THE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO FIX
THEM.
MARIA: JOINING US NOW IS
ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN, ANDY BIGGS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
MARIA: I WANT TO GET TO THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRYND WHAT
YOU'RE EXPECTING FROM THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
LET ME GET YOUR TAKE ON WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID IN TERMS OF
LOOPHOLES, IN TERMS OF THE
DEMOCRATS NOT WANTING TO DO THE
WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HANGING
IN THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW.
>> WE SURE DO HE TALKED ABOUT
THE DRUG PRICING BILL, USMCA,
ALL THE THINGS ALONG THE BORDER,
AMNESTY, AND IMMIGRATION,
THEY'RE NOT TOUCHING THOSE.
THEY'RE NOT TOUCHING THE BUDGET.
WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER
SHORT-TERM CR HERE NEXT WEEK.
WHICH WILL BE FOR ABOUT A 30 DAY
PUSH.
THAT'S A SPENDING BILL, JUST A
SHORT-TERM SPENDING BILL, SO WE
DON'T EVER GET TO THE BUDGET.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS
ON OUR PLATE THAT WE'RE NOT
TOUCHING.
MARIA: THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
BE FUNDED BY NOVEMBER 21.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
MARIA: COUPLE WEEKS AWAY.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS
MORNING FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC
HEARINGS FOR THIS INQUIRY?
>> WELL, FOR THE DEMOCRATS, THEY
BELIEVE TAYLOR'S THEIR HOME RUN
AND THEY REALLY HANG THEIR HAT
ON THE IDEA THAT HE FELT THAT
THE PRESIDENT'S CONVERSATION WAS
OUTSIDE THE POLICY LINE.
THE PROBLEM FOR TAYLOR OF COURSE
IS THAT HE'S NOT A FIRSTHAND
WITNESS.
HE HAS NO INFORMATION HIMSELF.
SOUNDS LIKE A DOUBLE PLAY BALL.
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION
HIMSELF L.
HE'S GETTING IT FROM SOMEONE
ELSE WHO GOT IT FROM SOMEONE
ELSE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO SEE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
FIRSTHAND FACT WITNESSES.
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE HEARSAY,
BOTH TAYLOR AND KENT TODAY HAVE
NO INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT
IN
THEY WERE TOLD AND THEY'LL OFFER
OPINIONS ON THAT.
>> JAMES FREEMAN HERE AT THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL.
ONE THING THAT GEORGE KENT DOES
HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF IS HIS
CONCERNS DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE HUNTER
BIDEN DEAL IN UKRAINE.
THAT CAME UP IN HIS DEPOSITION.
WOULD YOU EXPECT THAT
REPUBLICANS WOULD BE ASKING HIM
ABOUT THE EXTENT OF CONCERNS
EXPRESSED WITHIN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT HUNTER
BIDEN AND UKRAINE AND WILL YOU
BE ABLE TO GET ANSWERS?
ADD P
ADAMP
ADAM SCHIFF SUGGESTING THIS IS
SOMEHOW OUT-OF-BOUNDS TO
DISCUSS.
>> THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE,
EVERYTHING FROM HUNTER BIDEN AND
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OIL
AND GAS COMPANY IN THEIN AND
THAT DOVETAILS INTO THE ENTIRE
UKRAINE CORRUPTION AND HOW
PERVASIVE IT IS AND PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY'S PROMISE TO CHANGE
THAT.
BUT MR. SCHIFF, AS YOU SAID, IS
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
HE IS INDICATING THAT HE'S GOING
TO BASICALLY TRY TO CONFINE THAT
AND CONSTRAIN IT.
HE'S A WITNESS, BUT HE'S ALSO
THE TRIER OF FACT HERE.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO OBJECT AND
LIMIT THE REPUBLICANS' DIRECTION
OF QUESTIONS IS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
SO THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE AN
OPEN AND TRANSPARENT HEARING TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL THIS
STUFF.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A WAY TO TRY
TO FIND A POST TO HANG AN
IMPEACHMENT HAT ON.
MARIA: ADAM SCHIFF WAS VERY
CLEAR.
HE SAID LOOK, WE DON'T WANT THE
REPUBLICANS BRINGING IN ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIDENS,
ASKING ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
BIDENS.
WE DON'T WANT ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE DEBUNKED INTERFERENCE
IN THE 2016 ELECTION.
CONGRESSMAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO WHEN HE
SAYS DEBUNKED GIVEN THE FACT
THAT WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT
AN ACTIVE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
ONGOING IN JOHN DURHAM'S OFFICE
AND AN INVESTIGATION AT THE
HIGHEST LEVELS AT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
WHAT IS HE REFERRING TO THAT WAS
DEBUNKED?
>> WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S REFERRING
TO.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS WITH DURHAM AND
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I'VE URGED
THE PRESIDENT AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, THEY'VE GOT TO START
DECLASSIFYING SOME OF THESE --
THIS INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE
THAT'S LAYING OUT THERE, IT
WOULD ACTUALLY TOTALLY I'M
IMMASCULATE THIS THING.
HE BELIEVES THERE'S EVIDENCE OF
COLLUSION THAT MUELLER MISSED
SOMEHOW.
MARIA: HE BELIEVES IT OR HE'S
PUTTING SMOKE OUT THERE TO
MUDDIES THE WATER.
HE SAID FOR TWO YEARS THAT IT
WAS IN PLAIN SIGHT.
HOW DOES THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
INTEL COMMITTEE GET AWAY WITH
THAT?
>> MILLIONS OF DOCUMENTS,
THOUSANDS OF INTERVIEWS AND IT
WAS IN MAYBE SIGHT.
YEAH.
EXACTLY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
INTERESTED ABOUT, JUST TO GO
BACK, CONGRESSMAN, SOMETHING YOU
SAID EARLIER, WHICH IS THE
CROSS-EXAMINATION PROCESS AND DO
YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THAT
WILL GO?
IF YOU HAVE A WITNESS THAT HAS
SECOND OR THIRDHAND KNOWLEDGE,
ARTICULATES IT UNDER DIRECT,
ABOUT HOW THEY CAME TO
UNDERSTAND THIS, IN
CROSS-EXAMINATION LOGICALLY YOU
WOULD FERRET OUT THAT IT WAS
SECONDHAND KNOWLEDGE.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR L
COLLEAGUES TO DO THAT IN THE
HEARING TODAY?
>> YEAH, I THINK SO.
I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE
AREA THAT MR. SCHIFF IS NOT ABLE
TO CONSTRAIN IS THAT TAYLOR I'M
SELF ADMITTED TO BREATH.
UME
BRETT HUMETHAT EVERYTHING HE H
BRETT HUMETHAT EVERYTHING HE S
BRETT HUMETHAT EVERYTHING HE I
BRETT HUMETHAT EVERYTHING HE S
HEARSAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT WILL COME OUT IN THE
HEARING AND IT SHOULD UNDERMINE.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
MARIA: HERE'S THE COVER OF THE
NEW YORK POST TODAY, GUILTY, NOW
FOR THE TRIAL.
IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR GUY
AND THEY NEED TO FIND THE CRIME.
I THINK THE POST DID THAT WELL.
THE PRESIDENT TOUTED THE ECONOMY
AS WELL YESTERDAY AS ADVISORS
ARE CONSIDERING A 15% TAX CUT
FOR MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS,
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ON-BOARD WITH THIS.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
EDITORIAL BOARD OUT WITH A PIECE
THIS MORNING, SAYING THE TAX
INCREASES TO COME.
IT READS IN PART THE FOLLOWING.
DEMOCRAT THESE DAYS ARE
PROPOSING TO RAISE THE REGULAR
INCOME TAX RATE, THE CORPORATE
TAX RATE, THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX
RATE, THE DIVIDEND TAX RATE, THE
DEATH TAX AND PAYROLL TAX RATES
WHILE DEGREE CREE ATING A NEW
WEALTH TAX, A NEW CARBON TAX AND
PHARMACEUTICAL TAX AS THEY WOULD
REPEAL 100% BUSINESS EXPENSING
AND 20% INCOME EXCLUSION FORS
PASS-THROUGH FIRMS.
WE PROBABLY MISSED A FEW OTHERS.
THE QUESTION DEMOCRATS WILL NOT
ANSWER, SHOULD THE TOP 1% PAY
HALF OF ALL INCOME TAXES?
TWO-THIRDS?
THREE-QUARTERS?
WHERE DOES FAIR SHARE END IF
DEMOCRATS SWEEP THE 2020
ELECTION, WE'RE SURE TO FIND
OUT, WRITES THE EDITOR L Y'ALL
BOARD THIS MORNING.
YOU TALK ABOUT A STRONG ECONOMY
NOW.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE TAXES COME
INTO PLAY IF A DEMOCRAT GETS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> YOU THOUGHT THE DEMOCRATS
WEREN'T BUSY.
THEY ARE BUSY.
JUST NOT WHERE YOU WANT THEY'LL
TO BE BUSY.
MARIA: THAT'S TRUE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMY
HAS GOT A SOLID FOUNDATION NOW
FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND INCREASING
GROWTH.
THEY DON'T WANT THAT.
THEY HAVING ELSE IN MIND.
AND IT'S THE AUTHORITARIAN
NATURE OF SOCIALISM THAT YOU SEE
IN THE TAXING BECAUSE YOU HAVE
TO COERCE PEOPLE TO TRANSFER
THEIR WEALTH AND THAT'S WHY THEY
HAVE JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
DOZENS OF TAXES YOU JUST LISTED.
BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING AFTER
THE HEART OF OUR ECONOMY BY
TAXING.
AND REAGAN USED TO SAY, IF YOU
WANT LESS OF SOMETHING, GO AHEAD
AND TAX IT OR REGULATE IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
MARIA: REAL QUICK, RYAN, YOU'RE
A MARKETS GUY.
YOU LOOK AT MARKETS AND
OBVIOUSLY TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE
THEY'RE GOING.
IF WE WERE TO SEE ELIZABETH
WARREN AS THE CONTENDER AND IF
SHE WERE TO WIN, WHAT HAPPENS
WITH MARKETS?
>> I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
AS BIG A DEAL AS EVERYONE IS
MAINING
MAKIING
MAKINGG
MAKING IT OUT TO BE.
THERE'S A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY IN
CAPITOL HILL, THINGS DON'T
CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
THINGS HAVE DONE AS WELL WITH
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN IN PARTY.
I THINK IT'S NOISE YOU NEED TO
AA VOID AND LOOK MORE AT THE
ECONOMY WHICH IS EXTREMELY
STRONG RIGHT NOW AND CAN
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AS THE
ELECTION CYCLE PICKS UP.
MARIA: YOU LOOK AT THE
BACKDROP, DO ALL OF THESE TAXES,
DOES THAT IMPACT THE ECONOMY,
JAMES?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK IT
SHOULD BE NOTED WHEN WE LOOK AT
THESE RECENT HISTORICAL PERIODS
WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, ECONOMY HAD
A PRETTY GOOD RUN DURING THE
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, BILL
CLINTON AND A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS TOGETHER ENDED UP
RESTRAINING TAXATION, CUTTING
CAPITAL GAINS RATES.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD NOT BE --
IF IT'S AN ELIZABETH WARREN,
THIS WOULD NOT BE A DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATION LIKE WE'VE SEEN
IN A VERY LONG L
IN A VERY LONG TIME.
MARIA: THAT'S RIGHT.
>> I THINK IT'S A BIG QUESTION.
WHEN DOES THAT START GETTING
PRICED IN?
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SEEKING TO
AVOID A WARREN OR SANDERS
PRESIDENCY, BETTING MARKETS
WOULD SAY IT'S LITTLE LESS
LIKELY THAN IT WAS A FEW MONTHS
AGO SO THAT'S MAYBE CAUSE FOR
HOPE ON THE INVESTOR SIDE.
MARIA: YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.
BILL CLINTON WENT TO THE MIDDLE
AFTER THE FIRST TERM.
>> IT'S THE COMBINATION OF
WARREN AND SANDERS TALKED ABOUT
MORE REGULATION.
IT'S NOT JUST TAXATION.
IT'S TAXATION AND REGULATION.
MARIA: BEFORE YOU GO, FINAL
WORD ON THE IMPEACHMENT I OBJECT
CHOIRLY, WHAT'S THE ONE
TAKE-AWAY WE SHOULD BE WATCHING
WHEN WE WATCH THE HEARINGS.
>> YOU'LL SEE A CONTINUATION OF
WHAT WE'VE SEEN WHERE
MR. SCHIFF, EVERYTHING RUNS
THROUGH MR. SCHIFF AND THAT'S
NOT REALLY THE DUE PROCESS WAY
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A A
MISSING AT THIS HOPING HEARING,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MISSING THE
PRESIDENT'S COUNSEL WHICH IS A
NORMAL PROCESS, NORMAL PART OF
THE PROCESS.
SO THIS IS NOT A NORMAL
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AT ALL.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE.