WASHINGTON HAS BEEN FRANKLY
RIPPING OFF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
NOW FOR YEARS.
ITS LANGUAGE USE TO DESCRIBE
AMONG OTHERS MY NEXT TWO GUESTS
BOTH INSTRUMENTAL IN GAINING
CONCESSIONS FROM NEWLY MINTED
SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY.
JOINING US NOW, MATT GAETZ,
COLORADO CONGRESSMAN LAUREN
BOEBERT.
GREAT TO SEE BOTH OF YOU,
CONGRESSMAN GAETZ, HOW CONFIDENT
ARE YOU THAT THE CONCESSIONS YOU
GUYS ENDED UP WINNING ARE
ENFORCEABLE AND YOU CAN HOLD
ONTO THEM FOR THE NEXT TWO
YEARS?
>> JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO WE
PASSED THE RULES FOR CONGRESS
AND THAT PLACING ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISM OF THE ONE MEMBER
MOTION TO VACATE, I DON’T
ANTICIPATE WE WILL EVER HAVE TO
USE THAT, BUT IT GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR GOALS AROUND POLICY,
PROCEDURE, AND PERSONNEL ARE
MET.
WE WILL HAVE VOTES ON TERM
LIMITS, BALANCED BUDGETS,
INTERNAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE
IMMIGRATION LAWS, NONE OF THOSE
THINGS WOULD’VE HAPPENED IF WE
HAD CAVED ON MONDAY, BUT BY
GETTING THESE CONCESSIONS AND
COMING TO A STRONGER PLACE, THE
HOUSE IS IN A STRONGER POSITION.
>> Laura: HERE IS HOW THE
DEMOCRATS ARE RESPONDING TO THE
RULES PACKAGE JUST PASSED
MOMENTS AGO.
>> THESE RULES ARE NOT A SERIOUS
ATTEMPT AT GOVERNING, THEY ARE
RANSOM NOTE TO AMERICA FROM THE
EXTREME RIGHT.
STILL EMPOWERING EXTREMISTS,
DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, THEY
ARE GIVING THE SINGLE-MEMBER A
WAY TO REMOVE THE SPEAKER AT ONE
TIME, WITH A SMALL RIGHT FASHION
HOLD THEIR LEADERSHIP PASSAGE.
>> Laura: CONGRESSMAN, IT IS
ALL YOUR FAULT.
>> APPARENTLY, THAT’S USUALLY
WHAT THAT DEMOCRATS LIKE TO SAY,
BUT THIS EMPOWERS EVERY NUMBER
OF CONGRESS EVEN THE DEMOCRATS,
THAT SINGLE MEMBER MOTION TO
VACATE IS FOR THEM AS WELL.
THE SINGLE SUBJECT TO
LEGISLATION AND PIECES THAT IT
WE ARE GOING TO SEE IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE IN 47 STATE
LEGISLATURES TO HAVE IT ON A
FEDERAL LEVEL IS MALES HAVE.
SO I AM PROUD THAT WE TOOK OUT A
FEW EXTRA DAYS TO MAKE SURE WE
GET THIS RIGHT, IT MAY LOOK LIKE
CHAOS AND DYSFUNCTION, BUT I M
ON MOM BEFORE BOYS, AND LAST
WEEK WAS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE
WEEK I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN
CONGRESS.
>> Laura: PEOPLE SAW BEHIND
THE CURTAIN UP STUFF THAT
HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON, THINGS I
HAVE BEEN ROLLING AGAINST FOR 25
YEARS, THE US OMNIBUS SPENDING
BILLS, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS IN
THEM.
IT IS JUST JUNK IN THE KITCHEN
SINK THROWN IN.
THINGS THAT CONGRESSMAN AND
SENATORS DON’T WANT TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR, SO YOU CAN’T
SAY YOU VOTED AGAINST BORDER
ENFORCEMENT, WHAT THEY SAY,
CONGRESSMAN IS I JUST VOTED TO
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN.
THAT’S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DO,
CORRECT?
>> THE SUM OF THE MOVEMENT WAS
TO ENSURE THAT NEVER AGAIN WE
WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE A VOTE ON
SOMETHING LIKE THIS OMNIBUS
LEGISLATION, AND I THINK THAT IT
WILL MAKE KEVIN McCARTHY
STRONGER AS A SPEAKER WITH
NEGOTIATING WITH THE SENATE HE
WILL SAY I AM SORRY, THE HOUSE
RULES DON’T ALLOW US TO CONSIDER
THINGS GERMANE OR THAT DON’T
REPORT TO A SINGLE SUBJECT.
>> Laura: MAKE IT BETTER, THE
ISSUE OF DEFENSE SPENDING, I
BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL TIMES
LAST WEEK, IT’S ALWAYS TREATED
AS A SACRED COW, CAN NEVER TOUCH
DEFENSE SPENDING NO MATTER HOW
WOKE THE PENTAGON IS, NO MATTER
HOW MUCH GREEN TEA AND NEEDS, WE
SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN
UNIFORM, BUT THE IDEA THAT 55%
OF OUR DISCRETIONARY BUDGET
CAN’T BE TOUCHED, THOSE NUMBERS
DON’T ADD UP WITH THE CUTS THAT
YOU ALL WANT, CORRECT?
UNLESS YOU GUYS ULTIMATELY START
THINKING ABOUT CUTTING PARTS OF
THE MILITARY?
>> WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO
HAVE TO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF
THINGS TO GET THE BUDGET --
>> Laura: WHAT NUMBER OF
THINGS, YOU CAN’T GET AWAY WITH
THAT ON OUR SHOW.
>> MANY THINGS WE WILL LOOK AT.
