THANKS FOR JOINING US IN GOOD TO
SPEAK WITH YOU.
>> Kellyanne: HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> Sandra: TO YOU AS WELL.
LET'S TURN TO STEVE'S POLICE.
WELCOME BACK TO
"FOX NEWS SUNDAY."
COVERED A LOT THERE WITH
KELLYANNE CONWAY.
DAY NINE OF THIS SHUTDOWN.
IT IS QUIET IN THIS TOWN.
WHEN DOES THIS SHUTDOWN AND,
CONGRESSMAN?
>> Representative Scalise:
GOOD MORNING, FRANKLY IT CAN END
TODAY OF CHUCK SCHUMER,
NANCY PELOSI AGREED WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON THE BILL THAT WE
PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE JUST A
FEW DAYS AGO.
THAT BILL IS STILL OVER IN THE
SENATE READY TO BE TAKEN UP AND
IF THE SENATE HAS GOT A
DIFFERENT WAY AND A BETTER WAY
TO APPROACH BORDER SECURITY,
THEY OUGHT TO PUT THAT PLAN ON
THE TABLE.
CHUCK SCHUMER WAS FOR THIS IN
2006.
I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT
CHANGED.
IS IT JUST THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
THE ONE REQUESTING A?
BUT IF HE'S GOT A BETTER WAY TO
KEEP THIS COUNTRY SAFE I THINK
IT'S INCUMBENT UPON HIM TO SHOW
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT THAT
PLAN IS WHAT WE'VE GOT A CRISIS
AT THE BORDER.
AT THIS PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO
KEEP THIS COUNTRY SAFE.
IF THAT'S WHAT THIS FIGHT IS
ABOUT.
THIS CAN BE SOLVED TODAY IF THEY
JUST CAME TO THE TABLE AND SAID
HERE'S OUR PLAN TO GET THE
COUNTRY SAFE.
>> Sandra: I'M SORRY FOR
INTERRUPTING WHAT YOU JUST HEARD
KELLYANNE CONWAY AS SHE LAID OUT
WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS TODAY
ON THIS.
HOW FAR APART DO YOU THINK THE
TWO SIDES ARE?
>> Representative Scalise: I
DON'T THINK IT'S AS MUCH THAT
THE TWO SIDES ARE FAR APART.
IT'S THAT YOU'VE GOT ONE SIDE
THAT REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO AFRAID OF
THE RADICAL LEFT BASE THAT WANTS
OPEN BORDERS.
A LOT OF THEM CAMPAIGNED ON
ABOLISHING ICE AND JUST THINK
ABOUT THIS, SANDRA.
LAST YEAR ALONE I.C.E. AGENTS,
THESE BORDER AGENTS THAT ARE
PROTECTING THE INTERIOR OF OUR
COUNTRY SAVED MORE THAN 900
CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THAT STUFF IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
AT THE BORDER.
WE ARE STOPPING A LOT OF IT BUT
WE ARE SURELY NOT STOPPING ALL
OF IT.
YOU SEE THIS COP KILLER IN
CALIFORNIA.
HE WAS HERE ILLEGALLY.
THERE ARE BAD PEOPLE THAT ARE
TRYING TO CROSS THIS BORDER.
THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT COME
HERE ILLEGALLY EVERY DAY LIKE
THE OFFICER WHO CAME HERE FROM
FIJI WE BELIEVE TO SEEK THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO REALLY BAD
PEOPLE THAT CAME OVER LIKE THE
COP KILLER.
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE GETTING
THROUGH THAT WE DON'T STOP
EVERYDAY?
>> Sandra: REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE WITH KELLY AND WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT THIS JOHN KELLY
INTERVIEW WITH THE "L.A. TIMES"
WHERE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT -- HE STILL SAYS WALL.
OFTENTIMES, FRANKLY, JOHN KELLY
SAID HE WAS A BARRIER OR
FENCING.
NOW HE HAS TENDED TOWARDS STEEL
SLATS.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE THAT IS
BEING USED HERE.
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT SAID
HIMSELF THAT HE WANTED A WALL, A
FENCE, WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE
TO CALL IT, REFERENCING
DEMOCRATS.
I WILL CALL IT WHATEVER THEY
WANT AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT THAT
$5 BILLION FIGURE THIS WEEK,
THIS PAST WEEK HE SAID IT'S
COMPLICATED WITH WHETHER HE WAS
WILLING TO COME OFF OF THAT
NUMBER.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION,
DO YOU THINK THERE'S MORE ROOM
FOR NEGOTIATION WITH THIS
PRESIDENT THAN MOST PEOPLE ARE
GIVING HIM CREDIT FOR?
>> Representative Scalise:
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS
THAT RELATE TO BORDER SECURITY
THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE ABOUT, BUT
LET'S FIRST RECOGNIZE THIS IS
ABOUT SECURING OUR BORDER.
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE AND HE
CAMPAIGNED ON IT.
HE WAS ELECTED ON THIS.
SO AGAIN, IF THERE'S A BETTER
WAY THAT CHUCK SCHUMER CAN PUT A
PLAN ON THE TABLE TO KEEP THIS
COUNTRY SAFE I WANT TO SEE IT.
IF HE'S OKAY, BY THE WAY, WITH
THE THOUSANDS OF CRIMINALS THAT
WE STOP EVERY YEAR, HOW MANY
THOUSANDS DO WE NOT STOP BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE A SECURE BORDER?
THAT'S WHAT THIS FIGHT IS ABOUT
AND IS HE OKAY WITH THOSE PEOPLE
COMING ACROSS ILLEGALLY WHO ARE
CRIMINALS?
THE CARAVAN HAS OVER 600
CRIMINALS.
>> Sandra: I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND FROM YOU, HOW MUCH
YOU WOULD SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT
CAVING ON SOME OF THOSE INITIAL
DEMANDS SUCH AS THE $5 BILLION
MARK.
LOUIS GOMER OF THE HOUSE FROM
CONGRESS URGING THE PRESIDENT TO
STICK TO HIS INITIAL DEMANDS
SAYING HE NEEDS TO HOLD THE
LINES UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER.
IF WE DID TO THE PRESIDENT CAME
ON ANY OF HIS DEMANDS I JUST
WONDER HOW YOU THINK IS BASE AND
BIGGEST SUPPORTERS WOULD
RESPOND?
>> Representative Scalise: I
DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT CAVING
AND FRANKLY I DON'T THINK IT
SHOULD BE ABOUT PERSONALITIES.
LET'S REMOVE THE PERSONALITY.
CHUCK SCHUMER WAS FOR A WALL
BEFORE IT WAS DONALD TRUMP
ASKING FOR THE WALL.
SO IF YOU REMOVE THE PERSONALITY
FROM IT, LET'S GET TO WHAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE TO SECURE THE
BORDER.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
IN LAW TODAY THERE ARE
PROHIBITIONS THAT STOP THE
PRESIDENT FROM BUILDING THE WALL
IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE, FRANKLY,
WE HAVE THEM MOST POOREST PARTS
OF OUR BORDER.
WE NEED TO REMOVE THOSE LEGAL
LIMITATIONS.
THERE'S ALSO LIMITATIONS, LET'S
STOP THEM FROM BUILDING A WALL
IN CERTAIN WAYS.
THERE ARE CHEAPER AND MORE COST
EFFECTIVE WAYS OF BUILDING A
WALL AND THE PRESIDENT CAN'T DO
THAT TODAY BECAUSE THE LAW
BLOCKS IN.
HOW STUPID IS THAT?
THE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS IF THERE'S
A LOWER COST AND MORE EFFECTIVE
WAY OF SECURING THE BORDER THE
PRESIDENT IS LEGALLY PREVENTED
FROM DOING THAT.
IN THE BILL WE PASSED JUST A FEW
DAYS AGO WE REMOVED THOSE LEGAL
LIMITATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT CAN
KEEP THIS COUNTRY SAFE IN THE
BEST AND MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY
POSSIBLE.
>> Sandra: FINALLY ON THIS
ISSUE I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, WE
JUST ASKED KELLYANNE CONWAY
ABOUT WHETHER THE PRESIDENT HAS
IT DIRECTLY REACH OUT TO
DEMOCRATS, SHE SAID THE OFFERS
ON THE TABLE, WE ARE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT PICK UP THE PHONE AND
TRY TO CALL NANCY PELOSI OR
CHUCK SCHUMER AT THIS MOMENT?
>> Representative Scalise: HE
HAD THAT SITDOWN MEETING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE
ADAMANT THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
DO ANYTHING THAT HE WANTED TO
SECURE THE BORDER.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS
AN OFFER ON THE TABLE IN THE
FORM OF AN ACTUAL BILL THAT CAN
GET TO HIS DESK.
IF WE PASSED IT OUT OF THE
HOUSE.
IT'S STILL IN THE SENATE.
UP UNTIL JANUARY 2ND THAT BILL
WAS STILL ALIVE AND ACTIVE.
LET THE SENATE GO IN AND START
NEGOTIATING AND ACTUALLY PASSED
SOMETHING OUT OF THE SENATE THAT
SECURES THIS BORDER AND GIVES
THE PRESIDENT THE TOOLS HE NEEDS
TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE.
>> Sandra: WE ARE LOOKING AT A
BIG WEEK AHEAD, FOUR MORE DAYS
UNTIL DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE
NEW CONGRESS AND CAN YOU FIND
COMMON GROUND?
>> Representative Scalise: I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO
BUILD ON THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS
WITH THAT.
HARDWORKING FAMILIES ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY ARE SEEING THE BEST
ECONOMY THEY'VE SEEN IN
GENERATIONS.
ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKING FOR A JOB
RIGHT NOW HAS MULTIPLE
OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AND FIND A
JOB.
THAT'S REALLY POSITIVE.
I WANT TO SEE US BUILD ON THAT
AND ALLOW FAMILIES TO HAVE EVEN
MORE SECURITY.
LET'S FOCUS ON ALSO GETTING OUR
FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER.
IF WE HELP REBUILD OUR MILITARY
WORKING WITH THIS PRESIDENT LAST
YEAR AND AS KELLYANNE CONWAY
JUST TALKED ABOUT, OUR TROOPS
ARE ABOUT TO GET AN IMPORTANT,
WELL-EARNED PAY RAISE.
NOW LET'S FOCUS ON ACTUALLY
GETTING OUR BUDGET BALANCED
AGAIN.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES WE CAN
WORK ON IN THE NEW YEAR BUT
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE WILLING TO
WORK WITH THIS PRESIDENT.
YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE
PRESIDENT CALLS PRESIDENTIAL
HARASSMENT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY
WANTS.
THEY DIDN'T CAMPAIGN TO GET THE
MAJORITY, BY THE WAY, TALKING
ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.
LET'S FOCUS ON GETTING THIS
ECONOMY GROWING EVEN BETTER AND
IT'S DOING GREAT RIGHT NOW.
LET'S KEEP BUILDING ON THE
SUCCESS.
>> Sandra: CONGRESSMAN,
THANK YOU.