BABY FORMULA SHORTAGES.
WE WILL HAVE BLACKOUTS.
MARIA: JOINING ME RIGHT NOW
OKLAHOMA CONGRESSMAN MARK WAYNE
MULLEN, MEMBER OF ENERGY
COMMERCE AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEES AND HE’S RUNNING FOR
SENATE IN OKLAHOMA.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU
THIS MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
MARIA: CAN THIS GET ANY WORSE,
GASOLINE AT ALL-TIME HIGHS,
INFLATION AT 40-YEAR HIGHS, FOOD
SHORTAGES AND NOW WHAT ARE YOU
EXPECTING?
>> IF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO
CHANGE WASHINGTON, D.C., YOU
HAVE TO START TO SEND THE RESUME
THAT YOU SEND THERE.
40-YEAR CAREER POLITICIAN WHO IS
TRYING TO RUN THE COUNTRY.
HE’S RUNNING ON A SOCIALIST
AGENDA AND WHEN YOU HAVE A
REPUBLIC THAT WORKS FOR A
DEMOCRACY THAT WORKS FOR THE
PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE THEN
YOU HAVE A GROWTH.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SOCIALIST AGENDA
YOU HAVE A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER
AND ANYTHING THAT GOVERNMENT HAS
EVER TOUCHED, IT’S ALWAYS
DESTROYED AND THAT’S EXACTLY
WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND
IN THE ENERGY SECTOR.
YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT THEY SEE
THAT’S HAPPENING.
YOU SEE JOE BIDEN COMES OUT,
MARIA, AND SAYS THAT I CAN’T
CONTROL GAS PRICES YET THAT’S A
FLAT-OUT LIE BECAUSE IT’S HIS
POLICY THAT’S DRIVEN THIS US TO
THIS PLACE AND HE SEES ANOTHER
DISASTER COMING, WHAT DOES HE
DO, HE BACKS OFF.
I BET HE WILL END UP ASSIGNING
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TAKE OVER
CRISIS LIKE HE DID ON THE
SOUTHERN BORDER AND YOU KNOW HOW
THAT WENT.
MARIA: UNBELIEVABLE. ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY TO THAT
ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY TO THAT
YOU SUPPORT TERM LIMITS, 40-YEAR
PERSON.
>> IT HAS TO COVER EVERYBODY
ACROSS THE BOARD.
WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS BASICALLY
GIVING POWER TO ONE STATE TO
ANOTHER.
BUT WE DO NEED TO GET PEOPLE
OUT.
CITIZEN LEGISLATORS ARE SUPPOSED
TO GO HOME AND LIVE UNDERNEATH
THE SAME RULES THEY PASS.
WHEN YOU STAY IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. THEN YOU LOSE TOUCH OF
REALITY.
THAT’S WHY MY WIFE AND I INVEST
IN OKLAHOMA.
WE EMPLOY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND
CREATED THOUSANDS OF JOBS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
EVEN SINCE WE’VE BEEN OFFICE.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT
WE ARE A TRUE CITIZEN LEGISLATOR
AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY, THEIR BEST
JOB AND THEIR IDENTITY IS
ELECTED POSITION IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
YOU HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE
THEY LOST TOUCH TO REALITY.
IT’S INFLUENCE, WE ARE SUPPOSED
TO BRING THE STATE THAT WE ARE
REPRESENTING AND INFLUENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WE ARE INFLUENCING BRINGING
OKLAHOMA VALUES TO WASHINGTON,
D.C.
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH JOE BIDEN
IS HE BRINGS I DON’T KNOW
CALIFORNIA POLICIES AND IS
TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY.
HE’S NOT EVEN FROM CALIFORNIA.
MARIA: I’M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE POLITICIANS
WHO HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR 40
YEARS COME OUT OF CONGRESS WITH
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
>> I’D LIKE TO KNOW THAT TOO.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT TOO.
HOW DO YOU HAVE NANCY PELOSI AND
HER HUSBAND THAT SHE CAME TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. AS AN INTERN
AND NOW THEY ARE WORTH HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT.
MARIA: WHAT’S A SALARY FOR A
CONGRESS PERP?
>> 176,000.
>> $176,000 A YEAR AND HOW IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT SHE HAS TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
JOE BIDEN HAS TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
>> RIGHT.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS.
I TELL THE WORST BUSINESS
INVESTMENT COMING TO WASHINGTON,
D.C. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TRYING
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
WE CAME HERE TO -- BECAUSE WE
WERE FED UP WITH WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN OUR COMPANIES AND
WANTED TO COME IN HERE AND BRING
REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE TO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT’S
CORRUPT, THAT’S TRYING TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION,
TRYINGTRYING TO GAIN THE SYSTEM
HAS HAPPENED WITH DEMOCRAT
LEADERSHIP, THEY ARE MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT
SELF-PRESERVATION AND POWER THAN
DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR THE
COUNTRY.
MARIA: WHICH LEADERSHIP?
>> LOOK AT NANCY PELOSI AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
YOU MENTIONED WHAT WAS THEIR NET
WORTH WHEN THEY CAME TO DC.
MARIA: LET ME MOVE ONTO POLICY,
WHAT ARE YOU ALL GOING TO GET
DONE IN THE SPRINT TO THE
JULY 4TH RECESS.
UVALDE MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
URGING.
>> WE NEED TO INVEST IN MENTAL
HEALTHCARE, WE NEED BACKGROUND
AND WE NEED TO RAISE MINIMUM AGE
TO PURCHASE AR RIFLE TO 21.
WE NEED A WAITING PERIOD FOR
THOSE RIFLES.
WE NEED RED FLAG LAWS AND
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO ABUSE
THEM.
MARIA: SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THAT, SIR, THE HOUSE IS EXPECTED
TO VOTE ON GUN LEGISLATION
TODAY, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE
CONGRESSMAN?
>> WELL, LISTEN, MATTHEW HAS THE
RIGHT TO MAKE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA.
MY OBLIGATION IS TO PULL THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION IS
VERY CLEAR AND FULL STAND WITH
SECOND AMENDMENT.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, FULL
STOP.
IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE
WE ARE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE, IF THEY WANT TO
CHANGE THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE
DON’T CHANGE IT BY LEGISLATORS.
MARIA: RIGHT.
>> WE CHANGE IT BY HAVING A
CONSTITUTIONAL MENTION OF THE
STATES AND HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGE BY LETTING PEOPLE VOTE
TWO-THIRDS TO MAKE THOSE
CHANGES.
I GET HE HAS A POSITION TO DO
IT.
FOR US WE HAVE TO UPHOLD THE
CONSTITUTION.
THAT’S WHAT EVERY ONE OF US THAT
SERVE IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OR IN THE SENATE
HAVE DONE AND THE SAME THING AND
WHAT HE’S TRYING TO SAY, I
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE’S TRYING TO
SAY BUT HE’S MAKING AN ONLY
EDUCATIONAL PLEA.
WHAT HE’S TRYING TO SAY IN THE
HOUSE, THEY WILL TRY THE RAM THE
GUN LOWS DOWN THE THROATS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH 95% OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES THAT WALKS THE
HALLS HAVE NEVER SEEN IT OR BEEN
ABLE TO READ IT AND THEY WILL
VOTE IN AN OVERWHELMINGLY BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
YOU WILL SEE REPUBLICANS NOT
SUPPORT THIS.
MARIA: REAL QUICK, WHAT ELSE
GETS DONE IN THIS LITTLE PERIOD
BEFORE THE RECESS?
ARE YOU EXPECTING CHINA TARIFFS
TO GO AWAY, ARE YOU EXPECTING A
RECONCILIATION BILL TO MATERIALIZE BETWEEN CHUCK
MATERIALIZE BETWEEN CHUCK
SCHUMER AND YEOMAN JOE MA CHIN M
KYRSTEN SINEMA?
>> SO WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE IS
MORE CHAOS.
I WILL CONSIDER A SUCCESS IF WE
CAN STAY THE COURSE OF ANYTHING
BUT WHAT I EXPECT IS CHAOS
MOVING FROM ONE CRISIS TO THE
NEXT AND THEY ONLY MAKE EACH
CRISIS WORSE INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY
DIVING DOWN AND TRYING TO SOLVE
THE ISSUE.
THEY TRY TO ENFORCE MORE
GOVERNMENT AND AS I SAID WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED, EVERY TIME
GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED IN
SOMETHING, THEY SEEM TO MESS IT
BAD.
MARIA: THAT’S TOO BAD, LIKE I