DREAMERS WITH NEW BORDER
SECURITY MONEY.
JOINING ME NOW IS HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER,
TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN, CHUCK
FLEISCHMAN.
CONGRESSMAN, CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT’S ON THE TABLE IN TERMS OF
POTENTIAL LEGISLATION FOR THE
BORDER?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE
FIRST ISSUE OUGHT TO BE, MARIA, SECURING THE BORDER.
SECURING THE BORDER.
IT IS POUR ROUSE, -- POROUS.
I APPLAUD SENATOR TILLIS AND
SENATOR SINEMA FOR ATTEMPTING TO
DO SOMETHING BUT THE LARGER
PICTURE, THE ABYSMAL FAILURE OF
THE BIDEN BORDER POLICY OR LACK
OF A BORDER POLICY IS OUT THERE.
IT’S HURTING THIS COUNTRY.
EVERY AMERICAN OUGHT TO ADDRESS
IT.
MARIA: BUT YOU JUST HEARD
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, SHE SAID
THAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING
POLITICAL STUNTS AND THEY NEED
TO WORK WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
ABOUT ITS PLAN THAT IT’S PUT
FORTH.
WHAT IS THAT PLAN?
>> THEY DON’T HAVE A PLAN.
THE PLAN IS A POROUS BORDER,
EVERY TIME WE’VE HAD
LEGISLATION, TECHNOLOGY,
RESOURCES THEY LOOK THE OTHER
WAY, THE TITLE 42 POLICY WHICH
WAS WORKING, THEY WANT THAT TO
GO AWAY.
BUFFERING MEXICO, THEY WANT THAT
TO GO AWAY.
IF YOU WANT A SECURE BORDER, WE
HAD THAT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE HAD THAT UNDER THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION A.
ADMINISTRATION.
IT WAS BUY PART A SAN P -- IT
WAS BIPARTISAN.
IT IS HURTING THIS COUNTRY, NOT
ONLY NOW BUT LONG TERM.
MARIA: I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE
GETS AWAY WITH SAYING WHY ARE
THEY DOING POLITICAL STUNTS
INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH US ON
THE PLAN WE PUT FORTH, IF
THERE’S ACTUALLY NO PLAN.
SHE JUST SAYS THINGS TO
MISINFORM.
IS THAT WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT?
I MEAN, IF THERE’S NO PLAN, WHY
IS SHE SAYING THERE’S A PLAN?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE’S A
TREMENDOUS LACK OF
ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE PART OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION AND SHE IS
THE MOUTHPIECE FOR A FAILED
ADMINISTRATION.
CANDIDLY, WE SEE A SITUATION
WHERE TIME AFTER TIME WHETHER
IT’S THE BORDER, WHETHER IT’S
THE ECONOMY, WHETHER IT’S
FOREIGN POLICY, I FEEL FOR HER.
SHE HAS TO COME OUT AND
ARTICULATE A MESSAGE THAT’S NOT
AS MESSAGE OR IF IT IS ONE, IT’S
AN ABYSMAL FAILURE.
CERTAINLY, SHE’S GOT TO SAY
SOMETHING.
S THERE’S NO POLITICAL GAMES
BEING PLAYED, IT’S CHAOS IN THE
COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE BORDER.
WE NEED TO YOU ADDRESS THE
ECONOMY.
WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AS AMERICANS
AND GET FISCAL POLICY IN ORDER
MANY THIS BE PRESIDENT IS NOT
GOING TO DO IT AND SADLY HE’S
NOT GOING TO DO IT IN A SECOND
TERM.
BIDEN IS DOUBLING DOWN ON ZERO
ON FAILED POLICIES.
HE HAS SAID THIS.
IT’S VERY SAD.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A ROUGH TWO
YEARS.
MARIA: I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE
ENERGY POLICY OR LACK OF FROM
THIS WHITE HOUSE AND WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT JAMES COMER IS ALSO
GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING THIS
CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA AND THIS
PRESSURE THAT THIS WHITE HOUSE
PUTS ON INVESTMENT MANAGERS TO
GO, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, ESG.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS ALSO
ASKED ABOUT REFILLING THE
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
WEE KNOW WE’RE AT THE LOWEST
LEVELSES IN THAT RESERVE, IT’S
SUPPOSED TO BE AN EMERGENCY
STOCKPILE.
WE’RE AT THE LOWEST LEVELS SINCE
1984.
HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID.
>> THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THEY
WOULD REFILL THE STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE UNDER $70 A
BARREL.
THE RUSSIAN PRICE CAP WENT IN
TODAY, $60 A BARREL.
IS THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERING
PUTTING RUSSIAN OIL?
>> NO, BECAUSE IT’S BANNED.
THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT
DISCOUNTED RUSSIAN OIL CONTINUES
TO FLOW ONTO GLOBAL MARKETS.
MARIA: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A I
DID.
CALIFORNIA A GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM IS URGING STATE LAWMAKERS
TO IMPOSE FINES ON OIL COMPANY
PROFITS TO PENALIZE OIL
COMPANIES FOR THE PRICE OF OIL,
CONGRESSMAN.
AGAIN, MISUNDERSTANDING OR A
LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
MARKETS WORK.
THE OIL COMPANIES ARE NOT
SETTING THE PRICE OF OIL BUT
THEY CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON AND
GAVIN NEWSOM IN CALIFORNIA TO
SPEW THIS IDEA THAT THAT’S THE
CASE, CONGRESSMAN.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, THINK CLEARLY DEMOCRATS
INCLUDING GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAVE
AN AVERSION TO FREE MARKETS,
HAVE AN AVERSION TO FREE MARKET
CAPITALISM AND ALL THE GREATNESS
THAT IS THERE.
THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND MARKETS.
IT’S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA,
HAPPENED AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS REALIZE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW, WE
HAVE ABUNDANT OIL, ABUNDANT
NATURAL GAS.
WE ARE ASTUTELY AND ACUTELY
AWARE, THESE ARE COMMODITIES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM.
YOU PRODUCE MORE, WHAT HAPPENS?
THE PRICE DROPS.
IT’S NATIONAL SECURITY.
IT’S ECONOMIC SECURITY.
WE’VE GOT TO GET BACK TO REAPING
THE BENEFITS OF OUR GREAT
NATURAL RESOURCES.
IT’S FAR TOO LONG.
SO THIS IS WHERE REPUBLICANS AND
INDEPENDENTS NEED TO STAND UP TO
DEMOCRATS AND SAY ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH.
MARIA: WELL, THIS IS NOT MUCH
OF A POLICY TO JUST SELL OIL
FROM THE RESERVE BUT I WANT TO
GET YOUR TAKE ON WHAT’S IN THE
NDAA.
THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION ACT.
THE PENTAGON’S JOHN KIRBY SAYS
THE DEFENSE SECRETARY, LLOYD
AUSTIN AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE
PUSHING BACK ON LIFTING THE
COVID VACCINE MANDATE FOR
MILITARY MEMBER BERMS.
KEVIN MCCARTHY -- MEMBERS.
KEVIN MCCARTHY SAID THEY WOULD
LIFT IT OR THE NDAA IS NOT
MOVING FORWARD.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF
WHAT’S IN THE BILL, THE NDAA.
>> IT’S A LARGE BILL.
A LARGE BILL.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT BILLS IN CONGRESS.
IT IS THE AN L WALL BILL THAT
FUNDS -- ANNUAL BILL THAT FUNDS
THE MILITARY, DICTATES MILITARY
POLICY AND GETS IT OUT.
FOR TOO LONG OUR OUTSTANDING MEN
AND WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT WANTED TO
TAKE THE VACCINE WHICH I THINK
IS THEIR RIGHT HAVE BEEN
PUNISHED, OUR GREAT STATE IN
TENNESSEE, OUR GOVERNOR SAID
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WILL NOT
BE PUNISHED, THEY DON’T HAVE TO
TAKE IT.
SO BASICALLY WE’VE GOT TO MAKE
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT WE
PROTECT THE RECORDS OF THESE
GREAT AMERICANS WHO SERVE US
EVERY DAY AND THAT WE REPEAL
THIS POLICY.
WE’VE GOT TO GET RID OF IT.
WE CAN GET RID OF IT IN THE
NDAA.
WE NEED TO PASS THE NDAA.
IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNTRY.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR MILITARY HAS THE RESOURCES
THAT’S THEY NEED IN A VERY
DANGEROUS WORLD.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT, CONGRESSMAN.
WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT.