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>> WELCOME BACK, EVERY WEEK I
START BY SAYING HOME OF POSITIVE
POPULISM, I MEAN IT, IT PART OF
OUR JOB POINT OUT FAILURES,
CORRUPTION AND HYPOCRISY OF THE
ELITE BUT I TRY TOO BUILD THINGS
NOT TEAR THEM DOWN.
TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN, AND ARGUE
FOR NEW POLICY IDEAS WE START A
NEW SERIES POSITIVE AND
PRACTICAL, WE HIGHLIGHT
POSITIVE, IDEAS AIMED AT HELPING
YOU, A LOOK THE CRIPPLING
PARTISAN GRIDLOCK OF CONGRESS
WITH ME NOW, PALM
WITH ME NOW TPALM
WITH ME NOW TOMLM
WITH ME NOW TOM REED FROM NEW
YORK.
AND JOSH DOCK HIMMER FROM NEW
JERSEY.
THERE YOU ARE.
TOM LET'S START WITH YOU,
DESCRIBE.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR
TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE CONGRESS
TO GET THINGS DONE FOR PEOPLE,
WHERE YOU STAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, A
YEAR, PROBLEM SOLVER CAUCUS.
SAID WE HAVE TO CHANGE RULE OF
HOUSE THIS TOP DOWN SPEAKER
DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, 1 OR TWO
PEOPLE CONTROL WHAT GETS TO
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
AND WHAT WE SAID WE NEED A
PACKAGE OF RULE REFORMS THAT
ALLOW US TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN
WAY, BRING SOLUTION THAT
IMPORTANT PEOPLE NEED.
TO HAVE DEBATE AND OPEN AND
HONEST CONVERSATION ON THE FLOOR
OF THE HOUSE, LAST WEEK WITH,
GREAT LEADERSHIP ON DEMOCRATIC
SIDE, NANCY PELOSI AGREED TO OUR
RURAL REFORMS THAT REWARD
GETTING ELEMENT LAYING TO THE
FLOOR.
>> JOSH, CAN YOU TELL US MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE.
POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES WE COULD
SEE.
>> WE TALK ABOUT, THANK YOU
STEVE, WE SAID, HOW DO WE MAKE
SURE WHEN BROAD BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT, THAT CAN ACTUALLY GET
TO FLOOR FOR DEBATE AND A VOTE,
WE SAW LAST CONGRESS, TOO OFTEN,
WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY COULD NOT
GET TO THE FLOOR FOR A DEBATE OR
VOTE, YOU WOULD HAVE EXTREMES ON
BOTH SIDE.
WE SAID, WHAT KIND OF PACKAGE
CAN WE PUTTING IT
CAN WE PUT TNG IT
CAN WE PUT TOG IT
CAN WE PUT TOGETT
CAN WE PUT TOGETHER TO CHANGE
THAT.
SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE IDEA.
SUPER MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE.
AND WHETHER 20 DEMOCRAT AND 20
REPUBLICANS COME TOGETHER,
BEHIND AN AMENDMENT, WHY NOT
GIVE IT A SHOT TO DEBATE AND
VOTE ON THE FLOOR.
THINGS WHERE YOU IN THIS ERA OF
DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, WHERE WE CAN
HAVE A REAL DEBATE.
THAT IS WHAT PUBLIC WOULD LIKE
US TO DO.
>> A COUPLE CHALLENGES TO YOU,
"WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAD A
PIECE, TALKING ABOUT PELOSI
STORY THIS WEEK, HER ELECTION
SPEAKER.
OR CAUCUS ELECTION, TALKED ABOUT
THESE PROPOSALS, SAID, IF YOU
EXAMINE REFORMS THEY ARE
PROMISES TO CONSIDER THE IDEAS
OF BACKBENCHES, OR LEFT RIGHT
COALITIONS CLOSELY, THAT WOULD
MEAN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I DISAGREE WITH THE
ASSESSMENT.
I APPRECIATE THAT CRITICISM.
BUT IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, ERA
OF ONE PERSON CONTROL, LAST
MINUTE DEALS, FOUR PEOPLE MAKING
FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS TO WHAT
POLICY GETS TO FLOOR, THAT IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTED, AND
BY HAVING AGREEMENT FROM SPEAKER
TO POTENTIAL SPEAKER OF NANCY
PELOSI AGREE, THAT IS HUGE.
>> IT IS HISTORICAL WE WERE ABLE
TO ACHIEVE IT.
>> REPEAT, PEOPLE LIKE THE IDEA
OF YOU COMING TOGETHER, JOSH, I
HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMMENTARY,
SOME NASTY, THIS ALL ABOUT
EMPOWERING FROM THE LEFT, THE
G.O.P. AND YOUR KIND OF A STOOGE
FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
>> THERE ARE OBSTRUCTIONISTS ON
BOTH SIDES WHO DON'T WANT TO GET
THIS DONE, WE SAYING IN THIS ERA
RIGHT NOW, WE WON MAJORITY WITH
ALL THROUGH SEATS IN MIDDLE,
PEOPLE WHO ARE AM TO GET THINGS
DONE ON HEALTH CARE, AND DEAL
WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IS
GOING TO TAKE US TALKING TO EACH
OTHER AND WORKING TOGETHER, YOU
FACE REPUBLICAN SENATE AND
REPUBLICAN WHITE HOUSE, WE'LL
GET THINGS DONE, AND HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER.
THAT IS WILL GET TO BASE AND
VOTES, REALM, PEOPLE TO US BREAK
THE GRIDLOCK.
>> I HOPE SO, I THINK JUST
HAVING WORK THE IN GOVERNMENT, I
KNOW SOME COULD SOUND BORING ARE
ESSENTIAL TO MAKING PROGRESS,
SUBSTANCE IS IMPORTANT, WILD