be sentenced to three hundred and ten years 291 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 3: in prison. Now, on the face of that, all that 292 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 3: sounds serious, Yeah, except for the problem that this is 293 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 3: a president of the United States. This is a president 294 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 3: of the United States, and every president of the United 295 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 3: States has taken papers from his time as president. That 296 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 3: goes back, I suspect back to George Washington. This is 297 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 3: a general statute that if you or I are working 298 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 3: in government, we have a classified document and we shove 299 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 3: them down our underwear, like Sandy Berger, who was the 300 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 3: national security advisor to Bill Clinton did. That's the kind 301 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: of statute that can be used to go after you. 302 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 3: In this instance. The press has been breathless about the 303 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 3: allegation that Trump stored classified documents in his bathroom, in 304 00:16:55,520 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 3: his shower, and the Biden Department of Justice Media production 305 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 3: office helpfully took a picture, which they conveniently released to 306 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 3: the world because this is a media production. And I 307 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 3: say that tongue in cheek. It should not be a 308 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 3: media production. But they are engaged in politics here. We've 309 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 3: all seen the picture of the boxes stacked up in 310 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 3: the marble bathroom with the chandelier, and there's something titillating 311 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 3: about that. That's an odd place to store classified documents 312 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 3: in a shower. Although I have to ask you something. 313 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 3: Number one, every president has taken records. So just saying, oh, 314 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 3: if you have a national security record, you're obviously a felon. Well, 315 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 3: if we're going to lock up all our former presidents. 316 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 3: You know, I'm not sure Jimmy Carter is gonna last 317 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 3: long in doing hard time. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, 318 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 3: could do quite well behind cars. But secondly, okay, fine, 319 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: you've got an embarrassing place for documents to be, which 320 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 3: is a bathroom and shower. Is that any more embarrassing 321 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 3: than in a cardboard box in a garage next to 322 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 3: an antique corvette. Yeah, that would be where Joe Biden 323 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 3: kept his documents. 324 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 2: Or classified documents on a server in Hillary Clinton's basement, 325 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: in her bathroom. 326 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 3: At the end of the day, the biggest problem the 327 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: Department of Justice has is the screaming hypocrisy. This breathlessly says, 328 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 3: my god, he had a classified document off with his head. 329 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 3: And it doesn't say a word about why. They have 330 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 3: no concerns at all about Joe Biden about all of 331 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 3: the documents he had, not in one place, not in 332 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 3: two places, in multiple places, left with no security, left 333 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 3: stacked in the garage, unlocked garage. This is so obviously 334 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 3: a double standard. This is a double standard driven by 335 00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 3: a Department of Justice that's blinded by hatred. I think 336 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 3: they've convinced themselves that Trump actually is Adolf Hitler, and 337 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 3: so nothing else matters. If you're going after Hitler, everything 338 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: is justified. And well, yes, Joe Biden did the same thing. 339 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 3: Well yes, Hillary Clinton did the same thing. But they're 340 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 3: not Hitler. This is how they're thinking, goes. They're not Hitler, 341 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 3: so it's fine. We like them, they're on our team, 342 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 3: so it's not a crime if they do it. But boy, 343 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 3: isn't this a good excuse to go after the devil? 344 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 3: Looking at this indictment, I think the same thing today 345 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 3: that I thought last week when it was announced. This 346 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 3: is garbage. It's not the same kind of garbage that 347 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 3: Alvin Bragg's New York indictment is. That's just legally frivolous. 348 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: It's legally frivolous on the face of It's go. 349 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,239 Speaker 1: To one to ten. 350 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: How concerned are you over that indict. 351 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 3: The brag one? Yeah, one point five? 352 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: And what about this one? 353 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 3: Four point five? 354 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: What's the biggest difference in. 355 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 3: There are several things. Number one, this is the Department of. 356 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 2: Justice, unlimited funds, unlimited lawyers, unlimited time. 357 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 3: When the Department of Justice comes after you, it is 358 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 3: a lot more serious it just is DOJ has resources, 359 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 3: has power, It has the ability to devote massive resources, 360 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 3: and typically far more talented prosecutors than Alvin Bragg has 361 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,239 Speaker 3: at his disposal. Alvin Bragg, on the face of it, 362 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 3: the indictment is really reaching. It's trying to create crimes 363 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 3: where none exists. In this instance, what they allege is 364 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 3: arguably criminal for someone who's not the president of the 365 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 3: United States. The problem with it is the double stand 366 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 3: and the political persecution, rather than whether or not this 367 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 3: is in fact a violation of law. The pundits on 368 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 3: CNN will all say, ah, they've shown a violation of law. 369 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 3: My response is great, Explain to me, why if you 370 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 3: want to prosecute Trump, are he and Biden going to 371 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 3: be sell mates? If you bring twin prosecutions for the 372 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: same thing and put Hillary in, have the three of them, 373 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 3: you want to prosecute all three of them? We can 374 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 3: talk about that. Now. That would be absurd, sure, but 375 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 3: that would at least be consistent to say, okay, any 376 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 3: of you who had a classified document, we're going to 377 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: prosecute all of you. All right, that I could understand 378 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 3: this is so serious, off with all their heads. But 379 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 3: that's not what they're saying with zero explanation. 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Let's 415 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 2: talk about how big these wins were right before recess. 416 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 3: Well, sure, and I want to focus on on a 417 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 3: single day, and that was Thursday, the last week of July, 418 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 3: is the last day the Senate was in session. We've 419 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 3: been on recess for the past several weeks, and so 420 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 3: I've been traveling across the state of Texas at doing 421 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 3: events all over Texas. But the last day we were 422 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 3: in session was the Thursday, the last week of July, 423 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 3: and on that one day, I passed eight separate pieces 424 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 3: of legislation. It was a big deal to pass eight 425 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 3: pieces of legislation. That there are a lot of members 426 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 3: of the Senate that don't pass eight pieces of legislation 427 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 3: after years of serving in the Senate, and I passed 428 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 3: eight in a single day, and so I just wanted 429 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 3: to walk through that day to give a sense of 430 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 3: what can be accomplished fighting for Texas in a single day. 431 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 3: So two of them passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee. 432 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 3: And as you know, I'm the ranking member, the senior 433 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 3: Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, and there were two 434 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 3: different bills that I'd introduced, both of which passed the 435 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 3: Senate Commerce Committee that day. One of them focuses on 436 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: AM radio and we've talked about that bill here on 437 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 3: the podcast before, which is that eight automakers announced that 438 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 3: we're pulling AM radios off of brand new cars and trucks. 439 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 3: I think that's a terrible step. It's terrible for a 440 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 3: lot of reasons, including that it denies people disaster information 441 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 3: in the case of a hurricane or a fire or 442 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: tornado or some other natural disaster. 443 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: It hurts rural. 444 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 3: Americans who rely on AM radio, and it hurts conservative 445 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 3: speech in particular. It's an example of corporate America silencing 446 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 3: one of the most important platforms for conservative speech. Well, 447 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 3: I teamed up with Ed Markey, the single most liberal 448 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 3: member of the Senate, in legislation called the AM Radio 449 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 3: for Every Vehicle Act, which mandates that new cars and 450 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 3: trucks include AM radio, and that legislation passed. The Commerce 451 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 3: Committee passed it with overwhelming bipartisan support. So that was 452 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 3: victory number one. A big deal. That impacts you. You 453 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 3: have a radio station, radio show, It impacts all sorts 454 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 3: of people on the radio, but it impacts up to 455 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 3: eighty million Americans who listen to AM radio every single month. 456 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 2: It's incredible legislation, and it's also, as you mentioned, as well, 457 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 2: a safety issue. You look at the hurricane that is 458 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 2: that we're dealing with right now in Florida that's going 459 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 2: to be going up the east coast, and I've already 460 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: heard it and talked to friends down there. They're already 461 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,239 Speaker 2: reminding people grab your crank AM radios to keep up 462 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 2: when the power goes out so that you know what's 463 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 2: going on. And I think there were many that thought 464 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 2: of this as a way to silence conservative talk radio. Yes, 465 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: there's no doubt there was a political side of this 466 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,479 Speaker 2: as well. But this other part was a safety issue 467 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 2: when hurricanes hit, when there's natural disasters that happened and 468 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 2: they're talking about it. I was watching the Weather Channel 469 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 2: today as a storm was developing, this hurricane and strengthening. 470 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 2: They were saying, make sure you have your crank AM radio. 471 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 2: That is something that saves lives and situations like this. 472 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 2: And that's also why it was so important to make 473 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: sure these AM raders because there are people so after 474 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 2: storm's hit and even before they can got to their car, 475 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 2: turn it on for a second, listen to the latest 476 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 2: updates of what's happening. And that's something that happens, or 477 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 2: there's crank radios or battery powered radios with AM it's 478 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 2: so vitally important for safety as well. 479 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, and other media often go down in the case 480 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 3: of a disaster, so it's it's critical for getting people 481 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 3: out of harm's way. A second piece of legislation that 482 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 3: I authored that also passed the Commerce Committee that day 483 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 3: is legislation called the Ticket Act, and it concerns if 484 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 3: you go online and you buy sports tickets, you go 485 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 3: buy baseball tickets, or football or basketball tickets, or you 486 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 3: buy concert tickets you want to go see your favorite artists. 487 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 3: Pay and all of us have had the experience where 488 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 3: you go online to buy tickets, you pick out your seats, 489 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 3: and you're really excited, and then you get to the 490 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 3: final step of the transaction and you see fees that 491 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 3: are just massive. The fees can be as upwards of 492 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 3: forty to fifty sixty percent of the total amount you're paying, 493 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 3: and you don't learn until the very last step when 494 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 3: you're entering your credit card. And so I joined with 495 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 3: Maria Cantwell, the Democrat from Washington State is the chairman 496 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 3: of the committee, and authored legislation that requires online ticket 497 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 3: brokers to disclose the total amount of the ticket price 498 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 3: with the fees up front, so that when you're searching, 499 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 3: you can know, Okay, if this ticket's going to cost 500 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 3: me one hundred dollars, I'm not going to think it's 501 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 3: fifty bucks and get surprised on the back end as 502 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 3: a consumer. I'm going to get to know upfront and 503 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 3: have the information to be able to comparison, shop and 504 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 3: make informed choices. 