AND THAT’S MY RIFF.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, GREAT PLEASURE
WE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW
MR. KEVIN McCARTHY, WHO
HAPPENS TO BE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
HE IS ALSO THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN
LEADER AND HE IS, IN MY JUDGMENT
AT LEAST THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE.
KEVIN, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
>> THANK YOU, LARRY, GREAT TO BE
BACK.
LARRY: ALL RIGHT, GOOD, MAYBE
SOMEBODY CAN TURN KEVIN’S SOUND
UP FOR ME OR MY SOUND SO I CAN
HEAR.
KEVIN TO REVIEW THE BIDDING,
YOU’RE AT 218 I THINK?
HOW FAR IS THIS GOING TO GO?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FINAL
NUMBER WILL LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?
>> I THINK WE END UP AT 222.
GOT CALLED LAST NIGHT AT 218.
THINK ABOUT THIS, THE 218th
DISTRICT WAS MIKE GARCIA.
MIKE GARCIA’S DISTRICT IS IN
L.A. COUNTY.
MIKE GARCIA’S DISTRICT BIDEN WON
BY 13 POINTS.
MIKE GARCIA IS A NAVAL ACADEMY
GRAD.
HE FLU F-18s.
THIS SHOWS HOW FAR THE DEPTH
WENT ON RACES WE HAD TO WIN.
WE WON A SEAT IN NEW YORK THAT
BIDEN WON BY 14.
WE BEAT THE DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
SHARE.
THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN 42
YEARS IN NEW YORK.
WE WON SEATS ALONG THE BORDER
WITH MONICA DE LA CRUZ.
WE WON SEATS IN OREGON.
LAST NIGHT WE WENT AHEAD IN
ANOTHER CALIFORNIA SEAT.
FOUR MORE SEATS TO CALL.
I THINK 222.
TRUE WHAT NEWT SAID, GAVELS
DON’T COME IN ONE SIZE.
THAT SIZE WOULD BE THE EXACT
SAME MAJORITY SIZE THE DEMOCRATS
HAD NOW.
THINK OF WHAT THE DAMAGE THEY
DID BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT WE
CAN STOP.
WE CAN STOP THE HORRENDOUS
AGENDA OF BIDEN, PROPEL
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BECOME
ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT
DIFFERENTLY TOO.
NOT JUST ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
WE SHOULD BE SELLING OUR NATURAL
GAS NOT JUST TO OUR ALLIES BUT
WE SHOULD MAKE CHINA DEPENDENT
UPON US.
OUR ECONOMY IS STRONGER AND THE
WORLD BECOMES SAFER.
LARRY: YOU KNOW, KEVIN, JUST TO
GO BACK TO THAT POINT THERE IS
ONLY ONE GAVEL, MAYBE THIS IS
JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES,
WHO IS GOING TO HAND THE GAVEL
OVER TO YOU?
NANCY PELOSI HAS RETIRED FROM
THE LEADERSHIP.
STENY HOYER HAS RETIRED FROM
LEADERSHIP.
THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY
TO HAND THE GAVEL OVER TO YOU.
THAT IS THE ULTIMATE CHANGE IN
POWER.
THE SYMBOLISM IS HUGE.
THEY WILL PUT SOMEBODY UP THERE
TO DO IT?
>> IT HAS TO BE THE MINORITY
LEADER I THINK WILL BE HAKEEM
JEFFRIES.
BUT IT IS INTERESTING, I HAD A
FRIEND TEXT ME.
I SAW NANCY PELOSI’S FINALLY
BEEN FIRED BUT I THINK SHE IS
LEAVING STILL STAYING IN
CONGRESS.
SHE JUST DOESN’T WANT TO HAND ME
THE GAVEL.
PROBABLY THAT IS THE REASON.
LARRY: NO, THAT IS TERRIBLE
THING.
I GET THAT.
I REMEMBER YEARS AGO IF I’M NOT
MISTAKEN DICK GEPHARDT HANDED
THE GAVEL OVER TO NEWT GINGRICH.
>> THAT’S TRUE.
LARRY: THAT IS ANOTHER
DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT
HISTORY.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING -- YOU
PROBABLY HEARD ME SUGGEST TO
REOPEN THE OIL AND GAS SPIGOTS.
PETROLEUM PERMEATES EVERY PART
OF AMERICAN LIFE.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE
EARLIEST MOVES IN THE NEW OF
CONGRESS?
>> ON THE VERY FIRST DAY WE’LL
FIRST REPEAL 87,000 NEW IRS
AGENTS.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE HERE TO
HELP YOU, NOT GO AFTER YOU.
ONE OF OUR FIRST BILLS WILL BE
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
ANY STUDY YOU LOOK AT WE NEED
MORE OF EVERYTHING.
WE NEED ALL OF THE ABOVE.
DO WE NEED WIND, SOLAR?
YES.
YOU NEED MORE HYDROAND NUCLEAR.
WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE OIL AND
NATURAL GAS AS WELL AS WE
FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR GRID IS
STRONG.
GOD HAS BLESSED OUR NATION.
WE SHOULD BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
WE SHOULD BE SUPPLYING NATURAL
GAS NOT JUST TO ALLIES IN EUROPE
BUT TO CHINA AND OTHERS MAKE
THEM DEPENDENT UPON US BECAUSE
ONE THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
ENVIRONMENT, OUR NATURAL GAS IS
41% CLEAN ARE THAN RUSSIAN
NATURAL GAS.
LARRY: UH-HUH.
ALWAYS.
I MEAN THAT WAS, LOOK WE CUT
CARBON EMISSIONS MORE THAN ANY
OTHER LARGE DEVELOPED ECONOMIES.
>> NATIONS COMBINED.
LARRY: I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS.
I NEVER -- TRUMP SAID THE OTHER
NIGHT IN HIS SPEECH LET’S END
GREEN NEW DEAL SOCIALISM.
THAT SEEMS TO ME ALL THAT
CENTRAL PLANNING TRYING TO JAM
IT DOWN EVERYBODY’S THROATS.
KEVIN AS YOU KNOW WELL, THOSE
OIL SPIGOTS, THOSE NATURAL GAS
SPIGOTS THAT WOULD INCLUDE COAL
WHICH IS GETTING CLEANER BY THE
DAY.
>> YES.
LARRY: THAT AFFECTING EVERY PART
OF AMERICAN LIFE.
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO FROM
HOSPITAL ROOMS TO GLASSES, TO
SPORTS TO MRIs, TO FERTILIZERS
AND FOOD PRICES.
IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING.
I GUESS THAT IS WHY I’M KIND OF
PUSHING THIS THING FORWARD.
I GET THE IRS AGENTS.
I THINK THAT IS A TERRIFIC IDEA
BUT I’M JUST HOPING THAT YOU
WILL GO FOR THE RETURN OF OIL
AND GAS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE?
>> WELL YOU WILL LIKE THAT
BECAUSE IT WILL BE ONE OF OUR
VERY FIRST BILLS.
WE’LL WORK THAT IN COMMITTEE.
WE’VE BEEN WORKING IT ALREADY
BUT WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT,
NOT JUST DOES IT MAKE US
ECONOMICALLY STRONGER BUT THE
JOBS IT CREATES BUT ALSO THE
FUTURE OF AMERICA IS BRIGHTER
AND THE WORLD BECOMES SAFER.
YOU’RE RIGHT TO PUSH THIS.
WE PUSHED IT IN OUR COMMITMENT.
WE’LL NOW ACTUALLY PASS IT.
BUT WE NEED AMERICA TO JOIN WITH
US SO WE CAN MOVE IT THROUGH THE
SENATE AS WELL.
THINK ABOUT IT, AS THE DAYS GET
COLDER, THE PRICE OF WINTER
HEATING HAS ALMOST MORE THAN
DOUBLED.
WHY?
ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS LIE WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICIES THAT
HAVE SHUT DOWN THE ABILITY OF
AMERICA TO BE ENERGY
INDEPENDENT.
WE HAVE MORE LEASES.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRILL
MORE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE MORE
SECURE.
WE JUST HAVE TO UNLEASH WHAT’S
HOLDING US BACK.
BY WINNING THIS HOUSE ON
NOVEMBER 8th, WE’RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DO THAT STARTING
JANUARY 3rd.
LARRY: AND KEVIN McCARTHY,
JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT ARTHUR
LAFFER SAID A FEW NIGHTS AGO, I
KNOW HE IS A GOOD FRIEND OF
YOURS, HE IS A DEER FRIEND OF
MINE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, PARTICULARLY
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE
HOUSE UNYOUR LEADERSHIP, IN
GENERAL TO REDEFINE EVERYBODY
OUT THERE, OLD, YOUNG,
DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,
INDEPENDENTS, YOU NAME IT,
MINORITY GROUPS, EVERYBODY THAT
THE GOP CAN ONCE MORE BECOME THE
STEWARD OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY,
THE STEWARD OF ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY.
AN I’M ADDING TO THAT, KEVIN,
I’M TAKING SOME LIBERTIES HERE,
YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE CRIME.
CRIME IS A PROSPERITY KILLER.
CHAOS AT THE BORDER IS A
PROSPERITY KILLER.
AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT TRIES
TO KEEP PARENTS OUT AND LETS
THEM RUN BY THE TEACHERS UNION
BUREAUCRACY, THAT IS A
PROSPERITY KILLER.
DO YOU SEE WHERE I’M GOING WITH
THIS?
PUT IN THE SENSE OF ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY STEWARDSHIP.
I THINK THE OPPORTUNE HERE IS
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
>> I DO TOO.
YOU SOUND LIKE YOU’RE READING
THE COMMITMENT TO AMERICA,
SECURING THE BORDER, STOP
KILLING THE NEXT GENERATION.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO
FENTANYL IS KILLING, IT IS
KILLING THOSE AMERICANS BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 18 AND 45.
THAT IS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE
YEARS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
ECONOMICS.
IT IS ALSO THE YEARS WHEN PEOPLE
ARE SERVING AND DEFENDING OUR
FREEDOMS.
