MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS AND
THOSE THAT WERE AT ODDS WITH
HIM INCLUDING HOUSE SPEAKER
PAUL RYAN HAVE BEGUN WORKING
WITH PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD
TRUMP WHO IS PROMISING A
SWEEPING AGENDA THAT WILL BEGIN
WITH THE REPEAL OF OBAMA CARE.
JOINING US WITH HIS PERSPECTIVE
IS CONGRESSMAN JOHN KLINE WHO
IS RETIRING AFTER 14 YEARS IN
CONGRESS, WELCOME CONGRESSMAN
KIND.
THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS TO HAVE
YOU.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU, YOU ARE A
MARCO RUBIO GUY, DID YOU EXPECT
DONALD TRUMP TO WIN THE
NOMINATION?
EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT
ELECTION WAS DIFFERENT,
INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP GETTING
THE NOMINATION AND WINNING THE
ELECTION, I SAID THERE WAS NO
CHANCE, I THINK I WAS LIKE A
LOT OF PEOPLE NOT JUST
REPUBLICANS.
I WAS PROVEN WRONG AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND IT TURNS OUT THAT
DONALD TRUMP TOUCHED SOMETHING
OUT THERE THAT MOST OF US DID
NOT SEE, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU
WOULD GO TO A POLITICAL RALLY,
EVEN A PRESIDENTIAL RALLY AND
YOU WOULD GET 5000 PEOPLE THAT
WAS A LOT HE WAS DOING 20,000
AND 30,000.
HE TOUCHED SOMETHING THAT I DID
NOT SEE COMING AND NOW HE IS
THE PRESIDENT ELECT AND I WISH
HIM EVERY SUCCESS.
LET ME ASK YOU, REPUBLICAN
MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE-SENATE,
THE SWEEPING AGENDA, DO YOU
THINK REPUBLICANS NEED TO BE
CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY PROMISE?
I DO THINK THEY NEED TO BE
CAREFUL AND I THINK THEY ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I'M STILL ONE OF THEM FOR THREE
MORE WEEKS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
THINK THE COUNTRY IS GOING AND
HAS BEEN GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THINGS
TO RESTORE AMERICA'S POSITION
IN THE WORLD TO BRING JOBS AND
LET BUSINESSES GROW AND ALL OF
THOSE THINGS, I BELIEVE THE
REPUBLICAN AGENDA THAT IS
LARGELY SHARED BY THE PRESIDENT-
ELECT AND THE REPUBLICANS IN
THE SENATE IS A GOOD ONE.
THIS NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS A
LOT OF TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS
HAVING ALL OF THE POWER, AS YOU
KNOW, IN THE SENATE IT REALLY
TAKES 60 VOTES TO GET ANYTHING
DONE AND IF THERE IS AN
EXPECTATION THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WILL MOVE ON THAT
IS SIMPLY NOT THE CASE AND I
HOPE THAT THEY CAN USE THE
POSITION TO BE IN THE MAJORITY
AND WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND
MINORITIES AND MOVE AMERICA
FORWARD IN A BIPARTISAN WAY
WHICH GIVES YOU A
BIPARTISANSHIP. LET'S TALK
ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AS THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE AND THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE NOT ON
BOARD WITH THE BIPARTISAN TALK
THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
JOHN WEINER, THE FORMER HOUSE
SPEAKER WAS FORCED OUT BECAUSE
OF THIS.
THE LESSON OF EVERY STUDENT
IS THE RIGHT ONE, IT WAS
BIPARTISAN, WE HAD TO WORK IT
THROUGH AND MAKE TRADES AND GET
SUPPORT AND PASS IT WITH THE
MAJORITY AND THE MAJORITY OF
THE MINORITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
BY GETTING THE BUY-IN OF BOTH
PARTIES YOUR POLICY THAT WILL
LAST.
GOING BACK TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
PERIOD WHEN HE HAD ALL 3 OF THE
LEVERS OF POWER THAT PUSHED
THROUGH OBAMA CARE AND THE
OTHER LEGISLATION, THEY HAD NO
BUY-IN FROM THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, IT WAS PUSHED THROUGH A
60 DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND
NOW YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IT IS STARTING TO UNRAVEL AND
IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT.
IF YOU WANT THIS POLICY TO LAST
WHETHER YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT
OR IN CONGRESS, YOU NEED TO
MAKE A GOOD POLICY AND MAKE BUY-
IN FROM BOTH POLICY.
YOU HAVE A MILITARY CAREER
AND YOU ARE AN AIDE TO CARTER
AND REAGAN.
WE HAVE PICTURES THERE TO SHOW
BUT MOST OF US WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR
DECADES FOR OUR NATION AND THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A
PLEASURE TO SERVE IN THE
MARINES AND IN CONGRESS.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE A GOOD
JOB REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF
MINNESOTA AND THE SECOND
DISTRICT AND THAT IS A LOT OF
PUBLIC SERVICE AND IT'S TIME TO
RETIRE.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS, I
SPOKE WITH SOME REPUBLICANS
THAT SAID THEY WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE CONGRESSMAN KLINE RUN IN
2018.
FLATTERING.
I AM RETIRING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK