ON, NOT NECESSARILY TO ALI AND I.
IN THE INTERVIEW PRESIDENT TRUMP DID WITH THE "NEW YORK TIMES,"
HE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS INFRASTRUCTURE TAX
REFORM, HE DIDN'T. HE CHOSE TO DIG INTO ATTACKING
JEFF SESSIONS AND WHEN HE DISCUSSED HEALTH CARE HE WAS
WRONG IN DISCUSSING YOU PAY $12 A YEAR AND WHEN YOU'RE 70 YOU
SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING. THAT'S CAT GORICALLY UNTRUE.
IT'S NOT THE PRESS CORPS. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO FOCUS
ON THE AGENDA, SIR. THE PRESIDENT ISN'T.
>> LISTEN, THERE'S AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH ALL THINGS RUSSIA
AND LAST ELECTION BY PLENTY OF PEOPLE --
>> SIR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT IS NOT AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION.
DO YOU BELIEVE RUSSIA INTERFERED IN THE 2016 ELECTION?
>> I THINK RUSSIA ATTEMPTED TO INTERFERE IN SEVERAL ELECTIONS
IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES AND SEVERAL DECADES.
>> HOW IS THAT AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION?
>> WHEN 90% OF THE NEWSCAST IS FOCUSED ON THAT WHEN THERE ARE
PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON --
>> HAVE YOU WATCHED WHAT WE DO? WE TALK ABOUT TAX REFORM.
WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE. YOU'RE ISSUING REPUBLICAN
TALKING POINTS RIGHT NOW. CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION JUST
FROM A LEGISLATOR TO JOURNALISTS RIGHT NOW?
CAN WE DO THAT. >> SURE, WE CAN.
IN FAIRNESS TO YOU, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF TV IN THE AFTERNOON.
I DO WATCH "MORNING JOE" IN THE MORNING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THE PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON THE OTHER ISSUES THE
OTHER DAY. MY ADVICE WOULD BE DON'T CALL IN
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" FOR INTERVIEWS WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A
THEME WEEK ON AMERICAN MADE. THE WEEK BEFORE, COUPLE WEEKS
BEFORE, THE ENERGY THEME WAS A HAVE GOOD THEME, GOOD FOR NORTH
DAKOTA AND MUCH OF AMERICA. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO
TALK ABOUT AND I APPLAUD ALY AND STEPHANIE FOR DOING THAT ON THE
SHOW. I WISH MORE DID.
>> WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WHILE
TOUTING MADE IN AMERICA DOESN'T MAKE HIS PRODUCT NOR DOES HIS
DAUGHTER IN THE UNITED STATES AND THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR VISAS TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK FOR JOBS THAT
COULD BE FILLED BY AMERICANS, BARTENDERS AND HOSTESSES, JOBS
I'VE ACTUALLY HELD. >> SURE.
AS HAVE I BY THE WAY. I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK HE IS
THE PERFECT PERSON TO ADDRESS IN ISSUE GIVEN HIS BRIDTH OF
EXPERIENCE AND NEED FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS MAKES HIM THE
PERFECT PERSON TO HELP US WADE THROUGH THE ASPECTS OF LEGAL
IMMIGRATION, VISAS AND EVERYTHING IN NORTH DAKOTA, WE
NEED MORE H1B VISAS FOR MICROSOFT CAMPUS AND OTHER HIGH
TECH INDUSTRIES. WE NEED SOMETHING WITH HIS
BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE. >> IF HE'S THE PERFECT PERSON,
WHY SO MANY VOTED FOR HIM TO DO SO, WHY DOESN'T HE DO IT?
>> STEPHANIE, I BELIEVE HE IS DOING IT AND I THINK HE'S GOING
TO DO IT MORE WHEN WORKING WITH US AND CONGRESS TO FIND THAT
DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE ECONOMY AND
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM BASED MORE ON LOTTERY THAN IT IS BASED ON JOBS
NEEDED IN THE WORKFORCE. HE CAN BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE
ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE TO TRY TO SOLVE THE
ISSUE. BUT YOU CAN'T BRING -- YOU
CAN'T -- IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT -- AND WE
KNOW THERE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE A WORKFORCE SHORTAGE THAT
REQUIRES BRINGING IMMIGRANTS IN --
>> WE DON'T HAVE A SHORTAGE -- >> WE DON'T HAVE A SHORTAGE OF
BARTENDERS AND THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE NO PLANS NOR HAS HIS
DAUGHTER TO START MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES THOUGH HE
TALKED ABOUT MAKING OTHER COMPANIES DO IT.
>> WITH THAT IN MIND, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE, LOOKING
AT THINGS LIKE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THAT DEBALT NOW AS WE ENTER INTO A NEW FARM BILL.
WE HAVE CREATED AS MANY INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO NOT
WORK AND NOT HIRE AS WE HAVE TO BRING HIM IN TO HIRE THEM.
I THINK THERE'S A GREAT DISCONNECT AND BROAD RANGE OF --
BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED HERE THAT HELP US YOU
KNOW EMPLOY MORE AMERICANS AND CREATE MORE AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
HE BRINGS A PERSPECTIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING PERSPECTIVE AND TO
HIS CREDIT, LOTS OF DIVERSE BELIEFS IN THE WHITE HOUSE --
>> HE HAS BROUGHT MANY PEOPLE THERE FOR MEETINGS AND PHOTO
OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WHEN YOU MENTION NUTRITION ASSISTANCE,
THINK OF THE FACT THAT UNDER BETSY DeVOS, THE STANDARDS HAVE
BEEN DROPPED AND REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN DROPPED IN TERMS OF
NUTRITIONAL FOOD BEING REQUIRED IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS.
THOSE STANDARDS ARE NOW LOST. >> BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS
THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM AND WORK REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER IT'S FOR
VARIOUS WELFARE PROGRAMS SUCH AS SNAP OR FOOD STAMP OR EVEN
HEALTH CARE FOR ABLE BODIED ADULTS WHO DON'T HAVE DEPENDENT
CHILDREN. THERE'S A LOT OF THAT TALK GOING
ON THAT HE'S HELPING US LEAD. WE NEED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO WORK IN AMERICA MAKING MORE AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS A MUCH STEEPER HILL THAN SOME PEOPLE
MIGHT THINK IN TERMS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND MAKING SURE
THAT OUR CONSUMERS ALSO ENJOY LOW COST PRODUCTS AND THEY ARE
MADE IN OTHER PLACES. TO HIS CREDIT, HE IS HELPING US
FOCUS MORE ON MADE IN AMERICA. >> CONGRESSMAN, YOU CAN SAY TO
HIS CREDIT, THE REST OF US HAVE BEEN STUDYING THIS FOR 24 YEARS,
WE KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED. WE DON'T EVER COME OUT AND SAY
IT'S COMPLICATED. I'LL ASK OUR PRODUCERS TO SEND
YOU LINKS TO ALL OF THE STUFF WE HAVE DOB ON HEALTH CARE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMERICAN MADE AND MINIMUM WAGE ON ECONOMIC
GROWTH. PLEASE SO YOU DON'T GO ON
ANYBODY ELSE'S TV AND SPOUT THIS NONSENSE ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA IS
OBSESSED WITH RUSSIA. WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT IT, HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE NO ACTION STEPS FOLLOWING IT.
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MEETING AND