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>> THE COST OF THE BUILD BACK
BETTER BILL IN TERMS OF ADDING
TO THE DEFICIT IS ZERO, ZERO.
ZERO.
BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO PAY FOR
IT ALL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, HALF OF IT
IS A TAX CUT.
IT’S NOT SPENDING MONEY, IT’S A
TAX CUT FOR WORKING CLASS
PEOPLE.
MARIA: TAX CUT.
IT’S JUST EXTRAORDINARY.
THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO
MISTHIS THE PUBLIC. -- MISINFORM
THE PUBLIC SAYING THIS
MULTITRILLION TAX AND SPEND PLAN
COSTS NOTHING.
SENATOR JOE MANCHIN SAYING THE
CLIMATE SPENDING IS A
NONSTARTER, SENATOR KIRSTIN KYRS
SINEMA SAYING RAISING TAXES IS A
NO-GO AND AOC REFUSING TO BACK
INFRASTRUCTURE AT ALL.
JOINING ME NOW IS TENNESSEE
SENATOR BILL HAGERTY, MEMBER OF
THE FOREIGN RELATIONS,
APPROPRIATIONS AND BANKING
COMMITTEE.
SENATOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WHERE ARE WE ON THIS?
I KNOW JOE BIDEN WANTS THIS
RECONCILIATION BILL PASSED BY
THE TIME HE GOES TO THE CLIMATE
SUMMIT IN GLASGOW, EUROPE.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?
IS WILL THEY GET IT DONE BY
THEN?
>> THEY’RE PUTTING AN IMMENSE
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON MY
COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE TO GET
THIS PASSED, AGAIN, MY DEMOCRAT
FRIENDS.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE INVOLVED IN
NO WAY IN THIS NEGOTIATION.
THIS IS ALL A CIRCULAR FIRING
SQUAD THAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
DEMOCRAT SIDE.
AND IF IT WERE, INDEED, TRUE
WHAT JOE BIDEN SAID THIS COSTS
NOTHING, THEN WHY IS IT SO HARD
TO NEGOTIATE?
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE
INCREASE IN TAXES ON THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY, AND WE’VE
ALREADY SEEN THE INFLATIONARY
IMPACTS, MARIA.
REAL WAGES ARE DOWN, DOWN 3-4%
JUST SINCE JOE BIDEN TOOK
OFFICE.
THAT’S A TAX ON EVERY AMERICAN.
SO THIS BAIT AND SWITCH ACTIVITY
THAT BIDEN’S BEEN INVOLVED IN
SINCE THE VERY DAY HE TOOK
OFFICE IS REALLY TAKING HOLD,
AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS TIRED
OF IT.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS MY
DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES ARE HAVING
A VERY HARD TIME MOVING FORWARD
ON THIS MASSIVE SPENDING
PROGRAM.
MARIA: SO TWO KEY QUESTIONS
REMAIN, THE TOP-LINE NUMBER
WHICH IS WHAT THEY’RE FOCUSED
ON.
THEY WANT TO SAY THAT THEY’RE
TAKING THE COST DOWN TO $2
TRILLION OR SO.
AND THEN THE SUNSET.
THEY SAY THAT SOME OF THESE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS WILL SUNSET, IN
OTHER WORDS, GO AWAY.
THE TOP LINE SEEMS TO BE 1.7-2.1
TRILLION RANGE, THE SUNSET
QUESTION IS OBVIOUSLY -- WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US?
>> BERNIE SANDERS STARTED OUT
WITH 6 TRILLION.
THEY MOVED IT DOWN TO 3.5,
THOUSAND THEY’RE TALKING -- NOW
THEY’RE TALKING AROUND 2.
BUT IF THEY SCORE SOMETHING
RATHER THAN TEN YEARS FOR JUST
FIVE YEARS OR THREE YEARS,
THAT’S JUST A TRICK.
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IS A
GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCY PROGRAM
WHICH THIS BULL IS CHOCK FULL
OF.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER FAMILIES
ADJUSTED THEIR STYLE OF LIVING
TO THE NEW PAYMENTS THAT ARE
COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT?
ARE WE JUST GOING TO PUT THEM ON
THEIR HEELS AND TAKE IT AWAY?
BY THE TIME OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN FINISH PAYING FOR
THESE GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCY
PROGRAMS, IT’S GOING TO AMOUNT
TO TENS OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
MARIA: WOW.
WE’RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A
PRETTY HEAVY COST WITH REGARD TO
INFLATION THAT WE’RE ALL PAYING
MORE MONEY FOR, EVERYDAY ITEMS.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
MOVES THAT WE’VE SEEN JUST AS
RESULT OF ALL OF THE FREE MONEY
SINCE MARCH WHEN YOU SIGNED,
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO
LAW THE 1.9 TRILLION COVID
RELIEF PACKAGE.
INFLATION SOARING, GASOLINE UP
42%, ENERGY OVERALL 25%.
USED CARS AND TRUCKS, 24%.
FOOD UP 4.5% LIKINGS, CHICKEN,
ETC.
-- LIKE EGGS.
WILL WE SEE THESE NUMBERS WORSEN
IF THIS RECONCILIATION PLAN GOES
THROUGH?
>> I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY WILL
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL
INJECT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE
INTO THE ECONOMY.
THE EFFECT WAS PRETTY IMMEDIATE
WHEN THE $1.9 TRILLION CAME
THROUGH IN MARCH.
MONTH OVER MONTH WE’VE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN INFLATION.
IT’S THE MOST PREFER NICHES
TAX -- PERNICIOUS TAX AT ALL.
THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS THAT MAY
HAVE TO DO WITH SUPPLY CHAIN
DISLOCATIONS, BUT WHEN THEY’RE
KILLED OUR INDEPENDENCE ON
ENERGY, EVERY AMERICAN FEELS
THIS WHEN THEY GO TO THE PUMP.
EVERY GOOD THAT WE BUY HAS TO BE
TRANSPORTED IN HURRICANE.
TRY TO BUY A HOUSE IN
TEMPERATURE THE, UP 20%.
MARIA: YEAH.
SENATOR, I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN TO
THE BORDER AS HAVE I.
I WANT TO TAKE A BREAK AND SHOW
OUR AUDIENCE THIS BRAND NEW,
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, MIGRANTS BEING
SECRETLY FLOWN INTO PRIVATE
AIRPORTS.
THIS VIDEO IS BEING FLOWN INTO
THE WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK,
AIRPORT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
WHY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
>>
DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO VISIT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> I’VE BEEN THERE BEFORE.
I HAVEN’T, I MEAN, KNOW IT WELL.
I GUESS I SHOULD GO DOWN, BUT
THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS I
HAVEN’T HAD A WHOLE HELL OF A
LOT OF TIME TO GET DOWN.
I’VE BEEN SPENDING TIME GOING
AROUND LOOKING AT THE $900
BILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE BY
HURRICANES AND FLOODS AND
WEATHER AND TRAVELING AROUND THE
WORLD.
BUT I PLAN ON -- NOW, MY WIFE
JILL HAS BEEN DOWN.
SHE’S BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
RIVER, SHE’S SEEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THERE.
MARIA: YEAH, THAT WAS JOE BIDEN
ONCE AGAIN LYING TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
FOX NEWS HAS FACT CHECKED THAT
STATEMENT AND, IN FACT, THERE’S
NO EVIDENCE OF JOE BIDEN AT THE
BORDER WHATSOEVER.
HE FLEW INTO EL PASO AT ONE
POINT ON A CAMPAIGN STOP BUT DID
NOT GO TO THE SOUTHERN BOARD AS
HE JUST SAID.
THAT AS SENATOR, NOT AS VICE
PRESIDENT NOR AS COMMANDER IN
CHIEF WHICH, OF COURSE, THE
POLICIES, HIS POLICIES HAVE
WORSENED THE SITUATION.