>> Laura: THAT IS NOT A
NUMBER.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THEM, ONE KNOW
IF THE DEFENSE HAWKS IN THE
REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL PUT UP
A FIGHT FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO
HAVE A BUDGET THAT BALANCES AND
THAT’S WHAT TO --
>> Laura: CONGRESSMAN GAETZ ON
THAT, THAT IS THE HAWKS AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND SOME OF THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY ARE SAYING NO,
NO, NO, YOU CAN’T TOUCH IT.
I HEARD THE DEFENSE, YOU ARE
BEING RESPONSIBLE --
IRRESPONSIBLE WITH NATIONAL
SECURITY,
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" WITH A
POWERFUL PIECE, NATIONAL
SECURITY IS AT RISK WITH WHAT
YOU DID.
>> I REPRESENT THE DISTRICT OF
HIGHEST ATTRIBUTE IN MILITARY IN
THE COUNTRY, WE CAN DEFEND THE
COUNTRY AND PROJECT POWER MORE
EFFICIENTLY AND MORE PROACTIVELY
THAN WE DO.
DONALD TRUMP WAS THE FIRST
PRESIDENT TO DEMAND AN AUDIT OF
THE PENTAGON.
>> Laura: HE DID NOT CUT
DEFENSE.
>> WE GOT AN AUDIT SO WE SHOWED
WHERE THEY FAILED TO DELIVER ON
AUTHORITIES AND WHEN WE START
WITH UKRAINE?
>> Laura: DON’T EVEN GET ME
STARTED ON UKRAINE.
>> I THINK IT’S A PRETTY EASY
CASE TO MAKE THAT SOME OF THIS
MONEY THAT WE SEND TO UKRAINE
WITHOUT REQUISITE ACCOUNTABILITY
SHOULD BE THE FIRST PLACE FOR A
REDUCTION.
>> Laura: WE HAVE TO PLAY THE
VIDEO, THE REAL DRAMATIC VIDEO
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE WERE ALIVE
10:00-11:00 AND ALL OF THE STUFF
WAS HAPPENING IN OUR MINUTES
AFTER THE AIR, ONE OF THE MOST
TALKED ABOUT MOMENTS, McCARTHY
COMES OVER TOWARDS YOU COMING
YOU SEE IT GETS HEATED, YOU’RE
RIGHT --
YES, THERE ARE YOU.
FOX NEWS REPORTED THAT YOU
APPEARED TO MELD THE WORD
"COMMITTEE" DURING THIS
EXCHANGE?
CONGRESSMAN, THE WORLD WANTS TO
KNOW, WHAT WAS SAID?
THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT, WHAT
WAS SAID?
>> THIS WAS A MATTER OF TIMING,
AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
WITHHELD OUR SUPPORT FOR SPEAKER
McCARTHY WANTED TO MOVE AS A
GROUP, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A
UNIFYING MOMENT, I AM GLAD THE
TWO SPEAKER McCARTHY’S GREAT
CREDIT HE MADE THE REQUISITE
CONCESSIONS TO BRING IT TOGETHER
AND PUT US IN A GREAT POSITION
TO DO WHAT WE DID TONIGHT, BOWED
TO GET RID OF 87 IRS AGENTS, I
THINK THE IMPERIAL SPEAKERSHIP
IS OVER.
NANCY PELOSI WILL BE THE LAST
IMPERIAL SPEAKER BECAUSE NOW WE
WILL UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF THE
MEMBERS AND I’M GLAD SPEAKER
McCARTHY SAW THAT WAY.
>> Laura: I SAW THAT YOU BOTH
WERE TALKING TO VARIOUS
DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE PROCESS,
AND YOU WERE TALKING TO
CONGRESSMAN -- TONGASS WOMAN
JACOB PAUL AND OTHERS, WAS THERE
ANY THOUGHT OF A DEAL WITH
DEMOCRATS DURING THIS PROCESS
EVER?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Laura: YOU LOOK PRETTY COZY
TALKING TO THE DEMOCRATS,
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, THEY
ARE FUN PEOPLE JUST LIKE
REPUBLICANS.
>> I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BIG
TECH LEGISLATION THAT I SUPPORT
IT WITH HER TO BREAK UP THESE
COMPANIES THAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT DURING REPUBLICAN CONTROL,
COULD WE GET THEM TO THE FLOOR
THAT NANCY PELOSI WOULD NOT
BRING TO THE FLOOR WHILE HER
HUSBAND WAS TRADING BIG TECH
STOCKS.
>> Laura: COULD YOU WORK WITH
PEOPLE ON THE LEFT FOR THESE
ISSUES, EVENTS ARE VILIFIED,
PEOPLE WERE TOUGH ON YOU LAST
WEEK.
I WAS KIND OF TOUGH ON YOU LAST
WEEK, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF
GREAT THINGS DONE BECAUSE YOU
GUYS WERE HOLDING OUT ON THE
STUFF, CAN YOU WORK TOGETHER?
>> I BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS IS
GOING TO BE MUCH STRONGER THAN
IT WAS GOING INTO THIS
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND WE WILL BE
ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME
DEMOCRATS, THERE WERE MANY
DEMOCRATS WHO CAMPAIGNED ON
CONSERVATIVE VALUES, AND I WANT
TO HOLD HIM TO IT, THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT SECURING THE
BORDER AND REDUCING INFLATION
AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, EVEN.
AND THIS WAS A BATTLE AND A LOT
OF ELECTIONS THAT WE WERE
SEEING.
SO I WANT TO HOLD THEM TO THAT,
TO THOSE PROMISES AND BRING THEM
IN TO THE COMMITTEE’S AND HAVE
THESE DISCUSSIONS TO ACTUALLY
MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
>> Laura: THAT WOULD BE IRONIC
IF IT WERE MORE BIPARTISAN AS A
RESULT OF ALL OF THIS.