ENOUGH OF THAT, NOW JOINING ME
NOW THE MAN OF THE HOUR, ALASKA
SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN.
MR. SULLIVAN, AS ALWAYS WELCOME
BACK TO THE SHOW.
>> GREAT TO BE ON THE SHOW,
LARRY, THANKS.
LARRY: SO LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU
HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA WHICH IS
A BETTER IDEA TO TRY TO CHANGE
THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.
FIRST THING, SIR, JUST COULD YOU
GIVE US THE KEY BULLETS HERE?
NO WELL, LOOK YOU DESCRIBED IT,
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, LARRY,
YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON
THIS, WE PUT TOGETHER NEPA RULES
THAT WERE COMMON SENSE TO GET
ALL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OUT
THE DOOR IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT
OF TIME.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN
APRIL ISSUED ANOTHER RULE FOR
PERMITTING THAT WAS A DISASTER.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT WAS
FOCUSED ON SHUTTING DOWN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
BY THE WAY, NOT JUST OIL AND
GAS, ALL INFRASTRUCTURE.
ROADS, BRIDGES, RENEWABLE
PROJECTS.
SO I HAVE A SIMPLE CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW ACT RESOLUTION -- BY THE
WAY 50 REPUBLICAN COSPONSORS, AN
ENORMOUS DIVERSE GROUP OF
SUPPORTERS, EVERYTHING FROM
BUILDING TRADES, LABOR UNIONS,
FARMERS, ENERGY SECTOR, OVER 50
DIFFERENT GROUPS INCLUDING OIL
AND GAS SECTOR OF WEST VIRGINIA.
AND WE JUST WANT TO VOTE ON IT.
WE’LL PROBABLY GET A VOTE ON IT
THIS WEEK.
WE NEED 51 SENATORS, JUST ONE
DEMOCRAT TO VOTE YES, THIS WILL
PASS IN THE SENATE.
SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT VOTE RIGHT
NOW TO REPUDIATE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION’S UNDERMINING OF
THE ABILITY TO BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE AND HERE IS THE
OTHER THING, LARRY, IT’S A TEST
FOR THE DEM THE CONTRACTS.
THEY OFTEN SAY THEY’RE MEN AND
WOMEN OF AMERICA.
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN THAT BUILD
THINGS ARE FOR IT 100%.
ONLY GROUPS AGAINST IT ARE WOKE,
RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.
DEMOCRAT SENATORS WILL HAVE TO
MAKE A CHOICE.
WHO DO THEY STAND WITH THE MEN
AND WOMEN THAT BUILD STUFF IN
OUR COUNTRY OR THE COASTAL
ELITES.
I THINK MOST AMERICANS STAND
WITH THE WOMEN AND MEN THAT
BUILD OUR GREAT.
LARRY: YOU NEED ONE VOTE.
>> ONE VOTE.
LARRY: DON’T NEED 60, YOU NEED
51, SEW WE CAN ESTABLISH THAT.
>> CORRECT.
LARRY: IN TERMS OF, SENATOR
SULLIVAN, TELL US ABOUT THE
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.
IN OTHER WORDS THIS WOULD BE A
RESOLUTION WITHIN THE CRA?
I’M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE
PROCESS HERE.
I KNOW YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
BUT WOULD THIS FORCE THE WOKE
BIDEN REGULATORS I’M GOING TO
CALL THEM, MEANING NO PERSONAL
DISRESPECT BUT TOTAL POLICY
DISRESPECT, WOULD THIS FORCE
THEM TO COME BACK TO THE TRUMP
POLICIES AND TO STOP, STOPPING
NORMAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS
FOSSIL INFRASTRUCTURE?
WOULD THIS DO THAT?
WOULD THIS SAY TO THE COUNCIL ON
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, EPA,
ENERGY, INTERIOR AND SO FORTH,
DAN SULLIVAN, WOULD THIS WORK
FOR THAT?
>> YEAH, THIS IS MEANT TO DO,
LARRY, IS THAT IT IS MEANT TO
RESCIND THE RULE THAT THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE PUT FORWARD.
