MOMENTS BUT THAT IS KIND OF MY
WARM-UP RIFF TO MAKE A COUPLE
POINTS.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE NOW
COMING BACK HOME, WE WELCOME
BACK CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE
FROM LOUISIANA, HOUSE REPUBLICAN
WHIP, SOON TO BE MAJORITY
LEADER, MR. SCALISE.
WE GAVE NETANYAHU PRETTY GOOD
ADVICE WAY BACK WHEN.
THIS GOES 20 YEARS PLUS.
HE ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO PLACE.
NOW, SIR, I’M WAITING FOR THE
NEW GOP HOUSE TO PUT IT BACK
INTO PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> WELL, LARRY, GREAT TO BE WITH
YOU, PLEASE TELL MY DEAR FRIEND,
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HELLO,
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON
RETURNING AS PRIME MINISTER.
THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR, LET
FREEDOM RING.
IT IS ALL ABOUT FREEDOM.
FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT, FREEDOM
TO SUCCEED.
THAT WAS THE BATTLE BACK THEN
WITH JACK KEMP SO ELOQUENTLY
DESCRIBED IT TO BIBI BUT ALSO
THE MESSAGE TODAY YOU’VE SEEN
THE ATTACK FROM GOVERNMENT
COMING AFTER ALL OF THOSE
FREEDOMS, PEOPLE PUSHING BACK
ENOUGH OF THIS BIG GOVERNMENT
SOCIALISM.
THAT IS WHY WE WILL HAVE A
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
COME NEXT MONTH.
IT IS, THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO
DO BUT OBVIOUSLY GETTING BACK
THOSE ABILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO
CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY,
HOLDING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE
AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECT HAS
BEEN LEFT OUT AND AGAIN THE
ABILITY FOR US TO LET FREEDOM
RING IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
RE-ESTABLISH.
LARRY: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS
THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE
PRESENT TO START.
SO WE’RE HOPING, STEVE SCALISE,
YOU KNOW, NO LAME DUCK SPENDING
SPREE.
NOW, I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
HEARING BUT I HEARD TODAY
REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER
MITCH McCONNELL SEEMS TO BE
PUSHING BACK FROM THIS DREADED
OMNIBUS BILL PUT UP IN A DARK
ROOM WITH FOUR PEOPLE MAKING
GIGANTIC DECISIONS, INSTEAD OF
TALKING MUCH MORE ABOUT A
LIMITED CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
SEEMS I WOULD KIND OF WELCOME
THAT, I THINK?
>> YOU KNOW.
WE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM THESE
BIG SPENDING BILLS.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE
INFLATION AND HIGH COST OF
EVERYTHING TODAY BECAUSE
GOVERNMENT WENT ON A DRUNKEN
SPENDING SPREE FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
EVERY BILL WAS A TRILLION THIS
AND A TRILLION THAT.
ULTIMATELY SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY
FOR IT.
PEOPLE KNOW THIS IDEA YOU CAN
HAVE A FREE LUNCH.
THAT STUDENT LOANS CAN BE FREE,
YOUR HOUSE NOTE CAN BE FREE,
THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
THEY SOLD THE BILL OF GOODS
FALSELY FOR THE LACK TWO YEARS.
IT WRECKED THE ECONOMY, MADE
ENERGY COSTS SO EXPENSIVE PEOPLE
ARE MAKING TOUGH CHOICES WHETHER
THEY KEEP THEIR HOUSES WARM IN A
COLD WINTER RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
WE GOT TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK
ON TRACK.
LARRY: DO YOU THINK WE CAN GO
WITH A CR AND NOT HAVE THE BIG
OMNIBUS BILL, WAIT FOR THE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS TO LEAD US BANG TO
REGULAR ORDER ON THE
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, YOU KNOW,
COST AND BENEFITS AND WITNESSES,
TAXPAYER ACCOUNTABILITY?
IS SUCH A THING POSSIBLE?
>> WELL, IT’S POSSIBLE.
WE’RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW AND
NANCY PELOSI SURELY HASN’T
PUSHED THAT APPROACH.
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IT
DIFFERENTLY AND WE LAID OUT A
CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE
ABLE TO BRING ALL 12
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
INDIVIDUALLY, DEBATE EACH ITEM
SEPARATELY, VOTE UP OR DOWN
BASED ON THE MERITS WHAT IS IN
IT.
HAVE REAL FISCAL RESTRAINT.
MAKE AGENCIES JUSTIFY WHAT
THEY’RE DOING WITH HARD-EARNED
TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THAT HASN’T HAPPENED IN A LONG
TIME.
YET, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING.
WE’RE MAKING PLANS RIGHT NOW FOR
GETTING THAT DONE IN THE NEW
CONGRESS BUT MEANTIME, THERE ARE
STILL A FEW REMAINING ITEMS IN
THE LAME DUCK.
WE DON’T WANT ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
DONE TO OUR ECONOMY.
SO WE’RE HAVING THOSE FIGHTS
RIGHT NOW.
LARRY: WHAT’S THE OUTLOOK FOR
THE PERMITTING BILL?
REMEMBER THE PERMITTING BILL?
I’M SURE YOU DO.
PROGRESSIVES IN THE HOUSE DON’T
WANT IT.
SCHUMER AND PELOSI APPARENTLY DO
WANT IT.
THIS WAS JOE MANCHIN’S PAYOFF IF
YOU WILL.
IS THE PERMITTING BILL ALIVE?
IS THE PERMITTING BILL EVEN A
GOOD THING OR A BETTER
PERMITTING BILL NEXT YEAR WOULD
BE MUCH BETTER?
>> IT WAS VERY NARROWLY DRAWN
JUST FOR MAYBE WEST VIRGINIA.
