1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Welcome it as a verdict. With Senator Ted Cruz, Ben 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Ferguson with you. It is a moment that finally happened. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Many of you were asleep, but we have a new 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. And here's what it 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: sounded like. Do you solemnly swear that you will support 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: foreign and domestic, That you will bear true faith and 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: allegiance to the same, That you take this obligation freely, 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: without intimental reservation or purpose of evasion, And that you 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: on which you're about to enter. So help your God, Yes, 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: I do. Congratulations and God's speed. That was it happened 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: late in that way, I should say, technically early in 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: the morning. Senator, your prediction on this podcast was spot on. 15 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: You said you thought they would get a deal done 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: on Friday night. It happened Friday night in this Saturday morning. 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: Pretty spot on. Congratulations for that prediction. Well, I will 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: say when we talked about this on Wednesday morning's pod, 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: what you and I predicted together. I said that I 20 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,199 Speaker 1: thought the most likely outcome was that Kevin McCarthy would 21 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: cut a deal with the holdouts, and in particular that 22 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: he would cut a deal with Chip Roy. That Chip 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: Roy really was the leader of the twenty And the 24 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: reason I thought that is because Chip was focused, I 25 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: think quite rightly on changes to the rules, changes to 26 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: how the House conducts business. On substance, some of the 27 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: people involved in this leadership battle, I think had had 28 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: real personal animosity to Kevin McCarthy. I think Chip, to 29 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: his credit, was not motivated by that. He was motivated 30 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: by changing the broken way that Washington operates. And what 31 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: you and I talked about Wednesday morning on this podcast 32 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: is I thought the most likely outcome was Kevin and 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: Chip would reach a deal. He would make some significant concessions, 34 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: and those concessions would be a Nathan McCarthy would be elected. 35 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: Ultimately at about one in the morning, uh, late last night. 36 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: That's exactly what happened. It took It took a few 37 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: more hours than we had predicted, but not much. It 38 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: was about about the same time period. And I will 39 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: say what Chip and the other dissenters accomplished was a 40 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: really big deal. There was a lot of drama because 41 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: there was a vote at eleven PM where I think 42 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: McCarthy and leadership thought they had the votes, and they 43 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: ended up falling just short because many of the dissenters 44 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: dropped off, but there remained a handful who didn't and 45 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: it and it led to it led to some interesting drama. 46 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 1: It led to and and in particular, you also had 47 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: during the day too, votes that were missing. One Wesley Hunt, 48 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: a new congressman from Houston, actually my congressman, who had 49 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: to fly back to Houston because his wife had just 50 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: delivered a baby, his son who was born prematurely and 51 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: and and they were having to care for his son. 52 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: He flew back to Houston to be with them and 53 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: then turned around and was there for the late night vote. 54 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: His vote was needed at the end, and he was 55 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: there for the late night vote. But it it got 56 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: a little wild and woolley and including uh. At one 57 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: point Mike Rogers, a Republican from Alabama YEA, had to 58 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: be physically restrained from from taking a swing and and 59 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: and coming after Matt Yates that that was I'm not 60 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: sure I've seen the beginnings of an actual bar fight 61 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: on the floor of the House, but it it it 62 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: came pretty close. I was wondering if that was a 63 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: new COVID certified mask for Congress, right the hand over 64 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: the face and restraining. I'm like, maybe that count as 65 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: a new COVID mask. But at the end of the day, 66 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: all of the histrionics about oh, this is terrible, this 67 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: is the end of the republic. Now, the Democrats were, 68 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: of course crowing. You would expect them to crow. That's 69 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: what they're going to do regardless. The media went on 70 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: and on. But I've got to say the agreements that 71 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: they ended up getting were significant. And let me throw 72 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: a caveat that the Rules Package has not yet been 73 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: voted on, that the plan is to vote on that 74 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: on Monday, and so the devil is always in the details, 75 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: and it could you know, this is at this point 76 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: what's been publicly reported. But among other things that have 77 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: publicly been reported, here are elements of the deal that 78 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: have been reported in the press. Number one, that the 79 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: rules package ends proxy voting, which means members of the 80 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: House actually have to show up and do their damn jobs. 81 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: One of the bizarre things Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats did, 82 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: and the name of COVID is allowed House members to 83 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: be sitting on the beach thousands of miles away and 84 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: cast votes by proxy. That was always nuts. I believe 85 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: it's unconstitutional. I tell you, the Senate never did it. 86 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: Schumer and the Senate never did it. If you're not 87 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: in the Senate, you don't vote. You have to be 88 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: on the floor of the Senate. In fact, the way 89 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: the Senate votes is so old school. You literally are 90 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: standing on the floor of the Senate and the clerk 91 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: calls out your name, mister Ferguson, and you say I 92 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: or nay, and they write it down with a pencil 93 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: on a little on a long, skinny card that has 94 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: the names of all one hundred senators on it. Yeah, 95 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: voting that way, I think is just there's so much 96 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: history in it. I was at one time when I 97 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: was thirteen years old. 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Also remote committee hearings ended, 130 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: So if you want to have a hearing, get your 131 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: butt to the hearing. That that was important. But but 132 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: they're also a whole series of additional uh agreements that 133 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: are apparently in the rules package, although as I said, 134 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: the devil's in the detail. One is the single purpose 135 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: rule the House for a long time one real source 136 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: of mischief is cramming a gazillion things into a rule 137 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: into a rule rather than just have it focus on 138 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: a single purpose. That's a good thing. Related to that 139 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: is the Germanus Protocol, which is again a requirement that 140 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: if things are added to a bill that they be 141 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: germane essentially they'd be relevant to the bill. That you 142 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: can't just add completely unrelated matters to a pending bill. 143 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: There's another element that is apparently part of it, and 144 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: it's a return of what's called the Holman rule, which 145 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: allows reducing spending at agencies and reorganizing agencies. It's an 146 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: appropriation rule the House has had that enables them to 147 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: get into the budget of executive agencies. That's significant. Another 148 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: element is the seventy two hour rule that delays anything 149 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: from moving forward seventy two hours that you have time 150 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: to actually read the damn bill before you vote on it. 151 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: That's significant. There is an agreement to have a church 152 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: style committee to investigate weaponization of organizations like the FBI 153 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: and the DOJ and Ben You and I have been 154 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: calling for that for a long time. As you know, 155 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: my last book, Justice Corrupted, How the Left has weaponized 156 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: our legal system is entirely about the abuse of power 157 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: at the DOJ and the FBI and the CIA. I 158 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: think we very much need a serious church style committee 159 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: investigating it, and that's part of the agreement. And then 160 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: the two that were the biggest deals that were the biggest, 161 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: the most hotly contested, were having a motion to vacate 162 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: the chair that one member could bring and that means 163 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: any individual member at any time can go down and 164 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: move to vacate the chair, and you have to have 165 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: two utter eighteen people vote for McCarthy to stay speaker 166 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: that apparently is in there. And then the final one 167 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: that is apparently in there is seats for conservatives on 168 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: the Rules Committee, on an other committees. And that's in 169 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: order to give real fiscal conservatives leverage to fight against 170 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: another bad omnibus bill, another one point seven trillion dollar 171 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: monstrosity that just got rammed through, putting people in positions 172 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: on committees that they can prevent that from happening. All 173 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,599 Speaker 1: of those are a huge, huge deal. At the outset, 174 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: the naysayers said Conservatives couldn't get any of these, and 175 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: I got to say, look, it's a testament to my 176 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: friendship Roy, it's a testament to the other conservatives who 177 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: were standing up and behaving in a principled manner. And 178 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, it's a testament to 179 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy for reaching an agreement that I think is 180 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: a reasonable, a positive agreement, agreement that's good for the 181 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: House and is going to give more power to Republicans, 182 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: more power to conservatives, more leverage to the House to 183 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,599 Speaker 1: stand up to Chuck Schumer and to stand up to 184 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. There was a question that was asked of 185 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: me and it was one that I wanted to ask 186 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: to use. I said, was this worth it? And I 187 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: said yes, and they said wine. I said, just the 188 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: transparency will save the American taxpayers countless dollars. How much 189 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: money do you think the American people? Are we in 190 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: the billions of dollars that can be saved just because 191 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: of the way these rules changes and the transparency of 192 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: not being able to cram so much into bill with 193 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: all of this different pork. You know, I'm sorry to 194 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: tell you you're off by an order magnitude it We're 195 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: in the billions of dollars. Before Monday morning, we are 196 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: likely in the trillions of dollars. Wow, this is a 197 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: big deal. If conservatives have more leverage to force real 198 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: fiscal restraint to stop the out of control spending that 199 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: is bankrupting the country, that is driving record inflation, that 200 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: is put in crushing debt to China on this country, 201 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: that's a big deal. And in the last couple of years, 202 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: the federal government has spent more time than in the 203 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: entire history of the universe. And the only way it's 204 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: going to stop is if Republicans have a backbone to 205 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: stand and fight to make it stop. This battle this 206 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: week significantly enhance the tools for fiscal conservatives to be 207 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: able to stop the radical abuses of the last two years. 208 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: Talk about tribalism for a moment. The House has a 209 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: lot more members than the Senate does. In the Senate, 210 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: I think you guys get to know each other a 211 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: lot faster. You get to work with each other across 212 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: party lines. In the House, it's so much bigger, and 213 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: there's different fractions within the Democratic Party, the Squad for example, 214 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: AOC and kind of her group. You have the Freedom Caucus, 215 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: and you've had the Tea Party groups, and you've had 216 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: so many different fractions. I actually think one of the 217 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: biggest blessings into sky is it's going to come out 218 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: of this week and these fifteen votes is there were 219 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: a lot of walls and maybe misconceptions about individuals who 220 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: had conversations they would have never had, interactions they would 221 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: have never had, and now moving forward, there may be 222 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: a much better line of communication between people because we 223 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you were watching it like I was. It 224 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: was really interesting to see people that you would assume 225 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: would never be speaking to each other, that we're talking 226 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: to each other intently. Vote after vote after vote. That 227 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: may be a big blessing. Well, I think it is, 228 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: and I think it's also a blessing to have leadership 229 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: that is responsive to the members. Now, listen, Kevin McCarthy's 230 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: never been speakers, so we'll see what kind of tenure 231 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: he has a speaker. You know, I've told you before 232 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: I like Kevin personally. He and I have a good relationship. 233 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: But there certainly had been speakers in the past who 234 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: were autocratic, who were dictators, who just laid out, this 235 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: is what we're gonna do. Shut up at a bay 236 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi does that. John Bayner did that. It was 237 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: one of the things that caused him to be driven 238 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: from the speakership is his members got tired of being 239 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: mistreated and him viewing it is as essentially his reign 240 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: rather than reflecting the views of the conference. I think 241 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: this process is likely to have made Speaker McCarthy significantly 242 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: more responsive to the views and concerns of the conference. 243 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: And I think that's healthy. I think that's what leadership 244 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: should do. You're right, The House and Senator very different. Look, 245 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: the House has four hundred and thirty five members right now, 246 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: it has four hundred and thirty four because one member 247 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: just recently passed away, a Democrat from Virginia. You know, 248 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: you have about two hundred in each party. You compare 249 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: that to the Senate, and the Senate we've got forty 250 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: nine Republicans. Forty nine is not that much. I mean, 251 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: we have lunch together. The forty nine of us have 252 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: lunched together every Tuesday, every Wednesday, every Thursday. We know 253 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: each other really well. I mean, you forty nine people, 254 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: you build relationships, and senators stay there sometimes longer than 255 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: you know grant monuments in Washington. So when you've been 256 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: working with people for years and then for decades and 257 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: it's a small group, those interpersonal relationships can be one 258 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: of the real keys to getting things accomplished. One of 259 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: the one of the reasons why I win a lot 260 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: of the battles that I'm fighting in the Senate is 261 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: at this point, my colleagues know that I don't bluff, 262 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: that I don't engage in fights based on personalities. I 263 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: don't make it personal, but I focus on substance. I say, 264 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: if you want my vote, I need X. If I 265 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: don't get X, my vote is now. If I get X, 266 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: my vote is why One of the reasons. I'm really 267 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: proud of the job Chipped it is. That's exactly how 268 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: he handled negotiating it. He didn't get emotionally, didn't get angry. 269 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: He said, if you want my vote, here's what I need. 270 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: At the outset, people said, oh, that's ridiculous. You'll never 271 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: get concessions like that. And at the end of the day, 272 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: math is math, and it turned out they needed his vote, 273 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: and getting Chips vote was the critical piece to bringing 274 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the group on board and getting McCarthy 275 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: the votes. That responsiveness is important, and you're right, the 276 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: relationships between the members, you know, you gotta remember there's 277 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: also always a lot of turnover in the House. The 278 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: House today is a very different house that it was 279 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: five years ago. It's a very different house that it 280 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: was ten years ago. They're just it's a body that 281 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: has significantly more churn. So some of these folks are 282 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: brand new. You had three representative elects who'd never been 283 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: congressmen were literally just elected and they finally got sworn 284 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: in last night, who were part of the rebels forcing 285 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: the rule change that will impact the job they do 286 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: go forward. If you're part of that at the outset, 287 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: but but the relationships between and across different factions hopefully 288 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: will be positive. Now, there maybe some hurt feelings. People 289 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: were really ratcheted up and pissed off, And so I'm 290 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: not being pollyannish and suggesting it'll all be loves and kisses. 291 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: But I do think this process it was transparent, it 292 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: was democratic, and at the end of the day, it 293 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: substantially increased the tools to stop the reckless spending that 294 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: has fueled the record inflation and that has bankrupted the country. 295 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: I think that is a really good thing. Grabbing agenda 296 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: items that can bring the Republican Party together early on. 297 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be key to Kevin McCarthy's success. 298 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: He announced last night at one twenty am Eastern that 299 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: the first piece of business the House is going to 300 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: bring up is gonna be something that's very important to you. 301 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,439 Speaker 1: You helped expose this. You talked about how big of 302 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: a threat this was to the American people. It deals 303 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: with the IRS Agency eighty seven thousand, and here's what 304 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: the Speaker elects at last night, one twenty am. I 305 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: know the night is late, but when we come back, 306 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: our very first bill really peel the funding for eighty 307 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: seven thousand, UI, I mean center, if you want to 308 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: get everybody to get together real quick. This was a 309 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: pretty brilliant move by him to say that. It's saying, 310 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: I know it's late, I know you're tired, but when 311 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: we come back Monday, get ready. And that was a 312 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: standing ovation you just heard. Yeah, No, that was exactly 313 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: the right thing to do. It was very smart, it 314 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: was very savvy. As you know. It's something that I've 315 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: been calling on the House to do as their first bill. 316 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: I said it on the trail campaigning for a lot 317 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: of these guys standing next to you in a number 318 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: of instances, saying, when we went a majority in the House, 319 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: the very first bill the House should take up is 320 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: repealing the funding for the eighty seven thousand new I 321 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: R S agents. I'm glad Kevin agreed with what I 322 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: and others had called for. That's a strong unifying message. 323 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: It draws a clear contrast with the Democrats. I think 324 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: that's good. I will point out, so you and I 325 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: both stayed up till the whole thing was over. We 326 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: were watching it live. We watched the votes, the final votes, 327 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: everyone coming in, all the drama, everyone holding their breath, 328 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: everyone knowing how are the last few holdouts going to vote? 329 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: Are they going to vote for McCarthy? Are they going 330 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: to vote present? Are they going to vote for someone else? 331 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, there were no 332 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: votes for someone else in the last ballot. There were 333 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: a handful that voted present but allowed McCarthy to get in. 334 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: After that, you had speeches, you had a pause, and 335 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: then you had speeches, and you had a speech from 336 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: Akeem Jeffreys and then a speech from Kevin McCarthy. And 337 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: and I will say, for people that didn't watch Hakeem 338 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: Jeffreys speech last night, it was consequential. I don't know 339 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: how Keem Jeffries. I have not not dealt with him. Um, 340 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: I haven't really seen him give a speech until last night. 341 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 1: Watching it. His tone, his rhythm, his speaking pattern, his 342 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: way of communicating is eerily reminiscent of Barack Obama. It 343 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: is I would think the same thing as I was 344 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: watching him, going wow, this is Barack Obama two point zero. Um. 345 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: You know, someone on Twitter tweeted out if Barack Obama 346 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: and Martin Luther King had a son, he'd be a 347 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: Keem Jeffries. Now that that may be a bit much. 348 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,479 Speaker 1: I actually put doctor King in a whole different class. 349 00:20:54,440 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: But Barack Obama is a very talented communicator and it 350 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: led to eight years in the White House as a 351 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: result of it. There were more than a few Democrats. 352 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: There are more than a few Democrats in the Democratic 353 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: presidential field who watched that speech last night and said, 354 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 1: oh crap, that that was. That speech last night reminded 355 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: me of Obama's speech at the Democratic National Committee where 356 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: he talked about there there are not red states and 357 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: blue states. We are the United States of America. The 358 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: messages and themes that he was echoing were really powerful, 359 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: and he also he gave a long speech. He gave 360 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: a speech to Democrats that was, look at all the 361 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 1: great things we did destroying our country the last two years, 362 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: and if you're a radical social issue would have been 363 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: cheering like crazy. But he gave a speech saying we're 364 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: great and the guys that are taking over they suck. 365 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it was it was. It was not gracious, 366 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: given that he was literally introducing Kevin McCarthy and handing 367 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: the gabble to him. There was no graciousness whatsoever. It 368 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 1: was a partisan speech. But what made it dangerous is 369 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: it was a partisan speech that was very eloquent and 370 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: and and basic planned. I mean they planned that. Oh yeah, no, no, 371 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: that that was a written speech. He was not talking 372 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: off the cuff, and and basically he hijacked the night. 373 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: It was impressive. You know, McCarthy wasn't happy, but there's 374 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: not really much you can do. You can't walk up 375 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: and shut him up. But Jeffreys basically hijack the night. Now, 376 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: it was late enough at night. I don't know how 377 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: many people listened to it, but there were millions of 378 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: people across the country that looked at this guy and said, 379 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: this guy is a force to be reckoned with. When 380 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: when you look at moving forward now next week, what 381 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: advice do you have for these new members as they 382 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: try to, you know, get their rhythm, get their feet 383 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 1: under them. I mean the way that they got baptism 384 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: by fire in this last week. Yeah, they're going to 385 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: take a lot from that. But now we're going to 386 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: the regular order and kind of a normal cycle and 387 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 1: feel here. What advice do you have to new members 388 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: of Congress? What do you wish somebody would have said 389 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: to you when you were first elected? If you could 390 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: go back and do it all over again. Well, the 391 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: advice that I consistently give to new members, either in 392 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 1: the House or the Senate, is really simple. Do what 393 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: you said you would do, whatever you promise the voters 394 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: on the trail to do, follow through on that commitment. 395 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: And a component of that is don't just listen blindly 396 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: to leadership. You don't work in the House for Kevin McCarthy. 397 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: I don't work in the Senate for Mitch McConnell. Your 398 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: boss is the men and women who elected you. My 399 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: boss are the thirty million Texans. Ben, you're my boss. 400 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: You're a Texan. I work for you. And so new 401 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: members sometimes can get confused and think leadership, Oh, I'm 402 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: supposed to follow orders from leadership. No follow orders from 403 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: the men and women who elected you, and do in 404 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: January what you said you would do in October. And 405 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: any member that does that it's a radical thing that 406 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: doesn't happen very often. I do think this fight this 407 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: week helped. I'll be talking with a lot of these 408 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: House members. I very deliberately did not talk to the 409 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: House members when this was happening. I consciously many of 410 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: the people engage in this fight are close friends of mine. 411 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: I decided, Okay, I'm gonna stay out of this. I'm 412 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: gonna let them work out their own leadership battles. These 413 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: are big boys and girls. They can figure it out themselves. 414 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: But I will to all of them in the coming days. 415 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 1: And you know, I think the focus needs to be 416 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: very much on results, on substance. How can we deliver 417 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: for the American people? How can we fight to change 418 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: the corrupt culture of Washington. These rules changes are a 419 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: big step in that direction. By the way, there was 420 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: one other concession that I didn't mention, but it was 421 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: publicly reported, which is McCarthy saying that he's going to 422 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: stay out of Republican primaries and stop spending money trying 423 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: to defeat conservatives and Republican primaries. If if McCarthy superPAC 424 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: follows through on that, that's a big deal to all 425 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: of those concessions were real and significant changes in how 426 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: the House conducts itself. How significant is that it it 427 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: when you look at the amount of money that McCarthy 428 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 1: Superpack could come in and spend in a primary. In 429 00:25:53,480 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: multiple primaries, McCarthy Superpack spent millions of dollars supporting one 430 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: Republican attacking another Republican. In almost every circumstance, when given 431 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: a choice between a moderate and conservative, McCarthy's superpack would 432 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: put the money behind the moderate and would attack the conservative. 433 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: And that was nationally tens of millions of dollars we're 434 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: spent doing that. At least publicly, they've made a commitment 435 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: they're not going to do that again. That will matter 436 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: for this next cycle because we'll have contested primaries, and 437 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: if McCarthy's pack is not trying to put a thumb 438 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: on the scale, that means conservatives are going to be 439 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: have a better chance of prevailing on the merits in 440 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: the primaries. When you look at this overall fight, what 441 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: is your biggest takeaway as we move forward into this 442 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: new Congress from this When you say, all right, this 443 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: is the best thing, this may be the worst thing, 444 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: and this is my biggest you know, throw it up 445 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: in the air and I'm not sure what's going to 446 00:26:54,680 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 1: happen moment. My biggest thing is smart, principled fights matter. 447 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: That you should engage in real, serious, meaningful fights, not 448 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: show fights, but fights where you have a plan, where 449 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: you have a strategy, and where you have a real 450 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: outcome That can be delivered. So I'll tell you last 451 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: night at eleven twenty three pm that's Texas time, so 452 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: it's twelve twenty three pm DC time. It was when 453 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: the final vote was ongoing. Was the first time I 454 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: reached out to Chip as the final vote was happening. 455 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I texted Chip last night. I 456 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 1: texted Chip, Chip, what you've accomplished this week is a 457 00:27:52,840 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: big damn deal. You handled yourself with grace, skill, calm, resolve, 458 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: savvy and principle. I'm proud of you, my friend, as 459 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: is the state of Texas. Ted. That's a message that 460 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: was very heartfelt, but as I said, I didn't want 461 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: to convey anything like that until everything was said and 462 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 1: done and it was over and now I hope for 463 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 1: a world of success for the House Republican majority. They're 464 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: the one lever point we have. I hope Kevin McCarthy 465 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: speakership is the most successful speakership in history, and that 466 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: these rule changes firm up his resolve to fight smart, principled, 467 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: consequential battles. If we do that in the House, we'll 468 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: be doing our job. And that, by the way, not 469 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: only help save the Republic. Right now, but fighting smart, principled, 470 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: consequential battles will also help Republicans dramatically to win in 471 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: twenty four, to have a much bigger majority in the House, 472 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: to win in the Senate, and to win the White House. 473 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: If we stand and fight and deliver, the voters reward 474 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: that by showing up and voting, and so I think 475 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: this week was a big step in the right direction. 476 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a lot of fun to watch what 477 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: this House is able to do now and how much 478 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: money that we're going to save the American people just 479 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: by these rules changes that were worth fighting over. You 480 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: were right when you said it, this was gonna get 481 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: figured out. This is worth it, This battle was going 482 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: to be worth it, and it was gonna be figured out. 483 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of good that's going to 484 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: come from this new relationships built in the House. And 485 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: there's a lot of other big fights they're gonna be happening. 486 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: Immigration is going to be one of those. Border security, 487 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: the President getting involved on this issue. We're going to 488 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,959 Speaker 1: talk about that Monday, his trip to the border. So 489 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: make sure you hit that subscribe button, the auto download 490 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,239 Speaker 1: button wherever you're listening to this podcast. Make sure you right. 491 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: It's a five star review center. It was fun to watch, 492 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be really fun to see what Republicans 493 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: get moving forward, and we'll see every one of you 494 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: back here on Monday morning.