MARIA: WELCOME BACK REPUBLICANS
ARE WORKING ON THEIR STRATEGY TO
RETAIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS COME
NOVEMBER AMID TALK OF A BLUE
WAVE IN THE UPCOMING MID-TERMS.
IN THE HOUSE WITH ME NOW IS HOW
MAJORITY WHIP AND REPUBLICAN
LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN STEVE
SCALISE.
CONGRESSMAN IT'S GREAT TO SEE
YOU THIS MORNING THANKS SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
GOOD MORNING ALWAYS GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU MARIA.
MARIA: SO WHAT IS THE PLAN TO
RETAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE FROM
YOUR STANDPOINT?
>> THE PLANS TO CONTINUE
FOCUSING ON GETTING THE ECONOMY
MOVING, SEEING THIS GREAT
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THEN LOCKING
IT IN WE'RE GOING TO BRING SOME
MORE BILLS TO CUT TAXES, WE'RE
GOING TO MAKE THE TAX CUTS
PERMANENT THAT BILL CHAIRMAN
BRADY AND HIS COMMITTEE ARE
PROVIDE MORE REGULATORY RELIEF
AND DO THINS TO HELP CREATE MORE
WITH THE RADICAL LEFT'S AGENDA
IN WASHINGTON.
PELOSI IS TALKING ABOUT RAISING
TAXES, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT
ABOLISHING I.C.E., SINGLE-PAYER
HEALTHCARE THAT'S NOT THE
DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO SO LET'S
KEEP THE ECONOMY MOVING WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON IT
THIS WEEK AND BRING A BILL TO
REPEAL THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX
PUSHBACK THE HEALTH INSURANCE
MARIA: AND BY THE WAY THE
ECONOMY IS GOING TO SHOW
MOVEMENT THIS WEEK.
WE GET THE GDP NUMBER OUT ON
THURSDAY, AND ALL EXPECTATIONS
PLAN.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS THOUGH ARE GOING TO DO
IN RESPONSE TO THAT.
JOE LINER MAN, FORMER SENATOR
WROTE AN OP-ED AND LIEBERMAN
WRITES THIS IN THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL THIS WEEK, VOTE JOE
CROWLEY FOR WORKING FAMILIES, IT
BEGINS WITH THIS QUOTE.
ALEXANDRIA CORTEZ'S SURPRISE
PRIMARY VICTORY OVER
REPRESENTATIVE JOE CROWLEY SEEMS
LIKELY TO HURT CONGRESS, AMERICA
, AND THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO.
WHAT LIEBERMAN WRITES IS THAT
HE'S HOPING THAT CROWLEY'S NAME
IS ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE THE
IDEA TO ABOLISH I.C.E. CAME FROM
HER.
ALEXANDRIA CORTEZ AND TOM PEREZ
THE HEAD OF THE DNC SAYS SHE'S
THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY.
>> WELL I HOPE SHE IS, BECAUSE
IT SHOWS SUCH A DRAMATIC SHIFT
TO THE RADICAL LEFT.
THAT'S NOT WHERE AMERICA IS.
AMERICA IS STILL A CENTER RIGHT
COUNTRY AND YOU SAW SHE WAS OUT
THERE WITH BERNIE SANDERS GOING
THROUGH THE MIDWEST, GOING TO
MISSOURI.
SHE WAS IN KANSAS CITY.
THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THIS IDEA
OF ABOLISHING I.C.E. OF ALL THIN
S.
THINK ABOUT THIS MARIA.
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR
COUNTRY SAFE I.C.E. HAS BEEN
DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
STOPPING HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
SAVING SOME OF THESE KIDS BEING
EXPLOITED FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AND THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THEM
AND WANT OPEN BORDERS THAT'S NOT
WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT.
I HOPE THEY KEEP GOING AROUND
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT'S WHAT
THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WERE IN
THE MAJORITY.
TERMS OF THAT BEING A PLATFORM
TO RUN ON, IN TERMS OF
IMMIGRATION AND YOUR EFFORTS WE
JUST HEARD FROM BOB GOODLATTE.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME
UP WITH A PLAN THAT PROTECTS THE
DACA RECIPIENTS BUT ALSO
PROTECTS THIS COUNTRY WITH THE
PROPER SECURITY IN TERMS OF
SECURING THE BORDERS?
>> WELL MARIA WE'VE HAD TWO
DIFFERENT BILLS WE BROUGHT TO
THE FLOOR THAT WOULD DO JUST
THAT AND AS YOU HEARD CHAIRMAN
GOODLATTE SAY WE'VE HAD LARGE
NUMBERS OF REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR
IT BUT NOT ONE DEMOCRAT SO WHEN
YOU HAVE BETWEEN THE TWO BILLS,
224 REPUBLICANS VOTING YES TO
BUILD A WALL, SECURE THE BORDER,
SOLVE THE DACA PROBLEM, AND THE
VISA LOTTERY SYSTEM AND NOT ONE
SHOWS YOU THEY DON'T WANT TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND WE DO,
WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT BUT
LET'S LOOK AT THOSE VOTES TO
COUNTRY'S BORDER AND EVERY
SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED NO BECAUSE
NANCY PELOSI BULLIED THEM AND
THREATENED THEM AND SAID SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE DONALD
TRUMP WITH A WIN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS
GET THE ECONOMY MOVING, TO BRING
REGULATIONS UNDER CONTROL, IT'S
ACTUALLY WORKING.
TO THE THINGS THAT ARE HELPING
REBUILD OUR MIDDLE CLASS IS A
LOSING STRATEGY FOR DEMOCRATS.
MARIA: AND IN A ALSO FOREIGN
POLICY YOU LOOK AT THE OUTCOMES
THAT HAVE COME.
JIM MATTIS APPARENTLY SAYING
THAT THE NATO MEETING WAS A
WRONG THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
MEETINGS THAT HE'S EVER SEEN.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN
AND WHAT THE U.S. NEEDS TO DO
WITH RUSSIA GIVEN THESE HORRIBLE
STORIES WE JUST HEARD ABOUT
PUTIN FROM BILL BROWDER.
>> YEAH, PUTIN IS A BAD GUY.
HE'S NOT OUR FRIEND.
I THINK WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK
AT ARE THE ACTIONS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN TO
STAND UP AGAINST PUTIN AND TO
STAND UP AGAINST RUSSIA AND
THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT MARIA.
IF YOU START WITH THE UKRAINE
THEY'RE OUR FRIEND IN EASTERN
EUROPE.
EUROPE AND BARACK OBAMA SAT ON
THE SIDELINES.
THOSE COUNTRIES BY THE WAY THEY
DIDN'T SAY GIVE US BOOTS ON THE
GROUND.
THEY SAID CAN YOU JUST SELL US
ARMS SO WE CAN PUSHBACK AGAINST
THE RUSSIANS AGGRESSION AND BOMB
THEIR TANKS, AND OBAMA SAID NO
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID YES AND
ACTUALLY SOLD THEM THOSE MISSILE
S SO THEY CAN DEFEND
THEIR COUNTRY AND PUSH RUSSIA
OUT OF EASTERN EUROPE AND THAT'S
INCREASED SANCTIONS AGAINST
WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING RUSSIA
THEY'RE NOT OUR FRIEND AND GET
OUT OF SYRIA, STOP ALLYING WITH
SOME OF THESE ROGUE COUNTRIES.
MARIA: KEVIN BRADY WAS ON THIS
PROGRAM LAST WEEK THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE HE WILL TRY TO GET A
VOTE ON TAX CUTS 2.0 TO THE
FLOOR IN SEPTEMBER.
DO YOU THINK HE'LL NEED
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT HERE?
IS ANYBODY GOING TO VOTE FOR TAX
CUTS 2.0 WHEN THEY'RE
COMPLAINING ABOUT DEFICITS AND
THEY DIDN'T VOTE FOR TAX CUTS 1?
>> EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT SHOULD
VOTE FOR TAX CUTS 2.0.
MARIA: BUT THEY WON'T.
>> BECAUSE IT'S WORKED FOR OUR
CHAIRMAN BRADY IS DOING IS
WORKING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE CUTS INCLUDE
ALL OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO
TO KEEP THIS ECONOMY GROWING.
WE'RE SEEING HISTORIC GROWTH
LET'S KEEP IT GROWING.
IT'LL PASS THE HOUSE.
THE REAL QUESTION IS WILL EVERY
DEMOCRAT VOTE LIKE LAST TIME NOW
KNOWING HOW WELL IT'S WORKING
FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.
MARIA: IT'S A WIN FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP FOR SURE.