AND AGAIN THE GREAT THING ABOUT
THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT,
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WE USED IT A
BUNCH OF TIMES WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP GOT FIRST ELECTED, WE
RESCINDED 17 DIFFERENT FAR LEFT
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RULES.
SO THIS SAYS THE APRIL NEPA RULE
FROM THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE WOULD
BE RESCINDED.
THE BEAUTY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW ACT, IT’S A PRIVILEGED
RESOLUTION, MEANING WE GET TO
BRING IT WHEN WE WANT, SCHUMER
CAN’T BROCK IT.
AS YOU MENTIONED IT ONLY
REQUIRES 51 SENATORS TO PASS.
NOW HERE’S THE THING.
COULD YOU GET IT OVER THAT BOWL
LINE IN GOAL LINE IN THE HOUSE?
THAT WOULD BE CHALLENGING.
WOULD BIDEN VETO IF IT CAME TO
THE DESK.
LIKELY.
I DON’T KNOW IF HE KNEW HIS OWN
WHITE HOUSE ISSUED A REGULATION
THAT WAS KILLING INFRASTRUCTURE
BUT WHAT IT WILL DO RIGHT NOW IN
THE IMMEDIATE VOTE WE ANTICIPATE
BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, IT WILL
MAKE SENATE DEMOCRATS MAKE A
STAND.
WHO ARE YOU WITH, THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO BUILD THINGS OR THE
RADICAL FAR LEFT ENWIRE ROWS.
THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY’RE FOR THE
WORKING CLASS.
THAT WILL SHOW IT.
I DON’T THINK THEY ARE.
LARRY: SENATOR SULLIVAN, I
LOOKED THROUGH JOE MANCHIN’S
LIST, IN GENERAL TERMS IT’S A
PRETTY GOOD LIST.
>> YES.
LARRY: MY THOUGHT HE HAS 25
PROJECTS.
YOURS WOULD BE MORE
ENCOMPASSING.
YOU’RE NOT LIMITING, TURN THE
RULE OVER FOR EVERYTHING, ROADS
BRIDGES HIGHWAYS, ELECTRICITY,
NUCLEAR SO FORTH.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
LARRY: SO YOURS IS A BROADER
APPROACH?
>> ABSOLUTELY, LARRY, OURS SAYS
LET’S TO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE
DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ON COMMON SENSE REGULATORY AND
PERMITTING REFORM.
BY THE WAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS SUPPORT IT.
GOVERNORS, MAYORS, REGARDLESS OF
POLITICAL PARTY, ALL SEE THE
PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WITH HUGE
RED TAPE AND LITIGATION.
YOU KNOW, EVERY COMMUNITY HAS
ONE OF THESE HORRENDOUS
SITUATIONS.
WE HAD A GOLD MINE I THINK YOU
KNOW IN ALASKA, THE KENSINGTON
MINE.
IT TOOK 20 YEARS TO PERMIT.
I MEAN THIS IS INSANE!
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO LIKE THIS
ARE THE FAR LEFT ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS, PROBABLY THE TRIAL
LAWYERS BUT I GIVE YOU ANOTHER
GROUP THAT LOVE THIS IS KIND OF
PERMITTING NIGHTMARE IN AMERICA,
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
THEY LOVE IT WHEN AMERICA CAN’T
GET OUT OF ITS OWN WAY, CAN’T
BUILD THINGS.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD ON THIS RESOLUTION.
IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT VOTE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE WHERE
THE DEMOCRATS STAND.
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, BUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPETING
AGAINST CHINA OR TAKING THEIR
ORDERS FROM THE WOKE FAR LEFT
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.
LARRY: JUST COMING TO MIND AS
YOU MENTION THIS, THE ECONOMIST,
CHINESE COMMUNIST MIGHT LOVE
THIS BECAUSE THE WAY THESE RULES
ARE ESTABLISHED NOW IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, YOU CAN’T DO ANY
MINERAL MINING, RESOURCES
NICKEL, COBALT, LITHIUM,
WHATEVER, YOU CAN’T DO THAT.
THAT IS HOW MUCH THEY HOG-TIED
THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
NOW I WOULD THINK, SENATOR, I’M
NOT BEING TONGUE-IN-CHEEK HERE,
I’M BEING SERIOUS, I WOULD THINK
JOE MANCHIN WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF
YOUR RESOLUTION?
>> WELL LOOK, IRONICALLY HE IS
RIGHT NEXT TO ME ON ANOTHER TV
STATION.
LARRY: OH.
BRING HIM IN.
WE CAN ASK HIM.
>> I SAID, I SAID I’M GOING ON
"KUDLOW," WHY DON’T YOU JOIN ME.
I LITERALLY SAID THAT TO HIM 20
SECONDS AGO.
I’VE BEEN PITCHING JOE HARD.
I THINK HE WILL DO THE RIGHT
THING.
AS I MENTIONED ONE OF OVER 50
SUPPORTERS HE HAS IS THE WEST
GRIN I VIRGINIA OIL AND GAS
ASSOCIATION.
BUILDING TRADES, LABOR,
OPERATING ENGINEERS, ENTIRE
BUILDING TRADES OF AMERICA,
THEY’RE FOR IT.
SO I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN JOE.
HE PROBABLY CAN HEAR ME RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE HE IS RIGHT NEXT TO
ME.
I THINK HE WILL DO THE RIGHT
THING AND VOTE FOR WORKING MEN
AND WOMEN IN AMERICA TO BUILD
STUFF.
WHICH IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO,
WHAT I WANT TO DO, WHAT MOST
AMERICANS WANT TO DO.
LARRY: MY THOUGHT, SENATOR, WHY
WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, LET’S VOTE
NOW.
IF SCHUMER AND PELOSI AND BIDEN
ARE STAYING JOE MANCHIN, WE’RE
GOING TO GIVE YOU PERMITTING
REFORM BUT WE CAN’T VOTE UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
YOU’RE SAYING GEE WHIZ, GOLLY,
WHY NOT VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW?
>> I COULDN’T AGREE MORE.
WE SHOULD DO HIS MAJOR BILL
RIGHT NOW.
I SAW THE OUTLINE OF IT.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT HAS GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
BUT HERE’S THE THING, LARRY, THE
FIRST TEST IS MY RESOLUTION THAT
WE’RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON
HOPEFULLY THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THAT IS THE FIRST TEST TO SEE
HOW SERIOUS THE DEMOCRATS ARE
WITH REGARD TO SERIOUS
PERMITTING REFORM.
JOE MANCHIN I KNOW IS.
HE BETTER BE A YES HON MY BILL.
I THINK HE WILL BE.
YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO GET 10
OTHER DEMOCRATS TO PASS MAJOR
PERMITTING REFORM THAT WOULD BE
PARTICIPATE OF HIS PACKAGE.
SO THE SERIOUSNESS WITH THEY’RE
TAKING THIS I THINK WILL BE
DEMONSTRATED IN THE VOTE THEY
WILL TAKE ON MY RESOLUTION.
HOPEFULLY WE’RE GOING TO GET
MORE THAN JOE MANCHIN BUT WE
NEED AT LEAST 51 SENATORS.
WE GOT 50 REPUBLICANS TO
COSPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION.
AS YOU KNOW 50 REPUBLICANS IN
THIS BUILDING DON’T COULD
SPONSOR A LOT TOGETHER.
THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
START.
WE NEED ONE MORE DEM TO STAND UP
FOR THE WORKING MEN, WORKING MEN
AND WOMEN OF AMERICA.
THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD
STUFF WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED IN
OUR COUNTRY.
LARRY: YOU COULD ASK JOE ONE
MORE TIME TO COME ON IN.
I SPOKE TO HIM BY PHONE
YESTERDAY BUT SENATOR DAN
SULLIVAN, I SEE YOU COME UP WITH