HOW LONG IT WOULD GO ON.
ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO.
LET’S BRING IN FLORIDA GOP BYRON
DONNELS.
THE EXPECTATION IS THIS WILL GO
OVER TO YOUR SIDE OF THE
LEGISLATURE WITHIN A COUPLE OF
DAYS, PERHAPS BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN
THE HOUSE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I EXPECT
TO UNFORTUNATELY THAT IT WILL
PASS.
NANCY PELOSI STILL HAS PROXY
VOTING RULES FROM WHEN THE HOUSE
WAS LARGELY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT IF
SHE DOESN’T HAVE PROXY VOTES FOR
HER MEMBERS, SHE LOSES VOTES IN
THE HOUSE FLOOR SO WE’RE STILL
VOTING REMOTELY IN THE HOUSE,
THE SILLIEST THING IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
WE DO EXPECT IT TO COME.
UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL PASS ONCE IT GETS TO THE
SENATE.
THIS IS A TRAGEDY FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE IRS ARMY, FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT’S ON
PAGE 33 OF THIS BILL, THE IRS
ARMY.
MOST OF THE IRS AGENTS AREN’T
BACK IN THE OFFICE.
THEY’RE WORK RADIOING WORKING RE
THEY’LL FIND 80,000 MORE.
THAT’S INSANE.
CARLEY: THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT,
CONGRESSMAN.
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS WANTED TO
BLOCK THAT PART OF THE BILL
BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT WOULD
HIRE 87,000 NEW IRS AGENTS, MANY
OF THEM AREN’T EVEN IN THE
WORKPLACE RIGHT NOW AND GET
THIS, THE MASS HIRING WOULD GIVE
MORE EMPLOYEES TO THE IRS THAN
THE PENTAGON, STATE DEPARTMENT,
THE FBI AS WELL AS BORDER PATROL
COMBINED.
THIS IS $80 BILLION TO HIRE ALL
OF THESE AGENTS.
IS THAT WHAT AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT
NOW?
>> NO.
WHAT AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS
FOR THESE DEMOCRAT SENATORS, I’M
TALKING ABOUT CASSTO IN NEVADA,
I’M TALKING ABOUT RAPHAEL
WARNOCK IN GEORGIA, MARK KELLY
IN ARIZONA, THEY NEED TO GET
THOSE HIRES FOR BORDER CONTROL
AND BORDER SECURITY SO WE’RE NOT
LOSING 100,000 PLUS PEOPLE A
YEAR TO FENTANYL OVERDOSES.
THAT’S WHAT THEY SHOULD BE
FOCUSED ON IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE, NOT SENDING MORE
EMPLOYEES INTO THE IRS TO HARASS
AMERICAN CITIZENS JUST SO THEY
CAN SQUEEZE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR
FOR THEIR WASTEFUL SPENDING ON
GREEN ENERGY WHICH FRANKLY DOES
NOT WORK, IT’S NOT AS GREEN AS
THEY SAY AND IT ACTUALLY
POLLUTES THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SUPPLY
CHAIN OF SOLAR PANELS AND WIND
TURBINES.
JOEY: CONGRESSMAN, YOU THINK
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WILL
BE RUBBER STAMPED IN THE HOUSE.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE ANY OF THESE
AMENDMENTS CAN BE BROUGHT UP IN
THE HOUSE OR IS THAT PROCESS
AVAILABLE.
>> WE’LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO BRING THOSE UP.
IT’S TRICKY DEALING WITH BUDGET
RECONCILIATION.
WE MAKE PROPOSALS TO THE RULES
COMMITTEE, IT’S AN INSIDE THE
BELTWAY PROCESS.
WE’LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
TRY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT INFLATION.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT CHEAP AND
AFFORDABLE ENERGY.
