ABOUT.
PETER DOOCY, THANK YOU.
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL.
REPUBLICAN FROM TEXAS RANKING
MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE AND ALSO MEMBER OF
THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE
AND FOR YEARS YOU CHAIRED
HOMELAND AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
WHERE WE ARE WITH THE OIL
RESERVES TODAY, I’VE HEARD YOU
SAY IT IS ALWAYS A NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE WHEN YOU GET LOW
ON YOUR OIL RESERVES.
>> RIGHT.
IT IS STRATEGIC PETROLEUM
RESERVE.
NOT THE POLITICAL PETROLEUM
RESERVE.
HE IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH
NATIONAL SECURITY ASSET THAT WE
HAVE THAT’S REALLY DEVELOPED
AND REALLY FOR A TIME OF WAR
THAT WE NEED THE ENERGY.
BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T PRODUCED
ENERGY IN THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE
THE BIDEN PLAN IS CUTTING DOWN
STOPPING THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE,
ALLOWING PUTIN TO CONNECT HIS
PIPELINE NORD STREAM 2 TO
EUROPE AND WE’RE NOT PRODUCING
THE OIL AND THEN WE HAVE TO BEG
OPEC, RIGHT?
OF ALL THINGS HAVE TO GO TO THE
MIDDLE EAST AND BEG THE SAUDIS
TO PRODUCE MORE OIL.
THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.
IT’S A DANGEROUS POLICY.
>> Dana: IS THERE ANYTHING
GOING ON THAT WE SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT IN TERMS OF RUSSIA’S ROLE
IN THIS?
THE PRESIDENT OFTEN, YOU KNOW,
WILL GO DOWN THAT LANE VIA HIS
PRESS SECRETARY.
>> YEAH, PUTIN AND HIS PIPELINE
INTO EUROPE IN ORDER STEAM 2,
WHY DID THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WAIVE AND
ALLOWING PUTIN TO CONNECT THE
PIPELINE.
HE WANTS TO SHUT UKRAINE OFF TO
THE BLACK SEA.
IT IS AN ENERGY ISSUE AND
ALWAYS A NATIONAL SECURITY
ISSUE.
WE TALK ABOUT ENERGY.
THE BIDEN’S CREATION, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION’S FAILED
POLICIES THAT HAVE CREATED THIS
CRISIS THAT WE’RE IN.
WE’RE GOING INTO THE MID-TERMS
AND HARRIS I’M TELLING YOU, I
HEAR ALL TIME BACK HOME,
INFLATION AND GAS PRICES.
>> Harris: IT’S INTERESTING
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS
CRITICIZED FOR FLIPPING THE
BORDER POLICIES THAT TRUMP HAD
IN PLACE BUT HE WAS FLIPPING
CONGRESSIONAL POLICIES OR
LEGISLATION THAT HAD BEEN PUT
IN PLACE, TOO, WITH REGARD TO
ENERGY.
THAT’S FASCINATING TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
THE OTHER PART ABOUT THIS IS
BIDEN WAS SO SLOW TO STOP
BUYING RUSSIAN OIL WHEN THE WAR
AGAINST UKRAINE FIRST STARTED
AND NOW I’M CURIOUS, HE WAS
TAPPING RESERVE THEN.
WHERE -- WHAT OPTIONS DO WE
HAVE WHEN THAT GETS SO LOW IT
IS NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE?
>> HE HAS CANCELED ALL THE
OPTIONS AND NOW HAS TO BE GREEN
ENERGY.
YOU CAN’T -- YOU CAN’T DO THAT
OVERNIGHT.
>> Harris: CONGRESSMAN, WE ALL
KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF GREEN
ENERGY IS PROVIDED FOR --
THROUGH FOSSIL FUEL AND COAL.
SO WHAT IS HE SAYING?
IT’S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE TO
TRANSITION AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE WE STILL NEED THE
FOSSIL FUELS.
>> IT IS NOT THE FLIP OF THE
SWITCH, YOU’RE RIGHT.
