MR. BUSH WILL BE BURIED AT
HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS.
HE LIVED LONGER THAN ANY OTHER
PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINDS
THIS ELECTION WAS BY DEAN
PHILLIPS OVER THE FIVE TERM
INCUMBENT.
HE BEAT PAULSEN BY 11
PERCENTAGE POINTS.
HE SAYS HE'S READY TO CHAMPION
AND AGGRESSIVE AGENDA.
THE CONGRESSMAN ELECT DEAN
PHILLIPS JOINS US NOW.
CONGRESSMAN ELECT, THANK YOU
FOR COMING IN AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
LET ME ASK YOU FIRST OF ALL,
YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ABOUT THE LATE PRESIDENT.
AS I POSTED I WAS A YOUNG
INTERN IN WASHINGTON.
HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER.
TRANSCENDED POLITICS.
A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND STRENGTH
AND DECENCY.
AND NAVIGATED THIS COUNTRY
THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES.
TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET
UNION.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
CAMPAIGNED ON, THE CHEAPER IN
YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS FINANCE
REFORM -- CAMPAIGN-FINANCE
REFORM.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST BILL
THAT THE HOUSE IS ADVANCING.
AND YOU TWEETED ABOUT THAT AND
YOU WERE ACTUALLY AT THE PODIUM
AND SPEAKER PELOSI WAS THERE,
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY
MOMENT -- MOMENT.
IF WE WANT TO AFFECT ANY CHANGE
WE HAVE TO REFORM THE AGENDA.
MOTOR PROTECTION, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY CAMPAIGN-FINANCE
REFORM.
KNOWING THAT WILL BE THE FIRST
ORDER OF BUSINESS AFTER WE ARE
SWORN IN IS BOTH THRILLING AND
EXCITING AND ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
THE SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT
YOU WILL REPRESENT, CD3 HAD THE
HIGHEST TURNOUT IN THE NATION.
71%.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT WAS?
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE AS A
CAMPAIGN HAD AN ETHOS IN A
SLOGAN THAT EVERYONE WAS
INVITED.
WE CHOSE TO RUN A CAMPAIGN THAT
WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
WANT TO DUBAI.
WE WANTED TO INVITE MORE PEOPLE
IN.
I THINK THAT HAD AN EFFECT.
FROM TEENAGERS TO RETIREES, AND
EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF WOMEN
WHO ACTIVATED FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THEIR LIVES MANY TOLD ME, IT
WAS A JOYFUL ELEMENT OF OUR
CAMPAIGN.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE MODEL
BY WHICH CAMPAIGNS ARE RUN IN
THE FUTURE.
I GOT A LOT OF HIGH-FIVES IN
WASHINGTON FOR THE -- FOR BEING
NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU DID CAMPAIGN ON UNITY.
YOU ARE GOING INTO A VERY
DIVIDED CAPITAL CITY IN
CONGRESS.
AMONG THE ISSUES OUT THERE
THERE ARE MANY DEMOCRATS IN
WASHINGTON WHO WANT TO SEE
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SUPPORT?
LET ME ANSWER YOUR FIRST
QUESTION.
ABOUT UNITY.
WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW IS
THERE'S A LOT MORE UNITY IN
CONGRESS AND WASHINGTON THEN
MANY SEE IN THE MEDIA.
EVEN OUR FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF
ORIENTATION, WE HAVE A CLASS OF
66 FRESHMAN, THE MOST DIVERSE
CLASS WE'VE EVER SEEN, AND SOME
EXTRAORDINARY REPUBLICANS.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY
NEW REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES AND
THERE'S A LOT OF COLLEGIALITY
AND DECENCY AND A LOT OF
APPETITE TO WORK TOGETHER.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL COME.
IMPEACHMENT, I'M ONE WHO FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING SAID THAT WE
SHOULD WAIT FOR THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION TO CONCLUDE. IT
IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
COUNTRY TO WAIT.
THAT IS HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
AND BASED ON THE EVIDENCE
PRESENTED AND THE FACT, ONLY
THEN AND ONLY THEN SHOULD WE
CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT.
ANYONE WHO CALLS FOR IN ADVANCE
OF THAT I THINK IS A
DERELICTION OF LEADERSHIP AND
IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THIS COUNTRY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
THREAT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
OVER THE BORDER WALL THAT THE
PRESIDENT WANTS.
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT AND
FROM WHAT YOU'VE TALKED TO YOUR
NEW FUTURE COLLEAGUES, WHAT YOU
THINK WILL HAPPEN?
THE CONSENSUS IS AMONG THE
MOST THAT THE BORDER WALL
ITSELF IS AN INEFFECTIVE USE OF
MONEY.
THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO
ACHIEVE WHAT WE NEED WHICH IS
SECURE BORDERS.
I ABSOLUTELY ADVOCATE FOR
SECURING BORDERS.
WE CAN DO SO WITH HUMAN
RESOURCES AND WITH TECHNOLOGIES
THAT EXIST.
THERE IS NO QUESTION WE NEED TO
ENHANCE IT BUT SECURING THAT