AND THAT IS MY RIFF THIS
EVENING.
SO JOINING ME NOW HOUSE
REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN
McCARTHY OF CALIFORNIA.
KEVIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA, SPOT ON.
JUST A WORD, NEITHER YOU NOR I
WE’RE NOT POLL DRIVEN BUT IT IS
FASCINATING THIS "ABC NEWS POLL"
THAT JUST CAME OUT, BASICALLY
SAYS NOT ONLY ARE YOU ALL
WINNING BIG TIME IN THE SWING
DISTRICT RACES BUT THE ISSUES
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE COMMITMENT TO
AMERICA ARE EXACTLY THE ISSUES
THAT AMERICA IS CONCERNED ABOUT.
JOE BIDEN, MAGA, SEMI-FASCIST,
UNDERLYING, UNDERMINING
DEMOCRACY ALL THAT, ALL THAT NOT
WITHSTANDING LOOKS TO ME LIKE
YOUR COMMITMENT TO AGENDA IS
RIGHT ON TARGET.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> IT IS BECAUSE FOR THE LAST
YEAR-AND-A-HALF WE’VE BEEN OUT
LISTENING TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC, WORKING AS THE ENTIRE
CONFERENCE ON TRYING TO FIND
SOLUTIONS.
THE COMMITMENT TO AMERICA HERE
ALLOWS YOU FROM THE ASPECT WHY
IS IT SO ODD WE WANT A ECONOMY
THAT IS STRONG?
TELL ME WHAT AMERICAN CAN AFFORD
TO LOSE ONE MONTH OF YOUR WAGES?
PROBABLY NOBODY.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THIS DEMOCRATIC
POLICY HAS DONE.
THEY HAVE TAKEN BECAUSE OF
INFLATION MORE THAN 8.3% WHICH
IS ONE MONTH OF YOUR WAGES.
WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.
STOP THE RUNAWAY SPENDING THAT
MAKES INFLATION GO UP, BECOME
ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
WE HAVE PROVEN WE CAN DO THAT
AGAIN.
THAT LOWERS THE PRICE OF GAS.
MAKES BETTER FOR MANUFACTURING,
IT KEEPS MORE MONEY IN YOUR
POKEKET.
YOU’RE NOT AFRAID YOU CAN’T PAY
YOUR UTILITY BILLS COMING UP IN
THE WINTER.
CONGRESS CAN DO ALL THE OTHER
THINGS.
PRODUCTIVITY, INSTEAD OF PAYING
PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, ENCOURAGE
THEM TO GO TO WORK.
THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING,
THE SUPPLY CHAIN SOLVES ITSELF
FROM THAT ASPECT.
AND THEN, SECURE YOUR BORDER.
STOP KILLING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF AMERICANS BETWEEN THE AGES 18
TO 45.
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A FULL
AIRLINE CRASHING EVERY SINGLE
DAY IN OUR COUNTRY AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION DOES NOTHING.
CRIME IN SOME PLACES, THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE.
WHY?
BECAUSE DEMOCRATS CREATED IT BY
DEFUNDING THE POLICE, ELECTING
THESE WOKE D.A.s THAT WON’T
HOLD ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT ISSUE.
IT IS AN AMERICAN ISSUE THAT YOU
WANT TO FEEL SAFE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT EDUCATION, I
SEE THE POLL SAYS DEMOCRATS HAVE
AN ADVANTAGE.
THEY WON’T WHEN THEY LOOK AT A
PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS.
EVERY PARENT WANTS A SAY IN
THEIR KIDS EDUCATION.
WE WANT TO ALLOW THAT.
WE ALSO GIVE PARENTAL CHOICE.
WE GIVE YOU A TAX CREDIT TO YOU
CAN APPLY TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
THE SCHOLARSHIP TO SEND YOUR
CHILD TO THE SCHOOL OF YOUR
CHOICE IN THE PROCESS.
THE OTHER THING YOU WANT TO
HAVE, A CHECK AND BALANCE IN
GOVERNMENT.
YOU WANT TO UPHOLD WHAT IS GOING
ON.
WHY DON’T WE KNOW WHERE COVID
STARTED?