WE WERE GOING TO PUT L AND G
TERMINALS INTO EUROPE TO CREATE
MORE ENERGY PRODUCED IN THE
UNITED STATES AND SEND TO
EUROPE.
IT WAS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC
PLAN, IF YOU WILL.
HE HAS TURNED IT INTO POLITICS
AND BOI, IT’S A DISASTER.
>> Harris: HERE IS SENATOR
COTTON IN "FOCUS" YESTERDAY
CALLING OUT DEMOCRATS.
>> THE DEMOCRATS WANT ENERGY
PRICES TO BE HIGH BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO END AMERICAN PRODUCTION
OF FOSSIL FUELS, OIL AND GAS
AND COAL.
THEY MAY NOT SAY IT IN THE 45
DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION AND
THEY RELY ON GIMMICKS LIKE
RELEASING OIL FROM THE
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
WHICH IS DANGEROUS TO OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY.
MARK MY WORDS, ON NOVEMBER 9th
THE DEMOCRATS WILL GO BACK TO
WAGE WAR ON AMERICAN OIL, GAS
AND COAL.
>> Harris: WHAT DO OUR ENEMIES
SEE AT THIS POINT?
>> THEY SEE WEAKNESS.
WE ARE PROJECTING WEAKNESS.
WE CAN’T DEVELOP OUR OWN ENERGY.
AFTER THE FALL AND DEBACLE OF
AFGHANISTAN WHAT DID PUTIN SEE?
WEAKNESS.
WHAT DOES XI IN CHINA SEE AND
EVERYWHERE ELSE?
THAT’S WHY THE HOT SPOTS ARE
FLARING UP ALL OVER THE GLOBE
MAKING THE WORLD A MORE
DANGEROUS PLACE BECAUSE ANY
TIME YOU PROJECT WEAKNESS YOU
INVITE AGGRESSION AND IT GOES
BACK TO CHAMBERLAIN AND HITLER
TO REAGAN TALKING ABOUT PEACE
THROUGH STRENGTH.
>> Harris: I WAS JUST WRITING
THIS DOWN AS EXAMPLES.
SO IRAN SENT FIGHTERS TO HELP
RUSSIA TAKE AS MUCH OF UKRAINE
AS IT CAN.
FORCE THE UKRAINIANS BACK TO
THE TABLE TO TAKE THAT PIECE
THAT RUSSIA CAN CALL VICTORY.
THEN WHAT IS CHINA DOING?
XI JUST SAID HEY, WITH MY NEXT
TERM CAN YOU BUILD THE MILITARY?
NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY BUT REALLY
BUILD ALMOST DOUBLE IN SIZE.
WHICH WOULD LEAVE US
CONCEIVABLY OUTNUMBERED IF WE
HAD TO EVER DO ANYTHING.
>> RUSSIA IS BUYING IRANIAN
DRONES GOING INTO CRIMEA, WHEN
YOU SEE THE CITIES A THIRD OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEING
BOMBED, IT IS IRANIAN DRONES
DOING THIS.
CHAIRMAN XI ANNOUNCES MILITARY
AND ECONOMIC DOMINATION OF THE
WORLD BY 2050, THE 100 YEAR
MARATHON.
HE IS LOOKING AT TAIWAN.
TAIWAN HAS 90% OF OUR SEMI
CONDUCTOR CAPABILITIES OF
MANUFACTURING.
AND HE IS WATCHING UKRAINE VERY
CLOSELY.
>> Harris: WORLD DOMINATION BY
2050.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU RECALL WHAT
PETER DOOCY SAID.
TALKING ABOUT THE GOALS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF
GREEN ENERGY BY 2050.
THOSE ARE REALLY DIFFERENT
GOALS.
>> CHINA IS NOT GOING GREEN.
THEY’RE IN 140 COUNTRIES LINING
UP COAL AND FIRE PLANTS.
AND POLLUTING THE ATMOSPHERE.
>> Harris: IT WON’T BE AS CLEAN
AS OUR COAL.
LOOKING LIKE THE FEDERAL
RESERVE WILL APPROVE A FOURTH
CONSECUTIVE INTEREST RATE HIKE
NEXT MONTH.
