>> YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE ON THE
HOUSE OF THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY’RE TAKING UP A FINANCIAL,
25 BILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE’VE RECEIVED WORD THAT
ARRIVING AHEAD OF THE PLANNED
VOTE.
IT COULD BE ESSENTIALLY DEAD ON
ARRIVAL AS FAR AS THE SENATE IS
CONCERNED AS MITCH MCCONNELL
HAS NOT OFFERED TO TAKE THIS
MEASURE UP.
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY OF
LOUISIANA, SENATE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND MUCH, MUCH MORE,
WEIGHS IN ON THAT.
SENATOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU ON
THIS SATURDAY.
HOW ARE YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
MAKE SURE YOUR AUDIO IS
WORKING, SIR, BUT LET ME GET
YOUR QUICK TAKE ON -- I DON’T
KNOW WHETHER YOU HEARD JAMES
CLYBURN SAY ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS MEASURE
THEY’RE TAKING UP, THAT THIS IS
TO PROTECT AMERICANS VOTING
RIGHTS THAT HE SAYS, I’M
PARAPHRASING HERE, ARE IN
DANGER IF THEY DON’T DO WHAT
THEY’RE DOING NOW.
YOU SAY WHAT?
>> THE POST OFFICE DOESN’T NEED
ANY MORE MONEY.
IT’S GOT $15 BILLION CASH AND A
$10 BILLION LINE OF CREDIT.
THE POST OFFICE IS PERFECTLY
CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE MAIL-IN
BALLOTS IF THE SECRETARIES OF
STATE WILL DO THEIR JOB AND I
THINK THEY WILL.
THIS WHOLE THING WAS MADE UP BY
SOME OF MY DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS.
AND BY THIS, I MEAN TRUMP
TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE POST
OFFICE TO INFLUENCE THE
ELECTION IS JUST MADE UP, TO
TRY TO HURT TRUMP AND INFLUENCE
THE ELECTION.
AND YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST A GAME
AND THIS IS WHY CONGRESS IN THE
MINDS OF MOST AMERICANS POLLS,
RIGHT UP THERE WITH SKIM MILK.
NEIL: WELL, YOU KNOW, THE
TIMING COMES UP AGAIN AND
AGAIN, SENATOR.
THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE
OPPOSED ELECTION AID FOR
STATES, EVEN AN EMERGENCY BILL
FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE, MAYBE
FOR THE FINANCIAL REASONS YOU
OUTLINED, BUT THE VIEW AMONG
DEMOCRATS WAS HE WAS TRYING TO
RESTRICT HOW MANY AMERICANS CAN
VOTE BY MAIL.
HE’S ALREADY PUBLICLY SAID THAT
HE DOESN’T THINK VOTING BY MAIL
WAS A WISE IDEA THAT IT COULD
LEAD TO ABUSE AND ALL THAT.
AND THIS MIGHT BE THE MEANS
WHICH WHICH HE DOES IT.
DISAVOW THEM OF THE NOTION THAT
HE’S TRYING TO RIG THE GAME.
>> WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID WHAT
HE SAID, HE OPENED THE DOOR AND
SPEAKER PELOSI BEING VERY
ASTUTE POLITICALLY RAN RIGHT
THROUGH IT.
YOU KNOW, FACTS ARE--
FACTS DON’T CEASE TO EXIST
BECAUSE YOU IGNORE THEM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THE POST OFFICE HAS AND
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUME OF
MAIL THAT IT HANDLES EVERY
YEAR, LIKE 71 BILLION PIECES OF
MAIL, AND YOU LOOK AT JUST WHAT
HAPPENS, JUST DURING CHRISTMAS
AND HOW THE POST OFFICE IS ABLE
TO DO WHAT IT DOES, THIS IS A
MANUFACTURED CRISIS.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, OF THE
SENATE REPUBLICANS WORKING ON A
BILL THAT WILL BE READY BY THE
END OF NEXT WEEK THAT WILL
PROBABLY HAVE A SECTION DEALING
WITH THE POST OFFICE.
I THINK WE’LL GET BETWEEN 40
AND 53 REPUBLICAN VOTES.
I HOPE WE PUT IT ON THE FLOOR
OF THE SENATE.
I HOPE MY DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS
WILL VOTE FOR IT.
IT WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE
CORONAVIRUS BILL.
NOT JUST BY THE POST OFFICE.
I DON’T THINK MY DEMOCRATIC
FRIENDS ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR
IT AND I DON’T THINK A FIFTH
CORONAVIRUS BILL IS GOING TO
PASS BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP, I THINK, BELIEVES
THAT THE CHAOS THAT OUR COUNTRY
IS EXPERIENCING NOW IS IN THEIR
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
AND THAT’S WHY WHEN MY PEOPLE
OF LOUISIANA ASKED ME HOW MANY
PEOPLE WORK IN CONGRESS, I
ALWAYS SAY ABOUT HALF. AND THE REST OF THE TIME THEY
AND THE REST OF THE TIME THEY
SPEND TRYING TO FINAGLE THE