NEARLY 1.7 MILLION MIGRANT
APPREHENSIONS OVER THE PAST
YEAR, THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN
HISTORY.
OF COURSE, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
OTHERS WHO HAVE GOTTEN AWAY.
THEY ARE THOUSAND IN THE
COUNTRY.
I AM -- THEY ARE NOW IN THE
COUNTRY.
I AM BACK WITH SENATOR BILL
HAGERTY.
SENATOR, HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT
GET AWAY WITH THESE BOLD-FACED
LIES DESPITE NO PUBLIC RECORD OF
THIS?
>> YOU’VE DONE SUCH A FABULOUS
JOB OF EDUCATING THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC ON WHAT THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA WILL NOT.
AGAIN, THEY’RE GIVING HIM A PASS
ON WHAT IS A TOTAL LIE, A
FABRICATION.
HE’S PRECIPITATED THE GREATEST
NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS THAT
WE’VE SEEN IN OUR LIFETIMES AT
THIS SOUTHERN BORDER, YET HE
CAN’T FIND TIME TO GO THERE?
HE CAN’T FIND TIME TO EVEN OWN
UP TO THIS.
THIS IS A COMPLETE DISASTER OF
HIS OWN MAKING.
THEY’RE NOW ON TRACK TO HAVE
OVER 2 MILLION CROSSING THIS
BORDER ILLEGALLY, AND THEY’RE
PIPING THEM INTO OUR HOMES, INTO
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, INTO OUR
CITIES.
IT’S JUST AMAZING, WHAT THEY’RE
DOING.
THEY’RE TURNING EVERY TOWN INTO
A BORDER TOWN RIGHT NOW.
MARIA: WELL, YOU MADE THE POINT
WHEN I’VE SPOKEN WITH YOU IN THE
PAST ABOUT HOW YOU KNEW THAT
THEY WERE FLYING MIGRANTS
SECRETLY INTO CHATTANOOGA.
NOW "THE NEW YORK POST" HAS
BUSTED THEM.
THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO THE
WESTCHESTER PRIVATE AIRPORT AND
SHOT, YOU KNOW, VIDEO OF THESE
PEOPLE BEING LET OFF IN
WESTCHESTER AND THEN GOING ON
BUSES.
WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY’RE
GOING, BUT WE KNOW THAT RATHER
THAN SENDING THEM BACK TO THEIR
COUNTRY AND NOT ALLOWING THEM TO
JUMP THE LINE OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE WAITING TO GET INTO
AMERICA AND GET A GREEN CARD
LEGALLY, THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST
PUTTING THEM AND RESETTLING THEM
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT,
ANYTHING?
>> WELL, I SUPPORT LEGISLATION
TO BRING THIS TO A HALT, TO
ACTUALLY FORCE THEM TO DISCLOSE
WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
WE ARE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW
WHERE OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
DON’T HAVE ANY INFORMATION, OUR
SCHOOLS DON’T HAVE INFORMATION
WILL THEY BE OVERWHELMED, OUR
HOSPITALS DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ARRIVE THAT
ARE UNVACCINATED AND SICK.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S BEEN
COMPLETELY SILENT BECAUSE
THEY’RE TRYING TO MOVE THESE
PEOPLE THROUGH THE DARK OF
NIGHT, AS YOU MENTIONED.
MY COLLEAGUE, MARSHA BLACKBURN
IN THE SENATE, CHUCK FLEISCHMANN
IN THE HOUSE, WE PUSHED FORWARD
IMMEDIATELY DEMANDING THIS
ADMINISTRATION GIVE US
INFORMATION.
WE PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION
REQUIRING THEM TO DO SO IS.
THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM, A
SECURITY PROBLEM FOR OUR NATION,
ONE THAT’S GOT TO BE RESOLVED.
MARIA: YEP.
BY THE WAY, SENATOR.
BY THE WAY, I AM VERY SORRY
ABOUT YOUR VOLUNTEERS LAST NIGHT