I EXPECT IT TO GO HIGHER THAN
THAT, TO TAP IT DOWN.
NEIL: AMONG THE BIGGEST OF THE BANKS, WORRIED ABOUT GOVERNMENT
BANKS, WORRIED ABOUT GOVERNMENT
SPENDING SPARKING INFLATION.
IN 1970 A LOT OF AMERICANS
DON’T, QUOTE, REMEMBER OR READ
ABOUT IN HISTORY, IT IS AN ISSUE
FOR ANY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
TO QUESTION WHETHER WE NEED THIS
SPENDING, NANCY MASE, GOOD TO HAVE YOU, YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT
HAVE YOU, YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THIS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A
$6 TRILLION BUDGET, HOLIDAY
WEEKEND AND YOU WONDER WHY HE IS
DOING THIS.
IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY.
I LIKEN IT TO PRESIDENT JIMMY
CARTER’S PRESIDENCY TO TRIGGER
INFLATION, WE SEE HIGHER PRICES,
EVERYONE PAYING MORE FOR HOUSES
AND GROCERIES, PRICES WILL GO
UP.
WILL: A LOT OF THIS, IS THAT ALL
THE PRESIDENT’S FAULT WHERE IS
HE ADDING SALT TO THE PRICE
WOUND?
>> THIS HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING
FOR DECADES AND REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IT OVER THE YEARS.
OVER THE YEARS.
THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, A
COVID RELIEF PACKAGE AND IF YOU
PILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
GIVING OUT TO STAY HOME RATHER
THAN GO BACK TO WORK, IT IS
THROWING GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
NEIL: IF I COULD SWITCH GEARS A
LITTLE BIT.
YESTERDAY THE SENATE SHOT DOWN
AN EFFORT TO FORM AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO THE
JANUARY 6TH UPRISING ON CAPITOL
HILL.
6 REPUBLICANS DID VOTE FOR IT
BUT NEEDED 60 IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT, NOT JUST A SIMPLE
MAJORITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> I MOVED AGAINST THE
COMMISSION ON THE HOUSE SIDE
LAST WEEK.
THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR FEDERAL
AGENCIES INVESTIGATING
JANUARY 6TH AND I WAS ONE OF THE
MOST VOCAL REPUBLICANS AFTER THE
INSURRECTION.
WE HAVE THE SECRET SERVICE, THE
FBI, HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALREADY
INVESTIGATING THERE HAVE BEEN
440 ARRESTS MADE, 500 FEDERAL
CHARGES AND ON TOP OF THAT IN
THE U.S. SENATE AND IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES THERE ARE TEN
COMMITTEES WITH BROAD SUBPOENA
POWER INVESTIGATING JANUARY 6TH
AS WELL AND THAT PROCESS SHOULD
PLAY OUT, AND THEY ARE CALLING
TO END THE FILIBUSTER IN THE
SENATE.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN
SENATOR TIM SCOTT HAD A REFORM
BILL, DEMOCRATS USED THE
FILIBUSTER TO END ANY DEBATE ON
HIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION SO IT CUTS BOTH WAYS.
CUTS BOTH WAYS.
IT IS FRUSTRATING, THIS IS WHY.
NEIL: YOU ARE NEW TO CONGRESS
AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE.
YOU WORK RADICAL OF DONALD TRUMP
RIGHT AFTER THE INSURRECTION, CAN’T CONDONE THE RHETORIC FROM
CAN’T CONDONE THE RHETORIC FROM
YESTERDAY REFERRING TO THE
UPRISING ON THE HILL WHERE
PEOPLE DIED AND THE VIOLENCE,
THESE WERE NOT PROTESTS, THIS
WAS ANARCHY.
YOU DID DISTINGUISH LATER ON
BETWEEN VOTING ON MEASURES LIKE
THIS AND THE IMPEACHMENT ITSELF
BUT YOU DID VOTE WITH THE
ELECTORAL VOTE CONFIRMATION FOR
JOE BIDEN IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT PUTS
YOU AT ODDS WITH DONALD TRUMP IN
A WAY.
ARE YOU STILL AT ODDS WITH HIM?
>> I MAY CONSTITUTIONAL
CONSERVATIVES, I FOLLOW MY OATH
TO THE CONSTITUTION AND NO ONE
ELSE.
I RAN TO BE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE
AND BE CLEAR WHEN I’M TAKING
VOTE I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY AND IF WE
UNDERSTAND WHY AND IF WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR FUTURE,
ABOUT ONE PERSON AND NOT ABOUT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE HE DID,
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE ARE
SEEING IT EVERY DAY.
I’M WATCHING OUR FREEDOMS GO
AWAY, WATCHING MORE SPENDING
THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND I WANT TO FIGHT FOR
THE RIGHT REASONS.
TWO KIDS I’M RAISING, I SEE THE
HARDSHIPS EVERY DAY AND THAT IS
WHY I AM THERE.
NEIL: PEOPLE SAID THIS REJECTION
ON THE PART OF REPUBLICANS IN
THE SENATE HAD MORE TO DO WITH
BEING AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP
THAN BEING CONCERNED ENOUGH TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION.
JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION.
DO YOU AGREE YOUR PARTY IS
AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP, DOESN’T
WANT TO UPSET HIM?
>> I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT BUT I
AGREE POLITICIANS OF ALL
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS TO
OPERATE OUT OF FEAR ON OCCASION
BUT THIS PARTICULAR VOTE
PARTICULARLY PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT BEING BIPARTISAN OF HIS
APARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THEIR
NUMBER ONE GOAL, THEY ARE DOING
A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN’T BE
BIPARTISAN THEN WHO ELSE CAN BE.
WE DON’T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO
A POLITICAL WITCHHUNT, WE SHOULD
ALLOW THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
WORK ITS WAY OUT AND GET THAT
INFORMATION AND 10 COMMITTEES,
10 COMMITTEES HAD BROAD SUBPOENA
AND INVESTIGATIVE POWERS IN THE
US AND THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES DOING
INVESTIGATIONS ON TOP OF FOUR