505 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 1: Center. 506 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 2: You mentioned that there was not just these two pieces 507 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 2: of legislation, but more than that that happened on this 508 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 2: single day. 509 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: Walk us down that again that path of what else happened. 510 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 3: Well, sure, the first two passed the Commerce Committee. The 511 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 3: remaining six pieces of legislation that I passed that day 512 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 3: all passed the entire Senate, the full Senate, and all 513 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 3: of them on that day, the last Thursday in July, 514 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 3: we passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which is the 515 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 3: big bill that passes every year that authorizes the Department 516 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 3: of Defense and our military, and it's critical for ensuring 517 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 3: that we can defend our nation, and it is considered 518 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 3: must pass legislation so that if you can author amendments 519 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 3: that get attached to it, those amendments get passed into 520 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 3: law and sign into law. I had six different amendments 521 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 3: that passed on this year's NDAA. So one of the 522 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 3: amendments I had was very focused on defense in the 523 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 3: state of Texas, and it was ensuring that B one 524 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 3: bomber wings remain in service for at least three more years, 525 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 3: at least until twenty twenty six until they're actually replaced 526 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 3: by newer B twenty one bombers. And this is critically 527 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 3: important number One, to preserve the US's long range strike capabilities. 528 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 3: But number two, many of those B one bomber wings 529 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 3: are right now housed at Dias Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, 530 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 3: and we're in the process of replacing B one bombers 531 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 3: with B twenty ones. B twenty ones are much more 532 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 3: advanced bombers, but it takes time to produce the B 533 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 3: twenty ones, and there's great concern Number One in West 534 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 3: Texas that the b ones will be taken down before 535 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 3: they're replaced by the B twenty ones, And so there's 536 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 3: been a battle year after year to make sure that 537 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 3: we don't decommission the b ones until we have B 538 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 3: twenty ones in place to replace them. That battle's happened 539 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 3: every year for a number of years, and I've managed 540 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 3: to win temporary delays in it. This year we got 541 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 3: a three year freeze, which is critically important for ensuring 542 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 3: our defense capability but also for protecting West Texas and 543 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 3: Dyas Air Force Base. So a second amendment that also 544 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 3: passed that day is legislation that I introduced that focused 545 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 3: on what are called spy fridges, which is there are 546 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 3: all sorts of impliances that you buy, whether they're refrigerators, 547 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 3: whether they're microwaves, whether they're stoves or ovens that are 548 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 3: smart devices, and they have built in cameras and or recorders, 549 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 3: and often people don't know when you're buying a fridge. 550 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 3: You don't think to ask, gosh, is my refrigerator recording 551 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 3: me in my kitchen? And so I authored legislation. It's 552 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 3: very similar to the legislation we talked about before the 553 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,959 Speaker 3: Ticket Act. It's disclosure legislation that says, if there's an 554 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 3: appliance that's being sold to consumers that can record you, 555 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 3: that has a camera either a video camera an audio recorder, 556 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 3: that they have to disclose to you the consumer, Hey, 557 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 3: your fridge is spying on you. And that likewise was 558 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 3: bipartisan legislation that likewise passed on the floor of the Senate. 559 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 2: Let me tell you about a guest of precious metals. 560 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 2: If you've seen the headlines lately, you know what's going 561 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 2: on with the economy. Third highest deficit in history, the 562 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 2: highest rate of debt we've ever seen in this country. 563 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 2: On credit card debt, the digital dollar sparking uncertainty is 564 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 2: another headline. 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And it's where technology is taking us. 595 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 3: It's where so much of corporate America violates the privacy 596 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 3: of consumers. And look, the next time, Ben, you're walking 597 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 3: to the fridge at two in the morning and your 598 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 3: box of shorts to get a midnight snack, just just 599 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 3: remember that video may be in the hands of whoever 600 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 3: sold you the fridge. 601 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, thank you for passing that. I do appreciate that. 602 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 2: I think all of us can say yes on that one. 603 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 2: What else was on the list? 604 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 3: All right? So two other amendments that both concerned oil. 605 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 3: One of them concerns Nordstream two. We've talked a lot 606 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 3: about Nordstream two, which is the pipeline that Putin was 607 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 3: building from Russia to Germany, and I had an amendment 608 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 3: that holds accountable the corrupt responsible the corrupt officials who 609 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 3: were responsible for building and or maintaining Nordstream too, and 610 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 3: so that passed on that Thursday as well. The second 611 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 3: one focused on US oil and in particular our strategic 612 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,800 Speaker 3: petroleum Reserve. 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