COURT ON AUGUST 30th.
MARTHA?
>> Martha: INCREDIBLE.
THANKS, DAVID LEE.
SO STEVE SCALISE JOINS ME NOW.
FIVE YEARS AGO IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT, HE WAS SHOT WHILE
PARTICIPATING IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME.
HE’S MUCH BETTER AND
PARTICIPATING IN THE GAME THAT’S
COMING UP THIS WEEK.
CONGRESSMAN, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING ME
TODAY.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND AS
YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO LEE
ZELDIN AND YOU THINK ABOUT
WITHIN HOURS AFTER A POTENTIAL
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT, AFTER AN
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT, THE MAN IS
FREE?
>> YEAH, MARTHA.
YOU KNOW, IT’S VERY DISCURBING
WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO LAST NIGHT.
IT GETS YOU ANGRY WHEN YOU SEE
THAT LITERALLY SIX HOURS LATER,
NO BAIL.
JUST LET BACK OUT ON THE STREETS
AFTER WHAT HE SAID TO LEE, HIS
INTENTIONS WERE TO HARM HYMN
SEVERELY.
YOU’RE DONE.
IT’S ATTEMPTED MURDER IN
NEW YORK AND A FEDERAL CRIME.
SO YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD BE
PROSECUTED AND HELD IN NEW YORK,
BUT WHERE ARE THE FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES TO GO AFTER THIS GUY
AS WELL?
HE VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW.
I TEXTED WITH LEE.
HE’S A FRIEND.
YOU KNOW, I’M GLAD HE’S DOING
WELL.
THANK GOD THERE’S PEOPLE THERE
TOOK QUICK ACTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE’S NO PLACE
FOR THIS IN POLITICS.
IT NEEDS TO BE AGGRESSIVELY
STOOD UP AGAINST.
THE PROSECUTORS THAT LET THIS
GO, THAT LET SOMEBODY LIKE THIS
OUT ARE CONDONING THAT KIND OF
VIOLENT ACTIVITY.
IT’S GOT TO STOP.
>> Martha: YOU KNOW, THERE’S A
COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE
CROSSED UP ON CAPITOL HILL ON
YOUR SIDE, ON THE HOUSE SIDE,
WITH REGARD TO SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI.
THE PIECE OUT TODAY WITH THE
"NEW YORK POST."
IT DETAILS THE STOCK PURCHASE OF
NVIDIA STOCK, $1 MILLION TO $3
MILLION PURCHASED BY HER
HUSBAND, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
THERE’S AN ENORMOUS BILL GOING
THROUGH CONGRESS TO SUBSIDIZE,
GIVE FEDERAL FUNDING TO CHIP
COMPANIES TO RAMP UP US IS
PRODUCTION.
AREN’T THERE RULES AGAINST THAT
KIND OF THING?
AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE
APPEAR TO BE A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST OR APPEARANCE OF A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
>> YEAH, MARTHA, INSIDER TRADING
IS ALREADY INLEGAL AND IT’S
CONCERNING WHEN YOU SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT
THIS CHIP ACT BECAUSE OF -- IT’S
GOING TO BE OVER 150 BILLION IN
BORROWED MONEY AND A NUMBER OF
OTHER CONCERNS.
WE NEED TO BRING CHIP
MANUFACTURING BACK.
DO YOU NEED TO DO IT AT THE COST
OF ADDING $150 BILLION IN DEBT
AND THEN IF SOMEBODY IS OUT AS
AN INSIDER TRYING TO PROFIT FROM
IT, AGAIN, THAT’S ALREADY
ILLEGAL.
IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.
>> Martha: BUT SHOULDN’T THERE
BE -- WHAT ARE THE RULES THAT
APPLY TO THIS?
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVE
INSIDER TRADING.
I’M NOT ACCUSING ANYBODY OF
INSIDER TRADING.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE RULES
IN CONGRESS WOULD BE THAT IF
YOU’RE OVERSEEING LEGISLATION
WITH REGARD TO AN INDUSTRY THAT
YOUR FAMILY FINDS SHOULDN’T GO
ANYWHERE NEAR THAT DURING THAT
PERIOD.
ARE THERE ANY RULES THAT FOR BID
THAT?
>> THERE’S SOME RULES BUT AGAIN,
YOU SHOULDN’T BE DOING IT
ANYWAY.
YOU SHOULDN’T BE TRADING STOCKS
BASED ON THINGS THAT YOU’RE
PERSONALLY DEALING WITH, YOU OR
YOUR DIRECT FAMILY.
AGAIN, INSIDER TRADING IS
ALREADY ILLEGAL, PLUS THERE’S
SOME OTHER LIMITATIONS IN TRYING
TO PROFIT PERSONALLY OFF OF THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE, WHETHER
IT BE A MEMBER OF CONGRESS OR
ANYBODY IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
>> Martha: SO NANCY PELOSI ALSO
WANTS TO GO TO TAIWAN.
THERE’S BEEN A VERY STRONG
STATEMENT FROM THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD
PERCEIVE THAT AS AGAINST THE ONE
CHINA POLICY.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT,
CONGRESSMAN?
>> LOOK, TAIWAN IS AN ALLY AND
YOU’VE SEEN PRESIDENT XI, YOU’VE
SEEN CHINA MAKING A DEGREESSIVE
MOVES THAT THEY WOULD TRY TO
MOVE IN AND INVADE TAIWAN.
I THINK THEY’RE WATCHING WHAT
HAPPENED IN UKRAINE WHEN RUSSIA
STARTED MOVING.
WE ALSO SAW DURING THE OLYMPICS
WHEN PUTIN MET WITH XI?
CHINA.
SEEMED LIKE FROM WHAT EVERYBODY
WAS SAYING, THEY TALKED ABOUT
THE TIMING WHEN RUSSIA WOULD
INVADE UKRAINE THINKING IT WOULD
GO QUICKLY AND XI INVADE TAIWAN
AFTER THAT WE NEED TO HELP TIE
JUAN WITH SURFACE TO AIR, WITH
ABILITY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES
LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE BEFORE
THE RUSSIAN INVASION FROM
UKRAINE.
LET’S LEARN FROM THAT MISTAKE.
>> Martha: SO YOU THINK THE TRIP
IS OKAY?
YOU WOULD SUPPORT THAT TRIP?
>> SHE OUGHT TO GO.
WE ALL OUGHT TO EXPRESS OUR
SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN AND OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND PUSH
BACK ON ANY COUNTRY TO TRY TO
INVADE TAIWAN.
>> Martha: THANKS VERY MUCH.