SO YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO POISON AMERICANS.
THINK ABOUT THE CRIME.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO FEEL SAFE IN
THEIR STREETS.
PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL SAFE GOING
TO THEIR SCHOOLS.
WHY DO WE HAVE A CRIME PROBLEM?
THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE.
THE WOKISM WHEN IT COMES TO
PROSECUTORS.
WE’VE GOT TO CHANGE THAT
DIRECTION.
AND VERY GOOD POINT THAT YOU
MADE ABOUT EDUCATION.
PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A
SAY IN THEIR KIDS EDUCATION.
WHY WE’RE HAVING A PARENTS BILL
OF RIGHTS.
ALSO THEY SHOULD HAVE THE
FREEDOM FOR THESE CHILDREN TO
GET OUT OF A FAILED SCHOOL
SYSTEM AND GET TO A BETTER ONE.
IT IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER OF OUR
NATION AND WE’RE GOING TO MAKE
SURE WE DO THAT AS WELL.
LARRY: I MEAN IN MANY WAYS, I
KNOW YOU AGREE WITH THIS, IN
MANY WAYS LIKE ALL LEGISLATIVE
ROME CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO
PARTS.
THERE’S EITHER PROSPERITY
KILLERS OR PROSPERITY CREATORS.
EVERY BILL, EVERY HEARING.
THAT INCLUDES DEFENSE AND
NATIONAL SECURITY TOO IT SEEMS
TO ME.
BUT EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO,
YOU’RE EITHER GOING TO GENERATE
PROSPERITY OR YOU WILL KILL
PROSPERITY AND I JUST HAVE A
SENSE THAT THE COUNTRY IS
HUNGERING NOT ONLY FOR A CLEAR
AGENDA BUT FOR SOME CONFIDENCE
ON THAT POINT, BECAUSE IF
ANYTHING, MR. BIDEN HAS LOST THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE COUNTRY.
>> YOU LOOK AT EVERY POLL.
75% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE WE’RE
ON THE WRONG TRACK.
ECONOMICALLY THEY HAVE WATCHED
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, I MEAN,
WHEN YOU SERVED IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WE WATCHED WHAT
PROSPERITY COULD DO TO THE
NATION.
IT DIDN’T JUST FOCUS ON ONE PART
OF THE COUNTRY.
IT LIFTED EVERYBODY UP FOR
HIGHER INCOME.
NOW YOU WANT A PAYCHECK THAT
GOES SOMEWHERE.
BUT INFLATION IS TAKING ONE
MONTH OF YOUR PAY OUT OF AN
ENTIRE YEAR.
CRIME IN THE STREETS BECAUSE
THEY DEFUNDED THE POLICE.
A BORDER THAT IS WIDE OPEN.
NOW 300 PEOPLE, AMERICANS WILL
BE POISONED AND DIED TODAY.
YOU QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS AROUND
THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY DON’T
KNOW IF AMERICA WILL BE THE
LEADER OF EVERY REALM OF
POSSIBILITY.
WE CAN CHANGE ALL OF THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE VOICE OF
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTED.
THEY WANT AD CHECK AND BALANCE
ON THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THEY PROVIDED HOUSE TO HAVE
REPUBLICAN PATROL.
WE GOT TO 218.
THAT MEANS NANCY PELOSI HAS
BECOME FIRED IN THIS PROCESS.
IT MEANS YOU HAVE A VOICE ON
ADMINISTRATION AN CHECK AND
BALANCE TO CHANGE AND BRING
PROSPERITY BACK TO ALL
AMERICANS.
LARRY: LAST ONE, SO, THE
LEADERSHIP VOTE YOU WON 188 TO
31.
ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE YOU
NEED 218.
CAN YOU FILL IT IN MOVE ON TO
BECOMING SPEAKER?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
NANCY PELOSI HAD LOST MORE THAN
THAT WHEN NOBODY RAN AGAINST HER
LAST TIME AND PAUL RYAN LOST 43.
JANUARY 3rd IS A CRITICAL
DAY.
WE HAVE A SMALL MAJORITY.
FOR ALL REPUBLICANS WE’RE EITHER
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER
AS A TEAM OR FAIL AND LOSE AS
INDIVIDUALS.
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT OF A TIME
IN THIS NATION.
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS WATCHING
US.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER, LISTEN
TO ALL VOICES AND FOCUS ON THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE.
THAT IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO.
COME JANUARY 3rd WE’LL MAKE
SURE WE HAVE THE VOTES TO MOVE
FORWARD AND MAKE AMERICA MORE
PROSPER IN THE FUTURE.
LARRY: YEAH.
I DON’T KNOW, SOME BRILLIANT
HISTORIAN OR PHILOSOPHER ONCE
SAID, MAYBE IT WAS YOU, KEVIN
McCARTHY, WE’LL EITHER HANG
TOGETHER OR WE’LL HANG
SEPARATELY.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
LARRY: MAYBE YOU SAID THAT I
DON’T KNOW.
I WILL HAVE TO GOOGLE IT UP SEE
HOW THAT WORKS.
CORNING MAN KEVIN McCARTHY,