WHAT THESE DEMOCRAT SENATORS AND
UNFORTUNATELY DEMOCRAT MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS ONLY CARE ABOUT IS
THEIR GREEN NEW DEAL AGENDA
WHICH IS A TRAGEDY FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
IT DOESN’T HELP US BE ENERGY
INDEPENDENT.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
STAND FIRM TO MAKE SURE WE KILL
THE BILL ALL TOGETHER OR MAKE
SURE WE GET AS MANY OF THE
SUBSIDIES, THE BOONE DOG HE’LL
PROJECTS OUT OF THE --
BOONEDOGGLE PROJECTS OUT OF THE
BILL AND STOP WASTING AMERICAN
TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
WILL: THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
CRISIS SEEMS TO HAVE MADE ITS
WAY TO YOUR STATE AND IT’S A
PRETTY FASHION FASCINATING DEVEL
LAST WEEK, 12 MIGRANT LANDINGS,
10 OF 8 ILLEGAL CUBAN MIGRANTS
ARRESTED FRIDAY AND THREE
DIFFERENT LANDINGS, 32 MORE
CUBANS AND YESTERDAY A LANDING
NEAR KEY LARGO SO THIS IS 113
HAITIAN MIGRANTS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
WE SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE
SOUND BORDER, WE SEE WHERE THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING
FROM, A LOT OF THEM FROM
VENEZUELA, SOUTH AMERICA,
CENTRAL AMERICA.
SO CLEARLY THERE’S AN OPEN DOOR
OR A SIGN OUT THAT SAYS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
I’M CURIOUS, BORDER ENFORCEMENT
THROUGH THE WATERWAYS IN
FLORIDA, LIKE WHAT DO YOU THINK
-- WE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THERE
IN FLORIDA?
>> WELL, LOOK, THIS IS A REAL
PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT WATERWAY IS
TREACHEROUS.
PEOPLE CAN EASILY DIE IN THAT
JOURNEY WITHOUT QUESTION.
FOR A LONG TIME THE UNITED
STATES HAD WET FOOT, DRY FOOT
POLICY WHEN IT CAME TO CUBAN
IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE THEY TRULY
WERE ESCAPING THE TYRANNY OF THE
CASTRO REGIME AND SO WHEN CUBAN
MIGRANTS LAND ON OUR SHORES WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THEM
IN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
THERE’S AN ASYLUM PROCESS STILL
GOING ON IN IMMIGRATION
SERVICES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY ARE
ESCAPING TYRANNY.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THAT’S THE ASYLUM PROCESS IS
FOR.
WE HAD A COUPLE LANDINGS.
IT’S NOT BEEN THE BIGGEST WEIGHT
ON OUR BORDER AGENTS HERE IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
BUT IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
WHEN PEOPLE LAND ON SHIPS HERE,
ONE THING WE KNOW IS THEY’RE NOT
BRINGING FENTANYL WITH THEM
WHICH IS KILLING OUR CITIZENS.
THEY’RE TRYING TO ESCAPE EXTREME
POVERTY IN THE CASE OF HAITI OR
OUTRIGHT TYRANNY IN THE CASE OF
CUBA.
CARLEY: 56 PEOPLE ON THE TERROR
WATCH LIST THAT WE KNOW HAVE
HAVE TRIED TO CROSS INTO THE
COUNTRY, 500,000 KNOWN GOT
AWAYS, YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THE
NUMBER IS HIGHER IN PRACTICE
THAN WHAT WE KNOW.
ARE YOU SEEING ANY DEMOCRATS
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE OR
ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE LEANING
TOWARDS WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS
TO TRY AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT
TO SECURE THE BORDER?
>> NO.
NO, ACTUALLY.
THERE’S NOT ONE OF THEM THAT’S
REALLY INTERESTED IN IT.
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT I HEARD TALK
ABOUT THE ISSUE IS HENRY CUELLAR
OUT OF TEXAS.
WE HAD A FIELD HEARING IN
McALLEN.
THE BORDER WAS TWO MILES AWAY
FROM THE HEARING.
THE DEMOCRATS DIDN’T WANT TO GO.
THEY WEREN’T EVEN CURIOUS.
THIS IS WHAT I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT’S ONE THING IF THERE WERE
PROPOSALS FLOATING AROUND
CAPITOL HILL THAT WE’RE
DEBATING.
NONE OF THAT IS HAPPENING AT
ALL.
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, SENATE
DEMOCRATS DON’T CARE.
THEY’RE NOT INTERESTED.
THEY WOULD RATHER RAISE TAXES ON
THE ENERGY INDUSTRY IN THIS
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHICH BY
THE AMERICA IS ON PAGE 633 OF
THE BILL, THEY WOULD RATHER
RAISE TAXES ON THE ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UNITED
STATES THAN ACTUALLY SECURE OUR
BORDER AND MAKE SURE WE DON’T
HAVE DRUGS FLOWING INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES AND TO START THE
CARTELS FROM MAKING BILLIONS AND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY SINGLE
YEAR TRAFFICKING PEOPLE INTO THE
UNITED STATES.
JOEY: CONGRESSMAN, FLORIDA IS
AN IMMIGRATION STATE, A LOT OF
IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN FLORIDA LIKE
YOU SAID, MANY HAVE COME FROM
CUBA AS POLITICAL DISSIDENTS.
I LIVE IF GEORGIA.
IN THE ’90s THE COYOTE
CORRIDOR WOULD GO TO TENNESSEE
AND DOWN TO NORTH CAROLINA OR
FLORIDA.
MY TOWN’S A TEXTILE TOWN.
A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS ARE THERE.
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH A
LARGE AMOUNT OF HISPANIC AND
SOUTH AMERICAN AND CARRIBEAN
IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA, THAT HAVE
BOTH COME ILLEGALLY AND LEGALLY,
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
YOU SAW CUBANS TURN TOWARDS
DONALD TRUMP.
YOU SAW THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
TURN TOWARDS DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT IS THEIR PERSPECTIVE BEING
IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES ON THE
BORDER CRISIS AS IT IS NOW?
>> LOOK, PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR
COUNTRY AND ESCAPE TYRANNY THEY
HATE THE ILLEGAL SITUATION GOING
ON.
POLLING IS STARTING TO SHOW THAT
IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY, THEY
ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TRULY
ESCAPED TYRANNY TO COME TO THE
UNITED STATES.
IF YOU TALK TO VENEZUELANS AND
CUBANS IN MIAMI, THEY TALK ABOUT
THE ATROCITIES BY THEIR
GOVERNMENT.
THAT’S WHY THEY COME TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TO BE TRAFFICKED BY THE DRUG
CARTELS, THEY FIND THAT TO BE
OBSCENE.
THEY DO NOT LIKE IT.
THEY WANT A SECURE BORDER.
AND ONCE WE SECURE OUR BORDER,
GET BORDER SECURITY UNDER
CONTROL, THEN WE CAN START
TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
WHAT WE CAN’T GET INTO
IMMIGRATION POLICIES IF WE DON’T
HAVE A SECURE BORDER.
AND THAT’S WHAT FRUSTRATES THEM.
THAT’S WHAT FRUSTRATES ME.
AND SO MANY AMERICANS.
WILL: AS WE GO, YOU WANT TO SEE
THE CONGRESSMAN HIT A CURVE
BALL.
WATCH THIS.
WILL KEVIN DURANT BE TRADED?
>> YES. YES.
[LAUGHTER]
WILL: WHERE TO?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE’S GOING TO
GO BUT I THINK HE’S GOING TO BE
TRADED.
THE END OF THE DAY, KEVIN DURANT
IS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE GAME
TODAY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
BUT THE PACKAGE HAS GOT TO BE
RIGHT.
THERE’S NOT A TEAM THAT WANTS TO
SLOW UP THE TEAM JUST FOR KD TO
GO THERE.
IT’S THE SAME THING HAPPENING IN
BROOKLYN RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE NETS SHOULD TRADE
KYRIE IRVING.
GO AHEAD AND MOVE KD, GET SOME
DRAFT PICKS, GET YOUNG TALENT
AND HE REBUILD THE FRANCHISE.
I WANT THE BROOKLYN NETS TO BE
BETTER.
I’M FROM BROOKLYN.
I WANT THEM TO BE GOOD BUT IT’S
NOT GOING TO WORK OUT.
WILL: I KNEW YOU WOULD SEE THE
CURVE BALL COMING RIGHT DOWN THE
LINE AND YOU AIMED FOR THE
FENCES.
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