BACK TO SCHOOL SO ALL OF THAT
CERTAINLY A TAILWIND. JACKIE: NOT TAXING PEOPLE TO
JACKIE: NOT TAXING PEOPLE TO
DEATH.
THE CHINESE SPY CRAFT,
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ON
CAPITOL HILL. HERE’S WHAT JOHN KENNEDY HAD TO
HERE’S WHAT JOHN KENNEDY HAD TO
SAY AFTER THE MEETING.
>> FIND THE REMNANTS, OF THE
SPY PLANE.
THAT’S WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM
THE HEARING TODAY.
THEY CAN’T FIND THEM.
THE REMNANTS ARE IN VERY
DIFFICULT TERRAIN, LOW
TEMPERATURES, LOTS OF INCLEMENT
WEATHER, THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE
TO FIND THEM EXCEPT FOR THESE
SPY PLANES.
TAYLOR: JOINING THE IS SENATOR
LOOMIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
I WANT TO GET YOUR READ ON THE
SITUATION AS IT STANDS BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY AMERICANS
SAYING NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION,
NOT ENOUGH TRANSPARENCY HAS
BEEN PUT OUT BY THE
ADMINISTRATION.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED AND
SPECULATING ABOUT THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT COULD BE FLYING IN
OUR SKIES.
>> MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AT THE
COMMITTEE HEARING THIS MORNING
ON THE SUBJECT WERE ASKING THE
MILITARY TO GIVE US MORE
INFORMATION WHEN INDIVIDUAL
AMERICANS CAN SEE BALLOONS
FLYING OVER WITH THEIR OWN
EYES, TAKE PICTURES OF THEM,
AND THE MILITARY LEARNS FROM
THE BILLINGS NEWSPAPER THAT
THERE IS A BALLOON FLYING OVER
AMERICA AND START TRACKING IT,
HAS A COUPLE PROBLEMS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
OUR MILITARY LEADERS ARE ASLEEP
AT THE SWITCH.
THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT
AROUND THE WORLD, IT MAKES US
LOOK LESS COMPETENT THAN WE
ARE.
THAT MESSAGE WAS CONVEYED TO
MILITARY LEADERS THIS MORNING.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONVEY
COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE
AROUND THE WORLD, THAT WE KNOW
WHAT IS IN OUR AIRSPACE, THOSE
ARE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
AND WITHIN OUR COUNTRY WITH
EVERYDAY AMERICANS INCLUDING
PEOPLE IN WYOMING WHO SAW THIS
WITH THEIR OWN EYES.
AS THEY FLEW, AS THE BALLOON
FLEW OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING.
BRIAN: THOSE OF US ON THE
OUTSIDE ARE LOOKING IN ON THIS,
AND OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL WAS
ALMOST 0 THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS ON TOP OF IT.
YOU’VE BEEN IN THE BRIGHT
THINGS, YOU HEARD THE INSIDE
INFORMATION.
HAS YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT
WE ARE HANDLING THIS PROPERLY
GONE UP AFTER HEARING THOSE
BRIEFINGS?
>> I THINK IN RETROSPECT, WE
ARE TAKING LESSONS LEARNED AND
APPLY THEM IN THE FUTURE.
THE QUESTION WE ALL HAVE IS WHY
WEREN’T WE MORE PREPARED GOING
INTO THIS?
WHY DIDN’T WE SHOOT THIS
BALLOON DOWN WHEN IT WAS OVER
THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
THESE SMALLER, SUBSEQUENT
OBJECTS, ONE OF WHICH NOW LOOKS
LIKE IT WAS A BALLOON, THE
OTHER TWO WE DON’T EVEN KNOW IF
THEY WERE BALLOONS OR SOME
OTHER TYPE OF OBJECT, SEEM TO BE STILL MYSTERIES.
BE STILL MYSTERIES.
WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT
MORE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
US MILITARY AND THE U.S.
CONGRESS HOW TO ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES GOING FORWARD.
HOW TO FILL THE GAPS THAT SEEM
TO EXIST IN OUR RADAR
CAPABILITIES, AND ABILITY TO
DETECT AND IDENTIFY THESE
OBJECTS.
TAYLOR:
TAYLOR: WYOMING IS AN ENERGY
PRODUCING STATE, THEY CAN GO
BACK TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A
BARREL THIS YEAR.
HOW ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND
ENERGY PRODUCERS AND
CONSTITUENT ON THE GROUND,
FEELING ABOUT THIS ENERGY
MARKET.
>> WYOMING IS A LARGE OIL AND
GAS PRODUCING STATE.
WE ARE USE TO FLUCTUATIONS IN
PRICE.
IT TENDS TO BENEFIT OUR ECONOMY
EVEN WHEN THE PRICES ARE HIGH
FOR OIL PER BARREL, SIMPLY
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A COMPONENT
OF OUR JOBS AND ECONOMY.
I THINK THE WRONG WAY TO
ADDRESS IT IS TAKE MORE OIL AND
GAS OUT OF THE STRATEGIC OIL
RESERVE, THE STRATEGIC OIL
RESERVE IS AT A LOW FOR ALL
TIME SINCE 1983, TAKING IT OUT
TO MAKE SURE GASOLINE PRICES GO
LOWER IS NOT THE RIGHT
APPROACH.
PEOPLE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE
AND PURCHASE EGGS, CHICKEN,
GROUND BEEF, PROTEIN OF ALL
KINDS, AND THEY KNOW WE ARE
HAVING INFLATION.
THEY DON’T NEED TO JUST GO TO
THE GAS PUMP AND REALIZE IT.
THE RESPONSE BY CONGRESS SHOULD
BE TO SIGNAL TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT WE GET IT, WE
PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS INFLATION
BY SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY AND
WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR FISCAL
HOUSE IN ORDER.
UNTIL THE CONGRESS SENDS THAT
SIGNAL, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO
ENDURE THESE PRICES NOT ONLY AT
THE PUMP BUT THE GROCERY
STORES.
BRIAN: IN THE STATE OF THE
UNION WE GOT A SIGNAL, NOT A
WORD ABOUT PERMITTING REFORM,
THAT’S PART OF THE ENERGY