IT’S NOT THE BROADER PERMITTING
REFORM WE NEED TO GET OUR ENERGY
ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.
SO WE’VE LAID OUT A REALLY
STRONG PRO-AMERICAN ENERGY
AGENDA FOR THE NEW CONGRESS.
LET’S GET BILLS PASSED THROUGH
THE HOUSE THAT SHOW THE COUNTRY
HOW WE DON’T HAVE TO BEG FOREIGN
NATIONS ANYMORE FOR ENERGY.
WE SHOULDN’T BE GOING TO SAUDI,
VENEZUELA OR RUSSIA OR ANYBODY
FOR ENERGY.
WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT IN
AMERICA.
YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT SO
MUCH.
BY THE WAY IS LOWERS CARBON
EMISSIONS GLOBALLY TO PRODUCE
MORE ENERGY IN AMERICA.
EVERYONE SHOULD MAKE MORE OF IT
HERE.
OUR ALLIES DO.
SHOULD EXPORT MORE NATURAL GAS
AROUND THE WORLD SO THEY DON’T
GET IT FROM BAD ACTORS WHO PUT
STRINGS ON THAT ENERGY.
NOT ONLY IT WOULD CREATE GOOD
JOBS IN AMERICA, LOWER CARBON
EMISSIONS GLOBALLY, BRING DOWN
THE COST OF ENERGY ON FAMILIES.
THAT IS CRUSHING.
MIDDLE CLASS, LOW INCOME
FAMILIES ARE GETTING CRUSHED BY
HIGHER ENERGY COSTS.
ALL THIS GREEN NEW DEAL STUFF
YOU TALK ABOUT, LOOK AT
COUNTRIES THAT DONE IT, IN
EUROPEAN UNION, THEY DID WHAT
CALIFORNIA DID, BANNED FOSSIL
FUEL CARS.
SWITZERLAND IS CONTEMPLATING
BANNING ELECTRIC CARS.
YOU CAN’T DRIVE A FOSSIL FUEL
CAR, CAN’T DRIVE AN ELECTRIC CAR
I GUESS THEY GO TO HORSE AND
BUGGY IN SWITZERLAND.
OUT COUNTRIES ARE WRECKING THEIR
ECONOMY.
GOOD NATURAL GAS, FOSSIL FUELS
MADE IN AMERICA WITH THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY TO MAKE IT
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
LARRY: HOW ABOUT THIS SPEAKING
OF GREEN NEW DEAL SOCIALISM, THE
ENERGY DEPARTMENT, MISS GRANHOLM
IS PUSHING THIS,
200 MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT TO A
LITHIUM BATTERY COMPANY.
IT’S CALLED MICRO VAST.
HERE’S THE CATCH.
SHE IS BRAGGING THAT THEY’RE
GIVING 200 MILLION TO THIS
BATTERY COMPANY.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, STEVE
SCALISE, THE STUFF IS RUN BY
CHINA.
IT IS, PART OF IT IS HERE BUT
BASICALLY RUN BY CHINA.
NOT ONLY IS IT RUN BY CHINA, THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXERTS
COMPLETE INFLUENCE.
IT IS INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS ON SEC WATCH LIST, IT’S A
NASDAQ COMPANY NOT COMPLYING
WITH AMERICAN ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS.
MISS GRANHOLM, SHE IS BOOSTING
THIS.
GREAT IDEA.
$200 MILLION FOR SORT OF A
CROOKED COMPANY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> YEAH.
LARRY, WE WARNED OF WHEN WE WERE
PASSING THE BILL WE CREATED I
CALLED IT A SOLYNDRA STYLE SLUSH
FUND LAST YEAR.
THE WHITE HOUSE MOCKED THAT
STATEMENT.
YOU’RE SEEING $200 MILLION OF
YOUR HARD-EARNED TAX DOLLARS GO
TO A COMPANY BY THEIR OWN
DEFINITION SAID THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT HAS INFLUENCE, EXERTS
INFLUENCE HOW THEY DO BUSINESS.
IS THAT HO WE WANT TO BE GIVING
$200 MILLION OF AMERICAN
TAXPAYER MONEY TO?
THAT IS WHAT THE SECRETARY JUST
DID.
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HER TO
EXPLAIN THAT IN A PUBLIC HEARING
WHEN WE BRING HER IN TO TALK
ABOUT THAT, OTHER HUNDREDS,
MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF HARD-EARNED COMPANIES THAT GO
TO COMPANIES LIKE THIS, THAT
ANSWER TO CHINA.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS IN AMERICA ARE
GOING TO THOSE COMPANIES.
IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
WE HAVE INFLATION.
THEY RACKED UP TRILLIONS IN
SPENDING AND DEBT JUST TO GIVE
MONEY AWAY, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
AT A TIME TO CHINESE COMPANIES?
THIS IS LUNACY, LARRY?
LARRY: SURE IS.
OUGHT TO DO IT HOMEGROWN.
I DON’T KNOW IT’S A CROOKED
COMPANY.
IT JUST WON’T COMPLY WITH
AMERICAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
>> WHEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
EXERTS INFLUENCE OVER THEM TELLS
YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.
LARRY: THAT’S RIGHT.
>> WHY NOT MAKE IT IN AMERICA.
STOP USING TAXPAYER MONEY.
HAVE THE FREE MARKET CHOOSE
WHERE IT GOES AND HAVE JOBS COME
BACK HOME.
LARRY: I’M PUSHING FOR HR.1,
STEVE SCALISE.
OPEN UP THE SPIGOTS.
EASIEST ONE ANYWAY.
>> COME TESTIFY FOR THAT BILL.
LARRY: YOU KNOW WHAT?
I MIGHT MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN
ORDER TO DO THAT BECAUSE I
BELIEVE IN IT SO MUCH.
YOU’RE TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.