WHY DON’T WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
IN AFGHANISTAN THE LAST WEEK
WHEN THE PRESIDENT WOULDN’T
LISTEN TO HIS MILITARY ADVISORS
AND CREATED 13 NEW GOLD STAR
FAMILIES? WHY DID THE DOJ GO
AFTER PARENTS BECAUSE THEY
SIMPLY WENT TO A SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING AND CALLED THEM
TERRORISTS?
WHY SOMEONE WHO STANDS OUTSIDE
UPHOLDING THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS
BUT RAID THEIR HOUSES?
THAT HAS GOT TO STOP.
FREEDOM WILL MATTER.
THAT WHAT WE’LL DO TO YOU, OUR
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA, WE’LL
UPHOLD, ALLOW US, VOTE FOR US TO
BE IN THE MAJORITY.
LARRY: THE THEME OF FREEDOM
WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU NEVER
HEAR DEMOCRATS TALK ABOUT, IS A
VERY STRONG UNDER CURRENT IN
THIS ELECTION THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
KEVIN McCARTHY I ALSO THINK
YOU’RE SPOT ON.
WHATEVER THE ABC POLL SHOWS, THE
FACT IS PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR
THEIR KID’S EDUCATION AMONG
OTHER CULTURAL ISSUES TOO, BUT
PARENTAL RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, GLENN
YOUNGKIN RAN AND WON ON THAT AND
BEAT A BIDEN DEMOCRAT NAMED
TERRY MCAULIFFE.
I THINK THAT WILL BE A VERY
CRUCIAL THEME?
>> WELL IT IS.
LOOK WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS.
LOOK, WE ROLLED OUT THE
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA IN
WASHINGTON, NOT WASHINGTON,
D.C., BUT WASHINGTON COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA.
WHERE WAS THE PRESIDENT?
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH THE
TEACHERS UNION, CRITICIZING IT.
WHILE WE’RE STANDING WITH
PARENTS SAYING YOU HAVE A RIGHT
TO YOUR KIDS EDUCATION, YOU HAVE
A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING
ON.
YOU ALSO HAVE A RIGHT NOT TO
LEAVE YOUR CHILD BEHIND WITH
THIS LOST LEARNING OF SCHOOLS
BEING SHUT DOWN FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN TO CATCH
THEM UP.
THE SAD PART THAT YOU KNOW TOO
WELL, LARRY IS, DEMOCRATS
CREATED THESE PROBLEMS WITH
THEIR POLICIES OF BIG GOVERNMENT
AND THEY HAVE NO PLAN TO FIX IT.
WE HAVE A PLAN FOR NEW DIRECTION
FOR AMERICA.
AN ELECTIONS SHOULD HAVE A
CONTRAST.
THE VOTERS SHOULD DECIDE WHAT DO
THEY WANT FOR THE FUTURE.
DO YOU WANT MORE INFLATION?
DO YOU WANT CRIME TO CONTINUE TO
GROW?
DO YOU WANT A BORDER THAT IS NOT
SECURE?
DO YOU WANT TO BE ATTACKED IF
YOU WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN YOUR
KIDS EDUCATION?
DO YOU WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT
ISN’T HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
KEEP WITH THE CURRENT MAJORITY
YOU HAVE BECAUSE THEY CONTROL
ALL.
YOU DON’T GET BABY FORMULA IN
SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEM.
OR DO YOU WANT A NEW DIRECTION?
WELL WE BRING THE SUPPLY BACK
FROM CHINA TO AMERICA.
WE ACTUALLY WILL CREATE A CHINA
TASK FORCE AS WELL.
LARRY: YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT THAT
EASY TO TAKE A BOOMING ECONOMY
WITH NEAR ZERO INFLATION AND
THEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR TURN
IT INTO A RECESSIONARY BUST WITH
RECORD HIGH INFLATION.
NOW THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO
DO BUT THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT
THESE PROGRESSIVE POLICIES HAVE
DONE.
LET ME ASK YOU, KEVIN, LET’S,
ASSUME WE TAKE THE HOUSE.
ASSUME YOU GET THE HOUSE.
ON JANUARY 3rd, IF YOU TAKE
THE GAVEL AS SPEAKER WHICH I
THINK IS COMING WILL THE
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA BECOME A
LEGISLATIVE ROAD MAP?
I MEAN YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY ON
THE ECONOMY MY PET ISSUES, I
WANT, WILL YOU MOVE TOWARDS
MAKING THE TRUMP TAX CUTS
PERMANENT?
WILL YOU ROLL BACK THE
$200 BILLION PLUS OF NEW
REGULATIONS?
WILL YOU STOP THE BAN ON
FRACKING?
WILL YOU MOVE TOWARDS A BALANCED
BUDGET?
IN OTHER WORDS, WILL THIS LEND
ITSELF TO A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA,
WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT
HAPPENED BACK IN 1994 WITH
NEWT GINGRICH’S CONTRACT WITH
AMERICA?
>> THIS IS OUR LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA.
ON THE VERY FIRST DAY, LARRY,
WE’LL REPEAL THOSE 87,000 IRS
AGENTS, BECAUSE WE’RE HERE FOR
YOU, NOT TO GO AFTER YOU.
THE NEXT THING WE’LL DO IS WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF BILLS TO HELP
US BECOME ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
PERMITTING AND OTHERS.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT REMEMBER THIS,
AMERICAN NATURAL GAS IS MORE
THAN 40% CLEANER THAN RUSSIAN
NATURAL GAS.
WE SHOULD SUPPLY OUR ALLIES THAT
AS WELL.
WE’LL MAKE THE TAX CUTS
PERMANENT, SO YOU KNOW HOW TO
INVEST GOING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE DRIVERS TO INFLATION
IS NOT JUST THE DEMOCRAT
CONGRESS HAS SPENT MORE THAN ANY
OTHERS, THE REGULATIONS THEY
ADDED ON COST MORE FOR THE
PRODUCT YOU PRODUCE AND THEY’RE
PASSING IT ON.
WE HAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
ACT, IF WE’RE ABLE TO GET THE
SENATE AS WELL, WE CAN REPEAL A
NUMBER OF THOSE REGULATIONS THAT
HAS ONLY HARMED THIS ECONOMY.
THEN WE CAN HELP THE SUPPLY
CHAIN, HELP PRODUCTIVITY, AND
LOWER INFLATION AT THE EXACT
SAME TIME.
WE’LL PASS A PARENT BILL OF
RIGHTS THAT GOES THROUGH.
WE HAVE A FIVE POINT PLAN HOW TO
SECURE THE BORDER.
WE’RE PREPARED FOR DAY ONE.
IT CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH BUT
WE NEED ALL OF YOU LISTENING GO
TO TAKE THE HOUSE.COM AND JOIN
WITH US.
THIS IS THE AGENDA.
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE PUTTING FORTH
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE ARE TELLING YOU IF YOU TRUST
US, THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO
YOU.
THIS IS WHAT WE’LL DO AND FINISH
THE JOB ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
WE’LL PASS IT THROUGH THE HOUSE
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET IT
THROUGH THE SENATE AND FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO SIGN IT.
LARRY: YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED A
FEW MOMENTS AGO WORKFARE.
I MEAN I THINK THIS AGAIN GOES
BACK TO NEWT GINGRICH AND THE
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA YEARS AGO.
IF YOU’RE GOING FOR REDUCED
FEDERAL SPENDING AND A BALANCED
BUDGET WORKFARE AND WORK
REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE ENORMOUS
PART OF THIS.
THE DEMOCRATS REPEALED IT TWO
YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC DECISION.
WE’RE PAYING MORE AND MORE FOLKS
NOT TO WORK.
IN A WAY I DON’T BLAME THE FOLKS
BECAUSE THEY’RE TAKING UNCLE
SAM’S MONEY WALKING AWAY INSTEAD
OF WORKING BUT TO ME, I HOPE, I
MEAN, I JUST, THAT IS SUCH AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF IMPROVING THE
ECONOMY AND CURBING INFLATION
AND LIMITING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
ALSO GETTING AMERICA’S MORALE
BACK, KEVIN, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
ALL THESE FOLKS NOT WORKING IS
DEMORALIZING.
>> ONE OF THE WAYS THAT AMERICA
DEFEATS ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES
IS OUR WORK ETHIC.
BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS GOVERNMENT
IS WORKING SO HARD TO TAKE THAT
AWAY.
LOWER THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
LOWER THE WORK ETHIC.
GOVERNMENT WILL PAY YOU.
REMEMBER GOVERNMENT DOESN’T
CREATE ANYTHING.
THEY TAKE.
SO WHO IS PAYING YOU?
THE HARD-WORKING TAXPAYER.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT WENT AND
SAID, HE WAS FORGIVING SCHOOL
LOANS HE IS NOT FORGIVING
ANYTHING.
HE IS MAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY IT.
WE KNOW THAT IS NOW $420 BILLION
ADDING TO INFLATION.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE SUPPLY
CHAIN, MORE PEOPLE AT WORK.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT WORK
REQUIREMENTS IN PEOPLE GET
BETTER TRAINING, PEOPLE GET
BETTER JOBS, MORE PEOPLE HAVE
HOMEOWNERSHIP, MORE PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE.
MORE PEOPLE HAVE SAVINGS.
THE ECONOMY IS STRONGER.
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHTER AND WE
TAKE INFLATION DOWN.
LARRY: YEAH.
FOLKS ARE HAPPIER TOO WHEN
THEY’RE WORKING.
LAST ONE, KEVIN McCARTHY.
>> YES.
LARRY: ARTHUR BROOKS SAID THIS
STUFF FOR THE AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE.
>> SENSE OF PURPOSE.
LARRY: YES, SIR.
MASSIVE.
THE DIGNITY OF WORK, FREEDOM OF
WORK, HAPPINESS OF WORK, NOT THE
FEDERAL DOLE.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
LARRY: LAST ONE, KEVIN, THE IDEA
OF RESTITUTION OF INQUIRY WHICH
POPPED UP IN A COUPLE OF NEWS
ARTICLES.
IT’S A BIT OBSCURE, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE EXERCISED AGAIN
AND AGAIN TO DEAL WITH PROPER
OVERSIGHT OF REALLY RAMPANT
CORRUPTION AND HYPOCRISY.
YOU KNOW INCLUDING STIFLING FREE
SPEECH, INCLUDING JOE BIDEN’S
LAPTOP AND ALL THAT STUFF,
INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TELLING
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER WHAT THEY
CAN AND CANNOT PRINT.
SO RESTITUTION OF INQUIRY.
THAT WILL BE A KEY PART OF THIS?
>> THAT IS.
YOU KNOW WHY YOU’RE JUST NOW
HEARING ABOUT THAT?
CONGRESS USED TO ALWAYS HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DO THIS ESPECIALLY IN
THE MINORITY.
DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY TOOK THE
MAJORITY, THINK OF ALL THE
THINGS THEY CHANGED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RULES THEY
CHANGED, NEVER GIVE US THE RIGHT
TO INQUIRE WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS DOING.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CHECK AND
BALANCE AND IT DIDN’T MATTER IF
YOU’RE PARTY IS IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OR NOT, CONGRESS
HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY HERE AS A CHECK
AND BALANCE AND WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE, WE JUST NOW GOT THAT
ABILITY BACK.
SO WE’RE USING EVERY TOOL TO
MAKE SURE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC,
THE HARD-WORKING TAXPAYERS GET A
CHECK AND BALANCE IN THIS
GOVERNMENT.
HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
CREATE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT
FOCUSES ON THE CHILD WHERE THEY
CAN STILL DREAM BIG.
MAKE AN ECONOMY THAT IS STRONG,
PROVIDE A NATION THAT IS SAFE.
THIS IS NOT A SOMETHING YOU HAVE
TO POLL.
THIS A DESIRE AND RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANYBODY ELECTED.
THESE ARE THE GOALS AMERICA
WOULD LIKE.
WE’RE GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JOIN WITH US BE A PART OF IT.
LARRY: COMMITMENT TO AMERICA,
GOOD WORK, KEVIN McCARTHY, MY