>> Gillian: THANK YOU THIS
MORNING.
LET’S BRING IN FLORIDA
CONGRESSMAN BYRON DONALD
SERVING ON THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
LET’S KEEP YOUR OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE HAT ON FOR A SECOND
AND WE’LL GET TO THE POLITICS
OF THIS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU IN YOUR
ESTIMATION, YOU HAVE CRUNCHED
THE NUMBERS IN THE COMMITTEE.
IS THIS GOING TO WORSEN THE
BURDEN OF INFLATION ON MOTION
AMERICANS?
>> IT IS GOING TO WORSEN
INFLATION.
LET’S BE VERY CLEAR.
CONGRESS HAS NOT LOOKED AT THIS
PROPOSAL.
NANCY PELOSI HASN’T OPENED UP A
HEARING ON THIS.
THAT’S THE ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH IT WILL
COST.
IT IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Gillian: IS IT, AS SOME HAVE
TOUTED, A HAIL MARY BY THE
PRESIDENT AHEAD OF THE
MID-TERMS?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
THE MAN IS BUYING VOTES.
THAT’S WHAT HE IS DOING.
HE IS TAKING AN ILLEGAL ACTION,
ACTION HE DOESN’T HAVE
AUTHORITY TO DO, IN ORDER TO
REWARD HIS BASE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC
BREAKDOWN THIS IS BASICALLY
GOING TO DEMOCRATS WHO WENT TO
COLLEGE WHO HAVE STUDENT LOAN
DEBT WHO DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR
IT.
I HAD STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
I PAID MY OFF.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING PAYMENTS
NOW RESPONSIBLY BECAUSE THEY’RE
THE ONES THAT TOOK OUT THEIR
DEBT.
IT IS ONLY THE RADICAL LEFT
PUSHING IT FOR 10 YEARS AND HE
IS PAYING THEM BACK.
>> Gillian: WHO DOES HAVE LEGAL
AUTHORITY TO LAUNCH A BAIL-OUT
OF THIS MAGNITUDE IN THIS
COUNTRY?
DOES ANYBODY?
DOES CONGRESS HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT?
AUTHORITY TO DO THAT?
>> I PRNLLY THINK IT’S AMORALE
AND IMMORAL FOR CONGRESS TO DO
THIS.
CONGRESS HAS THAT AUTHORITY,
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE
THIS AUTHORITY AT ALL.
THIS IS A COMPLETE VIOLATION OF
SEPARATION OF POWERS, WHICH IS
WHY I DO THINK THERE WILL BE
LEGAL CHALLENGES AND I THINK
THIS DECISION BY JOE BIDEN IS
GOING TO BE FOUND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE WHAT HE IS
DOING IS PLAYING CATCH ME IF
YOU CAN WITH THE COURT SYSTEM.
THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS THEY
CAN’T DO IT.
THEY USE SOME INNOCUOUS LAW FOR
VETERANS WHO WERE WOUNDED AND
DISABLED.
THEY ARE USING THAT AND
COVID-19, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS
OVER, TO OPEN UP THIS ISSUE.
THEY SIMPLY DON’T HAVE THE
LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO IT.
I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE
CHALLENGES.
>> Gillian: REPUBLICANS ARE
LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE
BAIL-OUT AS WELL.
ONE GROUP IS BLASTING THIS NEW
AD OVER THE WEEKEND.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WANT TO BE A STRUGGLING
ARTIST?
COLLEGE IS ON ME.
MY KIDS DON’T NEED FANCY THINGS
LIKE SCHOOL SUPPLIES OR NEW
SHOES.
>> I WORK FOR YOU THEATER MAJOR.
>> Gillian: WHETHER IT WILL
BOOST THE PARTY’S CHANCES IN
NOVEMBER OR NOT IT IS AN
OBVIOUS PLAY TO BRING IN
YOUNGER VOTERS.
A HAIL MARY PASS.
ANOTHER SAYS IT IS DESIGNED TO
BUY VOTES. VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS AREN’T
VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS AREN’T
THRILLED WITH THE MOVE, EITHER.
A CONGRESSMAN SAYS QUOTE IT IS
NO WAY TO MAKE POLICY.
ANOTHER CONGRESSWOMAN FROM
NEVADA SAYS IT DOESN’T ADDRESS
THE ROOT PROBLEMS THAT MAKE
COLLEGE UNAFFORDABLE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT’S THE BIG
CAHOONA HERE.
BUT THE OPTICS AND POLITICS AND
LEGALITY ASIDE FOR A MOMENT.
DOES THIS POLICY ENCOURAGE
UNIVERSITIES TO CONTINUE TO
EXPLOIT STUDENTS BY CONTINUING
TO HIKE TUITION TO THE POINT
WHERE WE NOW OUTCOST EVERY
OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
THE ONLY THING IT WILL DO IS
TELL THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM THEY
CAN CHARGE MORE BECAUSE AT SOME
POINT DOWN THE LINE SOMEBODY IS
GOING TO COME ALONG AND TRY TO
PAY THIS BILL IN THE FUTURE.
LET ME VERY CLEAR TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF THIS HAPPENS ONCE, SOME
FUTURE DEMOCRAT POLITICIAN
TRYING TO GET VOTES WILL
PROMISE TO DO IT AGAIN.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TYPE OF
MORAL HAZARD TO EXIST IN THE
UNITED STATES.
THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE IN OHIO, SENATOR MASTO
UP IN NEVADA LET ME BE CLEAR.
THEY MIGHT BE TALKING TOUGH
NOW, BUT IF IN WAS A VOTE ON
THE FLOOR THEY WOULD VOTE FOR
IT BECAUSE THEY VOTED FOR EVERY
OTHER RADICAL POLICY THAT JOE
BIDEN AND NANCY PELOSI HAVE
BROUGHT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ON
THIS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT REPUBLICANS
POUNCING.
THIS IS ABOUT REPUBLICANS
WANTING TO HAVE A SOUND RULE OF
LAW AND HAVE A SOUND ECONOMIC
SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES
WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SHARE
EQUALLY, PLAY EQUALLY AND
ACTUALLY LIVE BY THE RULES.
THAT’S WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR
AND WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS
ABOUT.
THIS IS WAY MORE THAN POLITICS.
THIS IS ABOUT THE WAY OUR
ECONOMIC SYSTEM WORKS AND OUR
ECONOMIC SYSTEM HAS TO BE --
PEOPLE HAVE TO REPAY THEIR
DEBTS.
CAPITAL HAS TO MOVE FREELY SO
THE AMERICAN DREAM IS POSSIBLE
FOR EVERYBODY WHO WORKS HARD,
WHO CUTS THEIR TEETH, WHO DOES
THE RIGHT THING.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW IS THE ABSOLUTE WRONG
POLICY.
IT WILL MAKE MATTERS WORSE, NOT
BETTER.
LAST POINT I WILL MAKE.
FOR THE PEOPLE GETTING DEBTS
FORGIVEN NEED TO LOOK THEIR
CHILDREN IN THE EYE.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE THE ONES WHO
WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS.
IT IS GOING ON THE NATIONAL
DEBT.
NOBODY IN WASHINGTON HAS A PLAN
TO PAY THAT OFF RIGHT NOW.
>> Gillian: CONGRESSMAN DONALDS