EXPERTS ARE SAYING IT WILL BE
ANOTHER SUPER SIZED ONE.
THOSE HIKES ALL IN AN EFFORT TO
HELP THE DECADES-HIGH INFLATION
COME DOWN.
YOU KNOW THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT DIDN’T ACTUALLY
REDUCE INFLATION.
NEVER COULD.
THE UNRELENTING PRICE SPIKE HAS
LED BLOOMBERG TO THIS GRIM
PROJECTION.
100% OF RECESSION IN THE NEXT
YEAR.
PETER DOOCY WAS ASKING THE
TOUGH QUESTIONS AS HE ALWAYS
DOES.
>> HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN BE
BARRELING TOWARDS A RECESSION
AND THE ECONOMY IS, AS THE
PRESIDENT SAYS, STRONG AS HELL?
>> WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW
IS THE JOB MARKET IS STRONG,
THE LABOR FORCE IS STRONG, AND
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE SEE USUALLY
BEFORE A RECESSION.
AND SO IN A LOT OF THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THIS
PRESIDENT HAS DONE.
>> Harris: WHAT IS SHE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> LOOK, WE HAVE THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN.
I CALL IT THE AMERICAN
INFLATION PLAN.
THEY HAVE THIS INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT.
IT IS NOT REDUCING INFLATION.
THEY’VE THROWN GASOLINE ON THE
FIRE BY SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY.
REMEMBER AMERICAN RESCUE, $2
TRILLION BEING PROPPED INTO THE
ECONOMY AND THAT’S WHY WE HAVE
THIS INFLATION THAT’S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW.
NOW THE FED MONETARY POLICY IS
TO RAISE THE INTEREST RATES AND
TRY TO CATCH UP WITH THIS
INFLATION AND THEY WILL CAUSE A
RECESSION IN THE PROCESS.
WE’RE GOING INTO A RECESSION
RIGHT NOW.
>> Harris: WE ALREADY ARE.
WE’VE SEEN BACK-TO-BACK
QUARTERS OF LOWER GDP AND
THAT’S JUST ONE OF THE
INDICATORS WE MIX IN, BUT A KEY
ONE.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS GOING TO BE
THAT PEOPLE’S DOLLARS, WE’RE
ALREADY MISSING A MONTH’S WORTH
OF SALARY BASED ON THE
INFLATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE BILLS WE PAY AND FOOD
WE EAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE 13
MONTH’S SALARY IN ORDER TO PAY
FOR IT ALL.
>> RIGHT.
IT’S ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
CAN YOU PAY YOUR RENT, BUY A
HOUSE WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE
GOING UP.
CAN YOU EAT, BUY GROCERIES, CAN
YOU BUY GAS THAT’S GOING UP.
HOW ABOUT YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN?
WE’VE SEEN A 20% REDUCTION IN
ALL OF OUR RETIREMENT PLANS.
>> Harris: I’VE HAD BECAUSE
I’VE BEEN TRAVELING RECENTLY ONE OF THE PLACES I WENT TO WAS
ONE OF THE PLACES I WENT TO WAS
YOUR STATE TO SEE THE BORDER.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING ANY NEST EGG
IS DESTROYED.
IN MY LATE 60s, EARLY 70s.
WE DON’T HAVE JOBS TO WAIT IT
OUT ANYMORE.
WE HAVE LEFT THE JOB MARKET.
IT’S A HEARTBREAKER.
>> IT HAS POLITICAL
RAMIFICATIONS.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ANXIETY ABOUT
THEIR NEST EGG BEING 20% TAKEN
OUT OF IT, WHEN THEY WERE
RETIRING AND NOW THEY ARE
THINKING ABOUT HAVING TO GO
BACK TO WORK, IT IS NOT GOOD.
>> Harris: LET’S GET TO THIS
BECAUSE IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU
ARE AN EXPERT ON IN TERMS OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE
BORDER.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD
LOVE TO CROSS INTO OUR NATION,
MANY FROM VENEZUELA, HAVE
ASSEMBLED A CARAVAN AND HIT
GUATEMALA AND THEIR BORDER
FIRST MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD
THE U.S.
LOOK AT THEIR FORCES FENDING
OFF TRYING TO HOLD THEIR BORDER.
AND LOOK HOW SMALL THAT AREA IS.
OUR AREA IS 1933 MILES LONG
WITH MAYBE SOME CHUNKS OF WALL
BECAUSE OUR PRESIDENT DOESN’T
REALLY WANT TO SECURE IT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT LITTLE BIT
IS WHAT THEY’RE FACING.
ALL OF THIS COMES AFTER
PRESIDENT BIDEN INVOKED THE
TRUMP ERA TITLE 42 TO SEND
VENEZUELAN ILLEGALS BACK TO
MEXICO.
HE DID THAT A FEW DAYS AGO.
WE WERE GETTING INUNDATED AND
SO ARE NOW THE NORTHERN
TRIANGLE COUNTRIES WE PROMISED
WE WOULD BE XW NEIGHBORS WITH.
THE POLICY WILL ALLOW AS MANY
AS 24,000 VENEZUELANS TO BE
ACCEPTED INTO OUR COUNTRY AS
LONG AS THEY HAVE A SPONSOR.
CONGRESSMAN, YOU ARE LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS ON THAT NEW POLICY.
I KNOW YOU WROTE A LETTER TO
SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN AND
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
MAYORKAS.
A PULL-OUT FROM YOUR LETTER.
IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY TO SERVE
AS A MAGNET FOR ADDITIONAL
MIGRANTS FROM VENEZUELA AND
ELSEWHERE.
WHY DID YOU WRITE THAT?
>> BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL THIS
WHOLE POLICY OF REVERSING
REMAIN IN MEXICO AND THE
MIGRANT PROTECTION PROTOCOLS
HAS CREATED THIS CHAOS AT THE
BORDER.
WE SEE 3.5 MILLION ILLEGALS
COME INTO THIS COUNTRY.
WE CAN’T ABSORB THIS.
THEY HAVE NO LEGAL STATUS.
IN ADDITION, ENOUGH FENTANYL TO
KILL THE ENTIRE POPULATION
SEVEN TIMES OVER.
WE HAVE ALMOST 100,000 YOUNG
PEOPLE DYING JUST THIS YEAR
ALONE FROM FENTANYL.
AND IT IS KILLING A GENERATION.
BUT WHY ARE WE GOING TO LET
VENEZUELANS IN BY AIRPLANE,
RIGHT, IF THEY HAVE A SPONSOR
AND THEN DENY THEM ENTRY AT THE
BORDER IF WE CAN DENY
VENEZUELANS AT THE BORDER WHY
NOT THE REST OF THEM?
>> Harris: IT’S A LOT MORE
SURUP TISHOUS THAT WAY.
HARDER TO TRACK.
YOU DON’T HAVE REPORTERS TO GET
THE CAMERAS OF ALL THINGS LEFT
AT THE BORDER AS THEY TAKE OFF
EVERYTHING AND LEAVE BEHIND ALL
SORTS OF UNMENTIONABLES TO TRY
TO GET INTO THIS COUNTRY AND
CRAWL THROUGH FENCELINES.
REMEMBER HOW THEY WERE MOVING
THE MINORS IN THOSE NIGHT
FLIGHTS TO PLACES LIKE
TENNESSEE.
SENATOR BLACKBURN TOLD ME ABOUT
THAT.
THEY’RE HARDER TO TRACK.
AT THE BORDER WE CAN SEE THEM.
>> WE’RE BUSING THEM OUT OF MY
STATE TO NEW YORK AND TO D.C.
AND SO YOU CAN GET A TASTE OF
WHAT WE EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY IN
MY STATE OF TEXAS.
>> Harris: IT’S WORKING.
DEMOCRATS ARE RESPONDING.
>> THEY ARE SEEING THE PAIN THE
POLICY HAS INFLICTED ON THE
NATION.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 100,000
YOUNG PEOPLE DYING, THAT’S MORE
THAN VIETNAM OVER 20 YEARS.
>> Harris: WOW.
WE’LL HAVE THAT BE THE LAST
WORD.