>> IN THE MEAN TIME WHILE WE ARE
WAITING FOR GASOLINE PRICES TO
GO DOWN, WE ARE ALLOWING
AMERICANS WHO LIVE NEAR OUR
BORDER TO FILL UP THEIR VEHICLES
WITH GASOLINE ON THE MEXICAN
SIDE AT LOWER PRICES.
MARIA: GO TO MEXICO TO GET YOUR
GAS.
THAT WAS MEXICAN PRESIDENT
OBRADOR INVITING AMERICANS TO GO
TO MEXICO TO BUY GASOLINE.
LOPEZ OBRADOR ALSO TELLING BIDEN
TO, QUOTE, REGULARIZE MIGRANTS
IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT IF
HE INCREASES WORK VISAS BIDEN COULD AVOID A LABOR SHORTAGE.
COULD AVOID A LABOR SHORTAGE.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN PFLUGER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO’S COMMENTS?
>> YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF
WHICH SIDE IS BIDEN ON HERE
BECAUSE, OF COURSE, LOPEZ
OBRADOR IS GOING TO COME OUT
STRONG AND HE’S GOING TO TRY TO
ADVOCATE FOR HIS COUNTRY BUT
WHERE IS BIDEN ADVOCATING FOR
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
AND THE MEETING SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ABOUT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE,
TRADE AGREEMENT WHICH SAYS THAT
WE CAN PRODUCE OIL AND GAS NOT
ONLY HERE BUT ALSO IN MEXICO AND HAVE A FAIR TRANSPARENT TRADE
HAVE A FAIR TRANSPARENT TRADE
DEAL BUT INSTEAD YOU HAVE MANY
DISCUSSION THAT IS THE SECURITY
OF HIS COUNTRY IS NUMBER 1
PRIORITY.
I’M SORRY, THAT’S NOT THE NUMBER
1 PRIORITY IN AMERICA, IT’S OUR
SECURITY.
IT’S FENTANYL THAT’S CROSSING
OUR BORDER, IT’S THE SAFETY OF
EVERY ACCIDENT HERE AND INSTEAD
PRESIDENT BIDEN COMPLETELY FAILS
TO STAND UP FOR THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA ON THAT POINT
AND MANY OTHERS.
MARIA: WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO FOR A
MOMENT AND WHAT HE’S ALLOWING
RIGHT NOW, A MASSIVE GROUP OF
MIGRANTS COMING FROM VENEZUELA,
CUBA, THANKING PRESIDENT BIDEN
AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER THIS
WEEK, WATCH THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, FOR
RECEIVING US AND LETTING US STAY
HERE.
MARIA: AND HE HAS, 2 MILLION
PLUS COMING ACROSS THROUGH
MEXICO INTO AMERICA ON BIDEN’S
WATCH BUT CONGRESSMAN WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW WHO IS RUNNING
MEXICO BECAUSE WHEN I WAS AT THE
BORDER I WAS TOLD THAT THE
BORDER PATROL HAS FOUND OUT THAT
THE DRUG CARTELS, THE DANGEROUS
CRIMINAL CARTELS ARE TAKING HOME
$200 MILLION A WEEK JUST IN
HUMAN SMUGGLING AND THEY’RE
PRETTY MUCH RUNNING BIG PORTIONS
OF MEXICO IF NOT ALL OF MEXICO.
SO IS THE PRESIDENT COMPLICIT
HERE, THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO?
>> WELL, IT’S A GOOD QUESTION
AND I THINK THE FACT IS THAT
ESTIMATE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE LOW
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY IT’S PROBABLY IN THE
BILLIONS THAT ARE GOING INTO
THESE CARTELS THAT ARE BEING
USED BY THE CARTELS TO GET THEIR
WAY TO HAVE THESE LANES.
I MEAN, FENTANYL IS CROSSING OUR
BORDER AT AN ALARMING RATE.
WE JUST HAD 50 PLUS MIGRANTS DIE
IN THE BACK OF A TRACTOR TRAILER
IN TEXAS.
MARIA: RIGHT.
>> WHO IS RUNNING MEXICO?
AND WHY IS PRESIDENT BIDEN IN A
SUMMIT NOT ADDRESSING MIGRANT
PROTECTION PROTOCOLS, REMAIN IN
MEXICO WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP
DID?
I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL THE
QUESTIONS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A
NEIGHBOR, YOU WANT THE NEIGHBOR
TO ABIDE BY THE RULES AND STAND
UP TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE CARTELS
AND OTHERS THAT ARE CREATING
CHAOS, INSTEAD THEY ARE DOING
JUST THE OPPOSITE.
MARIA: HERE IS JAMES FREEMAN
FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,
CONGRESSMAN.
JAMES JIM CONGRESSMAN, I’M
WONDERING WOULDN’T IT HELP TO
FIGHT THE CRIMINAL ISSUES, TO
MAINTAIN A LAWFUL BORDER BY
TAKING THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT UP
ON HIS SUGGESTION ABOUT MORE
WORK VISAS, IN OTHER WORDS, MORE
PEOPLE LEGALLY COMING HERE TO
WORK AS OPPOSED TO GOING ACROSS
THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, WE DON’T
KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THE TERM REGULARIZING, ISN’T IT
SOMETHING TO BE SAID HERE FOR
MAKING IT A LAWFUL PROCESS AND
ALLOWS NOR COMMERCE TO FLOW
ACROSS THE BORDER?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY WE WANT IT TO
BE DONE LAWFULLY AND LEGALLY.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF LABOR NEEDS
HERE IN THE COUNTRY.
I THINK WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST WE NEED
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TO GO INTO A SUMMIT WITH
LOPEZ OBRADOR, THE PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO AND BE STRONG ON SECURITY
AND YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING UNTIL
THAT BUT, YES, I THINK WE DO
WANT THAT LEGAL LAWFUL
TRANSPARENT METHOD OF BUSINESS
TO BE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO WORK
VISAS AND OTHER PROGRAMS.
MARIA: CONGRESSMAN, LET’S TALK A
BIT ABOUT THE BUSINESS IN THE
HOUSE THIS WEEK.
THE HOUSE IS VOTING ON THE
DEFENSE BILL, WHERE DOES THAT
STAND AND WHAT ELSE GETS DONE
BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER?
>> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON
A DEFENSE BILL AND I DON’T THINK
ANYTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT IN
OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
I PERCEIVE AND AFTER HAVING TWO
DECADES PLUS IN THE MILITARY
THAT WE ARE FORCING A HALLOW
FORCE.
WE NEED TO RECAPITALIZE.
THERE’S A 4.6% PAY RAISE FOR THE
TROOPS THAT’S MUCH NEEDED
ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION
ABSOLUTELY SKYROCKETING AND
THROUGH THE ROOF.
THERE’S A LOT OF REPUBLICAN WINS
IN THIS DEFENSE BILL.
BUT THE THREAT IS CHINA.
WE OBVIOUSLY SEE THE THREAT AS
RUSSIA INVADING UKRAINE.
WE HAVE TO BE STRONG AND IT’S
TIME FOR US TO RECAPITALIZE THE
FORCE AND FACE THE EMERGING
THREATS OF THOSE TWO COUNTRIES
THAT I MENTIONED AN ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY OF THAT THERE’S MANY
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE
WORLD AND NATION STATES AROUND
THE WORLD THAT WANT TO SEE US
WEAKER.
THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND
I THINK WE HAVE REPUBLICAN WINS
TO GET US ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
MARIA: IT START FROM THE TOP AND
WE WILL SEE IF PRESIDENT BIDEN
IS KEEPING CHINA CONTAINED.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU,