MARIA: BUT FIRST THIS MORNING,
BREAKING NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE THIS CLOSE TO
GETTING THEIR CLIMATE CHANGE
AGENDA PASSED WITH WITH SENATORS
UP ALL NIGHT IN THE SO-CALLED
VOTERAMA THIS MORNING WHERE
SENATORS ARE OFFERING AMENDMENTS
TO ELEMENTS OF BIDEN’S BUILD
BACK BETTER AGENDA THAT HAD BEEN
STALLED FOR A YEAR.
THE SENATE VOTING 51-50 LAST
NIGHT TO MOVE THE BILL FORWARD
WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS TO DECIDE -- THE DECIDING
VOTE TO PASS THE PACKAGE,
LARGELY TO PAY FOR OBAMACARE
SUBSIDIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE NEW
RULES.
TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ IS ON
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
HE VOTED AGAINST THIS BILL, AND
HE JOINS ME NOW WITH THE VERY
LATEST.
SENATOR, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE MORNING.
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
MARIA: CAN YOU TELL THE US ABOUT
THE AMENDMENTS AND THE
HAPPENINGS RIGHT NOW IN THE
SENATE?
WILL BILL PASS?
>> WELL, SURE.
WE’VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT, VOTING
ALL NIGHT, I JUST RAN OTHER FROM
THE SENATE FLOOR TO JOIN YOU FOR
DISCUSSION, BUT THE DEMOCRATS TO
ARE ON THE VERGE OF RAMMING
THROUGH WHAT REALLY IS A
TERRIBLE BILL.
THIS BILL WILL HAMMER
MANUFACTURING, IT ARE KILL
MANUFACTURING JOBS IN -- IT WILL
KILL MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THIS BILL WILL DRIVE UP GAS
PRICES.
IT HAS BILLIONS IN NEW TAXES ON
U.S. OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION.
WE INTRODUCED AMENDMENTS TRYING
TO TAKE THOSE NEW TAXES OUT, SO
ALL THE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY’RE
WORRIED AND WANT TO LOWER GAS
PRICES, THEY ALL JUST VOTED TO
RAISE GAS TAXES AND TO RAISE
YOUR PRICE AT THE PUMP.
THIS BILL CREATES 87,000 NEW IRS
AGENTS.
IT DOUBLES THE SIZE OF THE IRS.
THOSE IRS AGENTS ARE DESIGNED TO
COME AFTER YOU.
THEY’RE NOT DESIGNED TO COME
AFTER THE BILLIONAIRES AND THE
BIG CORPORATIONS, THEY’RE
DESIGNED TO COME AFTER SMALL
BUSINESSES AND WORKING FAMILIES
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING THE IRS
BIGGER THAN THE PENTAGON PLUS
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PLUS
THE FBI, PLUS THE BORDER PATROL
COMBINED.
THE IRS IS GOING TO BE BIGGER.
MARIA: WOW.
>> THIS IS A MASSIVE POWER GRAB,
AND I’VE GOT TO SAY IT’S
AMAZING, MARIA, WATCHING THESE
DEMOCRATS AMENDMENT AFTER
AMENDMENT, COMMON SENSE
AMENDMENTS THEY VOTE AGAINST.
I INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT TO SAY
DON’T CREATE 87,000 NEW IRS
AGENTS, EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTED NO.
I JUST INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT
TO SAY THAT JOE BIDEN AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO SELL OIL FROM OUR
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TO
THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS.
BIDEN’S SOLD OVER 2 MILLION
BARRELS OF OIL TO THE CHINESE
COMMUNISTS.
EVERY DEMOCRAT BUT 4 VOTES NO.
THEY ARE BOUND AND DETERMINED TO
TRY AND RAM THIS TERRIBLE BILL
THROUGH.
MARIA: IF I WANT TO GET YOUR
TAKE ON THE SO-CALLED
WRAP-AROUND AMENDMENT.
I KNOW THERE WERE ALSO
AMENDMENTS TO TRY TO GET THE
DEMOCRATS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE IS A WIDE OPEN BORDER.
WILL ANY OF THOSE AMENDMENTS
STICK, AND WHAT ABOUT A
WRAP-AROUND AMENDMENT AT THE END
OF THE DAY THAT DELETES ALL THE
OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT YOU WERE
TRYING TO GET THROUGH?
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW IT MAY BE
THAT THE DEMOCRATS DON’T EVEN
NEED TO FORCE THROUGH A
WRAP-AROUND AMENDMENT, BECAUSE
THEY’VE MANAGED TO KEEP HAIR
SIDE -- THEY’VE KEPT PARTY
DISCIPLINE WHERE ALL OF EVEN THE
SUPPOSED MODERATES HAVE BEEN
WILLING TO VOTE AGAINST COMMON
SENSE BILLS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS I SAID, EVERY
SINGLE DEMOCRAT, ALL OF THEM
VOTED TO INCREASE GAS TAXES.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A MARK
KELLY IN ARIZONA OR RAPHAEL
WARNOCK IN GEORGIA WITH OR A
MAGGIE HASSAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
OR A MICHAEL BENNETT IN COLORADO
SAY, HEY, WE WANT GAS PRICES TO
BE LOWER, YOU KNOW THEY ARE
LYING BECAUSE THEY STOOD UP AND
VOTED RAISE THE GAS TAXES, STICK
IT TO THE PRODUCERS, MAKE OUR
CONSUMERS PAY MORE AT THE PUMP.
THAT’S THE END RESULT THEY WANT,
AND THEIR VOTING RECORD PROVES
IT.
MARIA: WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE HER
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS,
AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TAXES
WILL GO HIGHER ON MOST
AMERICANS?
WHAT ABOUT THAT PROMISE THAT
TAXES WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED FOR
ANYBODY MAKING $400,000 OR LESS?
>> WELL, IT’S A FLAT OUT LIE.
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
ANALYZED THIS BILL, AND IT
CONCLUDED A VERY LARGE PORTION
OF IT WOULD BE BORNE BY PEOPLE
MAKING UNDER $400,000 A YEAR
WITH, THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY
GROUP OF TAXPAYERS WOULD SEE
THEIR TAXES GO UP.
THE DEMOCRATS KNOW THIS.
AND, BY THE WAY, WE HAD
AMENDMENTS TO SAY LET’S NOT HAVE
ANY OF THESE TAXES FALL ON
PEOPLE MAKING UNDER $400,000.
THE DEMOCRATS ALL VOTED NO.
THEY ARE LYING, AND YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY’RE COUNTING ON?
THEY’RE COUNTING ON THE
CORPORATE MEDIA JUST CARRYING
THEIR WATER FOR THEM AND SAYING,
OH, YOUR TAXES ARE NOT GOING UP.
MARIA: WOW.
>> IT’S NOT THE TRUTH, THEY KNOW
IT’S NOT THE TRUTH, BUT THEY
EXPECT THE CORPORATE MEDIA NOT
TO TELL PEOPLE.
SO UNLESS THEY’RE WATCHING YOUR
SHOW OR A HANDFUL OF OTHERS,
THEY’RE NOT HEARING WHAT’S
ACTUALLY IN THIS TERRIBLE BILL.
MARIA: THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
EXTRAORDINARY.
I WANT TO TURN TO THE FBI AND
YOUR COMMITTEE’S TESTIMONY WITH
CHRISTOPHER WRAY TESTIFYING IN
FRONT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. -- IN
FRONT OF YOUR COMMITTEE.
LET’S RUN CLIP, WATCH THIS.
>> THE FBI -- HOW MANY FBI
AGENTS WERE DISCIPLINED OR
REPRIMANDED AFTER THAT
DISASTROUS CASE AND THE
MISCONDUCT THAT LED TO EVERY
DEFENDANT BEING ACQUITTED OR
HAVING A MISTRIAL MANY -- ON
EVERY CHARGE?
>> SENATOR, I CAN’T COMMENT ON
ANY PERSON, BUT I CAN TELL YOU
THAT THAT CASE, AS A I
UNDERSTAND IT, IS NOW PENDING A
RETRIAL, AS I UNDERSTAND.
>> WELL, THE SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE OF THAT CASE HAS NOW BEEN
SENT TO D.C., TO THE WASHINGTON,
D.C. OFFICE, AND NOW LEADS THE
INVESTIGATION REGARDING JANUARY
6TH, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT DOESN’T SOUND RIGHT TO
ME.
>> SO THE GUY IN CHARGE GOT
PROMOTED ASK IS NOW IN CHARGE OF
THE JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION.
>> THE GUY IN CHARGE OF THE
WHOLE DETROIT FIELD OFFICE IS
NOW IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE
WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE.
