>> Harris: SHE SEEMS SO NICE
EVEN IF HER FACTS ARE WRONG.
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN
MCCARTHY REPUBLICAN OF
CALIFORNIA IN "FOCUS" NOW.
I HADN’T SEEN THAT CLIP.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE PEOPLE IN
THIS ADMINISTRATION NOT ONLY
DON’T WANT TO DO THEIR JOBS BUT
CONGRESSMAN, DON’T THEY KNOW
WHAT THEIR JOBS ARE?
>> THEY DO NOT.
ANYBODY WITH ECONOMY 101
UNDERSTANDS SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
IF YOU HAVE GREATER SUPPLY OF
SOMETHING THE PRICE WILL GO
DOWN.
WHAT WE WATCHED FROM THE FIRST
DAY OF THIS PRESIDENCY WAS TO
GO AFTER THE SUPPLY OF
AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY.
STOPPING THE XL PIPELINE,
STOPPING LEASES.
IN THE LAST MONTH HE STOPPED
LEASES IN ALASKA AND THE GULF
OF MEXICO.
NO, THE PRICE OF GASOLINE IS
NOT GOING TO GO DOWN, IT WILL
GO UP.
WHAT EFFECTS DOES THAT CAUSE?
IT CREATES INFLATION FOR THE
GOODS BEING TRANSFERRED AND OIL
GOES INTO MORE THAN JUST YOUR
TANK OF GAS.
IT GOES INTO THE BUTTONS IN
YOUR SHIRT, THE MAKING OF YOUR
PHONE.
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO HE AND WHAT DID HE JUST
ANNOUNCE IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO?
HE WAS HAPPY THAT THE PRICE OF
GASOLINE WAS UP BECAUSE HE
THINKS PEOPLE CAN GO BUY
ELECTRIC CARS.
WE LOOK AT MOODY’S ANALYTICS.
IT IS NOW COSTING FAMILIES $311
MORE DOLLARS PER MONTH.
THAT’S COSTING PEOPLE A NEW CAR
PAYMENT WITHOUT GETTING THE CAR.
AND WHAT ELSE DID HE DO?
REMEMBER IT WASN’T JUST
REPUBLICANS WHO WARNED HIM
ABOUT THAT $2 TRILLION WASTEFUL
DOLLARS THAT PASSED BY
DEMOCRATS ONLY, IT WAS LARRY
SUMMERS, OBAMA’S TREASURY
SECRETARY, STEVE RATNER.
NOW YOU HAVE TREASURY SECRETARY
YELLEN APOLOGIZING SAYING SHE
WAS WRONG.
BUT WHAT DID THAT DO?
IT PAID PEOPLE TO STAY HOME,
WHICH HURT THE SUPPLY CHAIN,
MADE BUSINESSES HAVE TO PAY
MORE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO
WORK, AND THEN WHAT ELSE DID
THEY DO IN THE ADMINISTRATION?
PASSED THE MOST REGULATIONS IN
THE SHORTEST TIME PERIOD WHERE
BUSINESSES CAME OUT OF A
PANDEMIC AND HAVING INFLATION
AGAIN INCREASED INFLATION BY
MORE THAN 11%.
THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF THIS.
THEY HAVE CREATED THIS.
NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO SPIN IT
AS SOMEBODY’S ELSE’S PROBLEM
BUT NO IDEA OR PLAN HOW TO GET
OUT OF IT.
>> Harris: SECRETARY YELLEN HAS
A LOT TO APOLOGIZE FOR AFTER
THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW BLACK
WOMEN CAN’T GET ABORTIONS WE
HURT THE ECONOMY.
I DON’T CARE ABOUT HER, THOUGH
OR WHAT SHE SAYS.
SHE IS ANOTHER ONE WHO SEEMS
NOT TO KNOW WHAT HER
RESPONSIBILITY IS.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL
TAP NOW THE RESERVES FOR
DIESEL, YOU KNOW, DIESEL, ALL
THOSE TRUCKS THAT BRING US ALL
THE THINGS YOU LISTED THAT WE
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT LIKE FOOD,
WHAT DOES THAT DO?
>> IT WEAKENS AMERICA.
THINK ABOUT IT.
THIS IS THE RESERVES IN CASE WE
GOT IN TROUBLE.
WE CAN CREATE MORE DIESEL.
WE CAN CREATE MORE NATURAL GAS.
IT HARMS THE WORLD BY NOT BEING
SAFE.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE ACTION
HE TOOK?
HE EMBOLDENED PUTIN.
PUTIN GOT MORE MONEY TO PUT
INTO HIS OWN WAR.
IT DESTABILIZED EUROPE TO HAVE
TO RELY ON PUTIN INSTEAD OF
AMERICA.
IF AMERICA HAD MORE JOBS,
AMERICA ENERGY INKEY PENDANT
AMERICA SUPPLYING OUR ALLIES
WITH NATURAL GAS AND AMERICAN
NATURAL GAS IS 41% CLEANER THAN
RUSSIAN NATURAL GAS.
THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE SAFER
IF AMERICA WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE
IT.
THEN WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE
MIDDLE EAST WHILE WE STARTED
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH
THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS?
HE WENT BACK TO IRAN, UPSETTING
SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHERS.
HE HAS DONE EVERY DECISION
WRONG IN THE PROCESS OF GOING
AND TO USE OUR RESERVES NOW FOR
IN THE FUTURE WHY DOESN’T HE
CREATE MORE SUPPLY TO MAKE THE
PRICE GO DOWN?
THAT WOULD BE THE ANSWER.
>> Harris: AND WE DID GET
ANSWERS FROM YOU SO THAT WE
KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANSWERS OUT
THERE.
I’M WONDERING IF THE PRESIDENT
IS WILLING TO LISTEN TO YOU.
QUICKLY THE PRESIDENT IS SET TO
MEET VIRTUALLY WITH INFANT
FORMULA MANUFACTURERERS TODAY
AS THAT CRISIS IS CONTINUING TO
GO ON.
A FORBES ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS THE
CHALLENGES FOR SMALLER
COMPANIES TO MAKE BABY FORMULA
POINTING TO ONE COMPANY THAT
TOOK FIVE YEARS TO GET THEIR
STARTUP OFF THE GROUND.
QUOTE, THE HIGH BARRIERS TO
ENTRY ILLUSTRATE WHY THERE ARE
SO FEW NEW BABY FORMULA MAKERS
AND WHY THE UNITED STATES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE VULNERABLE TO
SHORTAGES.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KILL
SEVERAL BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
WITH GOOD LEADERSHIP HERE?
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?
>> FIRST THING HE SHOULD HAVE
TAKEN LEADERSHIP A YEAR AGO
WHEN WE WARNED HIM ABOUT THIS.
THEY HAVE DONE THIS ACTION WITH
EVERY SIMPLE PROBLEM WE SEE
GOING FORWARD.
INSTEAD OF TACKLING THE PROBLEM
THEY PUSH IT OFF UNTIL IT
BECOMES TOO GREAT AND BLAME
SOMEBODY ELSE.
IF THEY WOULD LOWER REGULATION.
MEET THEIR FDA.
WHY AREN’T THEY SITTING IN THE
PLANT MONTHS AGO?
WHAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED
TODAY TO MAKE THIS SAFE TO BE
ABLE TO PRODUCE IT?
WHY WOULDN’T THEY WORK OVER THE
WEEKEND?
WHY WOULDN’T THEY GET THIS DONE?
>> Harris: I TOOK NOTES ON THAT.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
ACTIONABLE.
HAVE A MEETING WITH THE FDA.
HE MET ALREADY WITH THE
MANUFACTURERERS.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
IT WAS A PHONE CALL WE GOT A
FEW NOTES ON.
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
ACTIONABLE ACTIONS.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO MEET
WITH THE FDA.
I STILL HAVE DWES WHAT TO DO
NEXT.
HILLARY CLINTON’S CAMPAIGN
ATTORNEY IS WALKING AWAY FREE
TODAY BUT HIS TRIAL DROPPED
SOME CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT CLINTON AND HER OPERATIVES
WERE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES TO
DAMAGE THEN CANDIDATE DONALD
TRUMP.
REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL ARE
FUMING AFTER THE NOT GUILTY
VERDICT CAME DOWN FOR MICHAEL
SUSSMAN.
THAT ATTORNEY WHO WAS CHARGED
WITH LYING TO THE F.B.I.
PROSECUTORS FROM SPECIAL
COUNSEL JOHN DURHAM’S OFFICE
CONTEND THAT SUSSMAN
MISREPRESENTED HIMSELF DURING A
MEETING WITH THE F.B.I.’S
COUNSEL IN 2016 IN HOPES OF
ORCHESTRATING PERHAPS A LITTLE
OCTOBER SURPRISE AGAINST
PRESIDENT RIVAL DONALD TRUMP.
HOUSE JUDICIARY REPUBLICANS
TWEETED THIS.
THE SWAMP ALWAYS PROTECTS ITS
OWN.
SENATOR RON JOHNSON, FURTHER
PROOF THERE ARE SEPARATE
SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE IN AMERICA.
AND THIS FROM SENATOR MARSHA
BLACKBURN.
TODAY’S VERDICT WHILE DEEPLY
DISAPPOINTING IS NOT THE END.
MINUTES BEFORE THE VERDICT WAS
HANDED DOWN, REPUBLICAN JIM
JORDAN JOINED THE "FOCUS."
WATCH.
>> THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE WAS
WHAT WE LEARNED A FEW DAYS BACK
WHEN WE LEARNED THAT SECRETARY
CLINTON TOLD SUSSMAN TO TAKE
INFORMATION -- FALSE
INFORMATION TO THE PRESS THAT
WAS ALSO THEN TAKEN TO THE
F.B.I. I THINK THAT IS HUGE AND SO
I THINK THAT IS HUGE AND SO
MUCH SO THAT THE FORMER
ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLED IT
SEDITIOUS.
>> Harris: YOUR REACTION TO
THAT?
>> DESPITE WHAT THE VERDICT IS.
THE ONE THING WE LEARNED THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN COORDINATED,
PUSHED THIS FALSE NARRATIVE OUT
THERE.
IT GOES FURTHER THAN JUST
HILLARY CLINTON.
THINK ABOUT IT.
IT GOES TO JAKE SULLIVAN THAT
IS NOW IN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AT THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR.
WHY ISN’T HE BEING REMOVED FROM
THAT POSITION NOW THAT WE HAVE
ALL THIS INFORMATION?
>> Harris: THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL MOVE ON.
THE HOUSE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE
WILL BEGIN ITS SERIES OF SIX
HEARINGS NEXT WEEK.
CONGRESSMAN MCCARTHY, YOURSELF,
CONGRESSMAN JORDAN AND THREE OF
YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE SO FAR
REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH
SUBPOENAS TO TESTIFY.
AN ARGUMENT THERE IS RISK BEING
HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS IF
YOU DON’T DO SO.
THE MINORITY LEADER, YOURSELF
AND MR. JORDAN ACCUSING
DEMOCRATS OF WEAPONIZING THE
GOVERNMENT TO ATTACK
REPUBLICANS BY CHERRY PICKING
INFORMATION AND SELECTIVELY
LEAKING IT TO THE PRESS AS THE
COMMITTEE WORKS BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS.
AND YOUR TAKE.
>> LOOK, MY POSITION HAS NOT
CHANGED ON THIS COMMITTEE.
IT IS NOT VALID BECAUSE
REPUBLICANS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
APPOINT ANYBODY.
IT IS PURELY PELOSI APPOINTED.
THEY SAID PELOSI WAS OFF LIMITS
TO KNOW WHAT SHE DID ABOUT THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
WE’RE SITTING WITH THE HIGHEST
INFLATION, GAS PRICES RISING
MORE THAN 50 CENTS, PEOPLE
STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT,
BABY FORMULA NOT BEING MADE,
ABORDER THAT IS UNSECURE.
FENTANYL THE NUMBER ONE KILLER
OF AMERICANS BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 18 AND 45.
CRIME IS IN OUR STREETS AND
THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
PLANNED TO GO AFTER THEIR
POLITICAL ADVERSARIES?
THIS IS WHAT’S WRONG WITH
DEMOCRAT-CONTROL ONE PARTY RULE
IN WASHINGTON
>> Harris: I WANT TO QUICKLY
ASK YOU ABOUT THE
PELOSI-APPOINTED COMMITTEE AS
YOU PUT IT.
WAS THERE EVER AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AS
WE WENT ON?
EVEN THE PUBLIC, WHEN YOU POLL
THEM, PEOPLE WANTED THIS TO
LOOK MORE LIKE A 9/11-TYPE
SITUATION WHERE EVERYBODY HAD A
VOICE IN THERE.
IS THERE ROOM FOR THAT NOW?
MY MOM USED TO SAY NEVER TOO
LATE TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR
THE COUNTRY TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED.
EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT, I WOULD
THINK.
IS IT TOO LATE?
>> YOU WOULD THINK SO.
PELOSI PLAYED POLITICS FOR
SEVEN MONTHS.
REMEMBER, REPUBLICANS AND
MYSELF CAME OUT RIGHT AFTER
JANUARY ASKING FOR THAT TYPE OF
SITUATION.
SHE SAID NO.
REMEMBER WHAT ADAM SCHIFF JUST
DID?
HE PUT AN EMAIL OUT BEFORE I
EVEN RECEIVED MY SUBPOENA
FUNDRAISING OFF THE IDEA THAT
THEY WOULD SUBPOENA REPUBLICANS.
THIS IS PURELY POLITICAL.
WHY WOULD NANCY PELOSI NEVER IN
THE HISTORY OF CONGRESS NOT
ALLOW THE MINORITY TO APPOINT
THEIR OWN PEOPLE?
IT IS DEVISED.
WHY WOULD THEY PICK IT AND RIDE
OUT THE DEADLINE.
THE SENATE HAD A BIPARTISAN
COMMITTEE ON BOTH SIDES LOOK AT
IT AND PUT OUT A REPORT.
WHY WAS THE CAPITOL SO
UNPREPARED THAT DAY?
WHY WERE THE POLICE OFFICERS
NOT TRAINED AS WELL?
WHY WAS THE RIOT GEAR LOCKED IN
A BUS DOWN THE STREET?
WHY WASN’T THE WARNING GIVEN TO
MEMBERS THEMSELVES?
ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT HAS CHANGED TO MAKE SURE
THAT CAPITOL WOULD BE MORE
PREPARED SO NOTHING LIKE THIS
COULD EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> Harris: ALL GREAT QUESTIONS.