COMING
COMING IN
COMING IN EVERY MINUTE. >>> IT SEEMS ALL ANYONE IS
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW
POLITICALLY IS IRAN AND
IMPEACHMENT. IS WERE ON THE
HORIZON AND WHEN IS THE HOUSE
GOING TO SEND OVER ITS
IMPEACHMENT CASE TO THE SENATE?
IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING IS
CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR, HE IS A
REPUBLICAN AND A VETERAN AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. ALSO IS BUD KENNEDY AND
CONGRESSMAN IT IS GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU GUYS.
>> LET'S START WITH IRAN, THE
PRESIDENT CAMPAIGNED ON GETTING
TROOPS OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST
AND NOW HE IS SENDING THOUSANDS
MORE OVER THERE. YOU ARE A
MARINE THAT SERVED IN IRAQ, DO
YOU SUPPORT THIS MOVE?
>> ACTUALLY IT WAS 17 YEARS AGO
THIS MONTH MY RESERVE UNIT WAS
ACTIVATED TO GO TO IRAQ.
UNFORTUNATELY IRAN HAS
CONTINUED TO RATCHET UP THEIR
EFFORTS TO TAKE OVER OTHER
COUNTRIES.
COUNTRIES. THEY HAVE OPENED UP FRONTS IN
IRAQ AND SYRIA AND THEY WERE
ALREADY IN LEBANON AND THE WEST
BANK.
BANK.
BANK. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO CONDUCT
TERROR OPERATIONS.
TERROR OPERATIONS. THEY WERE RATCHETING UP TERROR
OPERATIONS LAST YEAR ATTACKING
TANKERS IN PORT AND AT THE.
IN ADDITION TO ATTACKING SAUDI
OIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ATTACKING AMERICAN DRONES.
>> --
>> --
>> -- >>
>> -- >> IRAN FINALLY CROSSED THE
LINE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN
THEY ATTACKED AN AMERICAN
CONTRACTOR WOUNDING AMERICAN
SERVICE MEMBERS AND USING
IRANIAN PROXY FORCES IN IRAQ TO
ATTACK THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN
BAGHDAD. THE PRESIDENT
RESPONDED AND WE WANT,
AMERICANS WANT IRAN TO STOP THIS
, WE WANT THEM TO STOP BACKING
TERROR AND TRYING TO TAKE OVER
OTHER COUNTRIES.
OTHER COUNTRIES. >> THIS IS A LITTLE DICEY IS
ALL OF THIS IS PLAYING OUT IN A
THIRD SOVEREIGN COUNTRY BETWEEN
US AND IRAN.
WHAT HAPPENS IF IRAQ DOES EXPEL
U.S. MILITARY BECAUSE OF THE
ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL QASSAM
SOLEIMANI?
SOLEIMANI? WILL THAT PUT US AT A
DISADVANTAGE WITH IRAN AND
WHILE STILL FIGHTING ISIS?
>> LET'S BE CLEAR.
THE UNITED STATES IS A FORCE
FOR GOOD IN IRAQ.
WE ARE TRYING TO STABILIZE THE
COUNTRY AND ACT AS A
COUNTERBALANCE TO IRAN.
AS YOU KNOW I LED THE FIRST
PLATOON INTO IRAQ ON D-DAY FOR
MY BRIGADE. MY BRIGADE JUST A
FEW WEEKS AFTER ENTERING IRAQ
WAS CONFRONTED WITH IRANIAN
SPIES AND OPERATIVES TRYING TO
CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ WITH
BAGHDAD STILL HAVING OPERATIONS
SO IRAN HAS BEEN THERE A LONG
TIME AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THE UNITED STATES
TO BE A COUNTERBALANCE TO IRAN,
NOT JUST IN IRAQ BUT IN YEMEN
AND SAUDI ARABIA AND SYRIA.
>> IF WE ARE KICKED OUT OF IRAQ
AND OUR TROOPS ARE TOLD TO GO
HOME HOW DO WE DO THAT?
>> I THINK IT IS HIGHLY
UNLIKELY THAT DOES HAPPEN.
I THINK MOST OF THE IRAQ EAST
SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE UNITED
STATES IS AN IMPORTANT
COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE IRANIANS.
THE IRANIANS ARE PUSHING AND
BACKING LITERARY FORCES IN THE
COUNTRY WHICH IS DESTABILIZING
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE THE ONES CONDUCTING
THE ROCKET ATTACKS. I THINK THE
IRAQ EAST SEE THAT AND THEY
HAVE INDICATED TO US THEY
ULTIMATELY WANT TO SEE US STAY
AND I THINK THAT IS IN THEIR
BEST INTEREST.
BEST INTEREST. I THINK MOST OF THE IRAQ EAST
UNDERSTAND THAT.
UNDERSTAND THAT. >> IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE
DEBATING BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES AND ONE OF THE
ISSUES HAS COME UP OF WHETHER
THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD SUPPORT
SOMEONE LIKE JOE BIDEN WHO
SUPPORTED THE IRAQ WAR. HOW DO
YOU VIEW THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER SOMEONE SHOULD OR
SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR THE IRAQ WAR
AND WHAT THE OTHER PARTIES ARE
DEBATING?
DEBATING?
DEBATING? >> I AM NOT A DEMOCRAT AND I
WILL NOT TRY TO PICK THEIR
NOMINEE IS GOING TO BE IT IS IN
THE UNITED STATES INTEREST THAT
IRAN STOP BACKING TERRORISM AND
STOP TRYING TO GET
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES TO PROJECT THEIR
NUCLEAR POWER.
NUCLEAR POWER. >> IS THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION
TOO HARD LINED AT THIS TIME?
WOULD YOUR ACTION HAVE BEEN IN
ANY WAY --?
>> THERE ARE CERTAINLY QUITE A
FEW DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
PRESIDENT DIDN'T TAKE ACTION
SOONER.
SOONER.
SOONER. THE PRESIDENT IS MORE OF AN
ISOLATIONIST END OF THE
SPECTRUM AS POLITICAL LEADERS
AND REPUBLICANS GO.
I THINK HE HELD BACK AND HE
HELD BACK UNTIL HE COULDN'T
HOLD BACK ANYMORE AND I THINK
HE TOOK AN IMPORTANT STRIKE.
HE HIT THE BIGGEST TERRORIST IN
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. HE WAS THIS GUY FOR 20 YEARS
HAS LED A LARGE TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION. HE HAS KILLED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AMERICANS
INCLUDED ACROSS THE REGION. HE
WAS CONTINUING TO RATCHET UP
HIS OPERATIONS. I SAT IN THE
CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS THIS WEEK
AND WALKED AWAY WITH NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND THE PRESIDENT MADE
THE RIGHT DECISION TO GO AFTER
THE LARGEST TERRORIST IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. >>
WORLD. >> I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS AND
ASK YOU ABOUT THE U.S. EMBASSY
AND THE NEW TRADE DEAL BETWEEN
CANADA, THE U.S. AND MEXICO.
A LOT OF IT IS NAFTA BUT IT IS
KIND OF UPDATED.
THIS COULD HAVE SOME BIG
IMPACTS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU REPRESENT TOYOTA AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO THIS
FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
>> YES REALLY PROUD OF EVERY
TEXAS MEMBER OF CONGRESS. WE
ALL VISITED FOR AND I HAD MY
DOUBTS BUT IT WAS EXCITING TO
SEE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GOT
BEHIND THAT AND THOUGHT IT WAS
A GOOD IDEA.
TEXAS IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE
BIGGEST BENEFICIARY OF HAVING A
NORTH AMERICAN FREE-TRADE ZONE,
$120 BILLION OF EXPORTS FROM
TEXAS SO IT IS A REALLY BIG
DEAL FOR US.
NORTH TEXAS HAS TREMENDOUS
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND EXPORTS
AND WE FINALLY HAVE IP
PROTECTIONS IN THAT TRADE
AGREEMENT. IT IS THE GOLD
STANDARD AGREEMENT WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOR
PROTECTIONS.
PROTECTIONS. I THINK YOU WILL SEE AS A
DIRECT RESULT OF THAT AGREEMENT
TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
NEW INVESTMENTS INTO THE UNITED
STATES TO MAKE SURE MORE THINGS
ARE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND IT WILL HELP US EXPLORE
MORE THINGS ABROAD.
IT IS A WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND
AND IT WILL BRING NEW JOBS AND
BETTER PAY.
BETTER PAY. >> CONGRESSMAN WE APPRECIATE
THE