THAT IS ASTONISHING.
MARIA: SENATOR, WHAT WERE YOU
SAYING WILL?
WHAT DID THE FBI DO IN TERMS OF
THE GRETCHEN WHITMER SITUATION
IN MICHIGAN?
WAS THAT ENTRAPMENT?
>> IT WAS.
AND LOOK, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF
THE WORST OUTCOMES WE’VE SEEN
BOTH FROM THE BARACK OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AND NOW THE JOE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
THE DEPOLITICIZATION AND
WEAPONIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE AND THE FBI.
THEY’VE TURNED THE MACHINERY OF
GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTO A WEAPON TO ATTACK THEIR
POLITICAL ENEMIES.
AND IN THE CASE OF GRETCHEN
WHITMER, WE ALL REMEMBER IN THE
FALL OF 2020 RIGHT BEFORE THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WERE
PROSECUTING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A
PLOT TO KIDNAP AND MURDER THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN.
AND EVERYONE WHO HEARD THAT WAS
HORRIFIED AND SAID, WOW, THESE
GUYS SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR A
LONG TIME.
WELL, THEY TOOK THEM TO TRIAL,
FOUR DEFENDANTS.
TWO OF THEM WERE ACQUITTED ON
EVERY COUNT, THE OTHER TWO GOT
MISTRIALS, SO NOT A SINGLE
DEFENDANT GOT CONVICTED ON A
SINGLE COUNT, AND THE PRINCIPAL
DEFENSE FOR ALL FOUR OF THEM WAS
ENTRAPMENT, THAT IT WAS THE FBI
WHO HAD SUGGESTED THE PLOT.
WHEN THE SHAFTS SAID WE DIDN’T
WANT TO DO IT, THE FBI SAID, NO,
YOU MUST GO THROUGH.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE DERELICTION
OF DUTY.
AND THE FACT THAT THE GUY IN
CHARGE OF THE WHOLE THING WAS
LITERALLY TRANSFERRED TO
WASHINGTON, WAS PROMOTED AFTER
THE CASE WAS THROWN OUT AS A
COMPLETE FAILURE AND WAS PUT IN
CHARGE OF THE JANUARY 6TH
INVESTIGATION, THAT IS
ASTONISHING AS I SAID AT THE
HEARING.
AND IN THE FBI, THIS DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IS CONTENT TO REMAIN
HORROWLY POLITICAL AND PART STAR
DENY THOROUGHLY POLITICAL AND
PARTISAN, AND IT’S DEEPLY
CONCERNING.
MARIA: THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THIS?
THIS IS ON TOP OF THE RUSSIA
COLLUSION LIE AND THEN THE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WHILE THE FBI
SAT ON HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHAT WE’VE GOT TO DO IS WIN
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
SO THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY
OWN GAUGE IN OVERSIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE FBI WAS THERE
FOR ONE ROUND OF QUESTIONS.
AT END OF THE ROUND OF
QUESTIONS, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE A SECOND ROUND, HE SAID,
NO, I’VE GOT A PLANE TO CATCH,
I’M SORRY, I’VE GOT TO GO.
HE DIDN’T WANT ANOTHER ROUND OF
QUESTIONS.
AS CHUCK GRASSLEY OBSERVED, WAIT
A SECOND, YOU’VE GOT YOUR OWN
PLANE.
THE FBI HAS A PRIVATE JET JUST
FOR YOU, YOU JUST DON’T WANT TO
HAVE ANY MORE INVESTIGATION.
WE NEED SERIOUS OVERSIGHT, WE
NEED ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
POLITICAL AND PARTISAN NEED TO
BE FIRED, AND IF THEY’VE BROKEN
THE LAW, THEY NEED TO BE
PROSECUTED.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE HAVE
ZERO INTEREST IN DOING THAT.
MARIA: WOW.
>> AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
HAS, IF POSSIBLE, LESS THAN ZERO
INTEREST IN DOING THAT.
BUT THE RULE OF LAW MATTERS, AND
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE THE
ENFORCEMENT ARM OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
IF.
MARIA: ALL INCREDIBLY
ASTONISHING, SENATOR.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WHEN YOU COME BACK, WE WILL TALK
CHINA.
WE DID NOT GET INTO IT THIS
MORNING, BUT WE’VE BEEN WATCHING
THE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE