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Speaker 1: On this episode of Newts World, I'm joined by members

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Speaker 1: a wide range of issues and topics on their minds.

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Speaker 1: We hold these regular video conference calls so that we

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Speaker 1: So I hope you'll find this episode of Newts World informative,

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Speaker 1: and if you'd like to become a member of my

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Speaker 1: com and sign up for a one or two year membership. Today,

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Speaker 1: I want to thank all of you for belonging to

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Speaker 1: be with us a few weeks ago when we had

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Speaker 1: Chairman Jim Jordan of the Judiciary Committee, who I thought

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Speaker 1: did a great job in briefing us and what they're

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Speaker 1: we will continue on occasion to have different committee chairs

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Speaker 1: I personally always find it useful because the questions that

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Speaker 1: So I encourage you to remain active and also to

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Speaker 1: submit questions, and if you have friends who you think

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Speaker 1: us at the Inner Circle. Just a couple of thoughts.

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Speaker 1: The new Committee on China, Let's turn out so far

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Speaker 1: positive example. The truth is, there was a number of

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Speaker 1: to see, I think, a serious effort to get significant

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Speaker 1: And I think that Speaker McCarthy and his team have

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Speaker 1: I would also note that the investigations continue to move forward.

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Speaker 1: We're learning more and more about different things that aren't working,

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Speaker 1: different things where we have people literally coming out of

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Speaker 1: I also think that it's very significant that the Department

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Speaker 1: believe that COVID nineteen did come out of the Wuhan

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Speaker 1: But I think it's a significant sign that, unlike what

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Speaker 1: Newt Gingrich. This is Newtsworld