BEEN EMPHATIC.
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PUSHES
ITS REGULATORY AGENDA.
FOR 2018.
SENATOR, GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY
NEW YEAR.
>> AS YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
RUNS OUT OF MONEY LATE NIGHT ON
JANUARY 19TH.
SEPTEMBER OR ANOTHER SHORT TERM
EXTENSION?
I HOPE IT'S THROUGH THE END OF
THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE NEED TO GET THE FUNDING ISSUE
SOLVED.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS A
CONCERN TO A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS
IS MAKING SURE WE ARE FUNDING
THE MILITARY, WE HAVE A LOT OF
WE HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH
THAT.
THAT'S A BIG PRIORITY.
I HOPE THAT BIG DEAL HAPPENS BY
THE 19th TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT
THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL
YEAR.
THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO SOME OF
COUNTRY BY THEIR PARENTS.
WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION ON THAT
HAS YOU KNOW HAS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
WE HAVE A MARCH DEADLINE WITH
THAT.
I HOPE WE CAN MOVE A FREE
STANDING BILL.
WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE DACA ISSUE,
I HOPE WE CAN FIND A BIPARTISAN
PATH THAT ALLOWS TO DEAL WITH
DACA AND COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
ENSURE WE ARE ADDRESSING THE
UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
THAT'S CONTINUING TO HAVE A LOT
OF PEOPLE COME INTO IS THIS
COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
THERE ARE WAYS TO PREVENT AND
THAT SLOW THAT MIGRATION.
I HOPE THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL
ENABLE US TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
THAT IS LONG OVERDUE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
GET DONE AND HASN'T GOTTEN DONE
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> IS INFRASTRUCTURE AN AREA
WHERE THERE SHOULD BE
BIPARTISANSHIP THIS YEAR?
>> I THINK IT IS.
HISTORICALLY AT LEAST.
EXTRA BASE HITS HAS REPRESENTED
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARTY TO
COME TOGETHER.
I AM IN FAVOR OF DOING THINGS TO
OR BROADBAND.
I HOPE THERE WILL BE DEMOCRATS
WHO WILL COME TO THE TABLE.
THE QUESTION IS, AS YOU HEAD
INTO 2018, ANOTHER ELECTION
YEAR, WHETHER THE DEMOCRATS WILL
WANT TO WORK WITH REPUBLICANS.
BUT WE ARE READY TO BE PARTNERS
WITH THEM.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT
ADDRESSES A LOT OF THESE NEEDS
WE HAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I THINK IT COULD BE A BIG
ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
I AM HOPING WE WILL SEE THE
WILLINGNESS OF THE DEMOCRATS TO
JOIN US.
>> NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
DON'T STOP.
HERE'S HOW GRAHAM REFERED TO 2
HOT SPOTS.
>> THE PRESIDENT TRUMP DREW A
YOU.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DELIVER
FATAL BLOWS TO BAD ACTORS IN
2018.
IF WE BLINK, GOD HELP US ALL.
>> HOW HIGH ARE THE STEAKS RIGHT
NOW ON NORTH KOREA AND IRAN?
>> VERY HIGH.
I THINK SENATOR GRAHAM ASSESSED
IT ACCURATELY.
THIS COULD BE A CRITICAL YEAR
WITH RESPECT TO BOTH OF THOSE
AREAS OF THE WORLD.
THOSE ARE THE HOT SPOTS.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES AROUND
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD IS A VERY DANGEROUS
PLACE WHICH IS WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE INVEST IN
AS WE DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA AND
WE NEED TO INVOLVE AS MUCH AS WE
CAN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THESE REGIMES AROUND THE WORLD
THAT HAVE NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES
AND HAVE THE WHEREWITHALL TO USE
THEM THAT WOULD BE HARMFUL TO
THE WORLD HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A CONCERTED
EFFORT.
I THINK WE MADE IN ROADS.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD IN THE
WAY THEY HAVE GONE ABOUT
HANDLING WHAT OUR CRISIS
SITUATIONS IN THE WORLD AND
PROTECTING AMERICAN STRENGTH AND
LETTING THE DICTATORS KNOW WE
>> A 51-49 SPLIT IN THE U.S.
WITH A DEMOCRAT NOW REPRESENTING
ALABAMA.
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT THIS
YEAR'S MID-TERM ELECTIONS?
>> YOU HAVE TO GO INTO AN
ELECTION YEAR WHEN YOU HAVE THE
MAJORITY AND IT'S A MID-TERM
ELECTION, THAT THE PARTY THAT IS
IN POWER TYPICALLY LOSES SEATS.
GIVEN THAT, I THINK THE BEST WAY
FOR US TO OVERCOME WHAT MIGHT BE
SOME OF THOSE HISTORICAL TRENDS
IS FOR US TO PUT UP A RECORD OF
TAX RELIEF TO HARD WORKING
AMERICANS AND MIDDLE INCOME
PRESIDENT AND THEIR REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY AND THEIR ABILITY TO
GET THINGS DONE IN THE AREAS
THE ECONOMY.
TAX REFORM STRIKES AT THE HEART
OF THAT.
IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND
LESSEN THIS BURREDEN AND UNLEASH
THIS ECONOMY WHICH IS ALREADY
PICKING UP SPEED, I THINK COULD
BE APE VERY GOOD YEAR FOR THE
PEOPLE TAKE ASSESSMENT OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS AND
SAY THESE FOCUS ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE.
AS PEOPLE MAKE THEIR
DETERMINATIONS NEXT FALL, THAT'S
BEFORE THESE FOCUS CAME TO
OFFICE.
>> SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER SAID
THIS.
>> THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF
PROVISIONS WE WOULD NOT REPEAL,
BUT IT WOULD BE A DRASTIC
>> TRYING TO FIRE UP DEMOCRAT
THEY HAVE A STRATEGY THAT RUNS
THEY HAVE A STRATEGY THAT RUN
RUNS -- THEY WERE NOT WILLING
PARTICIPANTS IN TAX REFORM.
I HOPE THEY ARE ON SOME ISSUES
WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
THE FACT IS, HEADING INTO THIS
ELECTION YEAR, THERE IS A
DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY.
YOU LISTEN TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND
OTHER DEMOCRATS TALK, THESE
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON, THE
WILLING THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE EFFORT TO
WE BELIEVE WE NEED A STRONGER
ECONOMY THAT RAISES WAGES.
DEMOCRATS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN
GROWING GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THIS
DIVISION.
THIS IS THE CHOICE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL BE FACED WITH.
IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WILL ALLOW
YOU WANT TO HAND THAT TO