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MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
LAWMAKERS UP AGAINST THE CLOCK
TO AELEVATOR GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN THIS WEEK SENATE
VOTING ON A SHORT-TERM FUNDING
BILL TONIGHT WOULD KEEP THINGS
RUNNING UNTIL DECEMBER 16.
THE BILL FINAL DRAFT WILL
INCLUDE, BETWEEN JOE MANCHIN’S
PERMITTING REFORM RECEIVED
PUSHBACK BEING FROM PROVES AND
REPUBLICANS JOINING ME TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN RANKING MEMBER
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE, KEVIN BRADY
CONGRESSMAN ALWAYS A PLEASURE
TO SEE YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU YOU MARIA.
>> SO ARE DEMOCRATS RENEGING
ON JOE MANCHIN’S PERMITTING
LANGUAGE IN THIS BILL?
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN.
>> YEAH SHORT ANSWER IS YES,
THEY ARE THEY DIDN’T MAKE THAT
COMMITMENT, SCHUMER DID THEY
DON’T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO
LIVE WITH -- TRUTH OF THE
MATTER IS MARIA, I THINK IT
PROBABLY ISN’T WORTH PAPER
WRITTEN ON BECAUSE EVEN IF THE
PRESIDENT SIGNS IT
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT GOING TO
COMPLY WITH ANYTHING THAT
STREAMLINES ENERGY,’S TOSS
NATURAL GAS IN AMERICA THEY
WILL SIMPLY IGNORE IT SO, AS
YOU KNOW ONE PARTY RULE HERE
IN THE CONGRESS, THEY HAVE NOT
ENGAGED CERTAINLY ON HOUSE
SIDE EVEN WITH CLOCK YOU KNOW
WE’VE KNOWN THIS IS COMING FOR
MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.
I THINK THE BIG ISSUE FOR
REPUBLICANS HERE WILL THIS DO
ANYTHING, TO ADDRESS THE
NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS AT
THE BORDER RIGHT NOW WE DON’T
SEE A DIME OR A REAL EFFORT TO
DO THAT.
MARIA: A WHICH IS WHY KEVIN
MCCARTHY, THE LEADER GOP SAID
HE IS NOT AGREEING TO ANY
FUNDING FOR THE GOVERNMENT
UNLESS THERE IS MONEY IN FOR
BORDER HOW FAR ARE YOU GUYS
GOING TO TAKE THAT?
WILL WE SEE A SHUTDOWN?
>> WELL, HOPEFULLY -- I WOULD
SAY HOPEFULLY NOT DEMOCRATS
HAVE VOTES THEY NEED IF THEY
CAN GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER I
THINK THAT IS THE REAL
QUESTION HERE, THEY’VE GOT
WHITE HOUSE, THE HOUSE THE
SENATE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE DO
DO THIS THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO TACKLE INFIGHTING AMONG
THEIR CROWD THEY’VE BEEN DOING
THAT YEAR AND A HALF SEE IF
THEY CAN GET THEIR ACT
TOGETHER HE GO.
MARIA: WELL, I I MEAN FEELS
LIKE THIS ADMINISTRATION
COMPLETELY IGNORES 40-YEAR
HIGH INFLATION A TIN EAR THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET REPORT IS
OUT INDEPENDENT ARM SAYS
BIDEN’S PLAN TO CANALS DEBT
WILL COST, WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS
IT WON’T LIKELY TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE PLAN CONGRESSMAN GOING
TO COST 4 HUNDRED BILLION HER
ANSWER WELL NOT EVERYBODY WILL
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT SO WON’T
BE THAT MUCH.
>> IT IS CRAZY, MARIA, SO
400-BILLION-DOLLAR FRANKLY
DOESN’T COUNT SOME OTHER
GIVEAWAYS THEY DO TRUE NUMBERS
PROBABLY CLOSER TO 600 BILLION
DOLLARS, AND REAL HYPING IT,
THE ADMINISTRATION IS HYPING
THIS, AS BIG CAMPAIGN ISSUE,
SO YOU CAN EXPECT EVERY DOLLAR
TO BE SPENT YOU LOOK TO ECONOMY A COOL ECONOMY UNDER
ECONOMY A COOL ECONOMY UNDER
JOE BIDEN DETERIORATE
PROJECTIONS GROWNGRADING
CONFERENCE BORROWED REING
ECONOMIC NEXT WENT BELOW .4%
FOR AUGUST SIX-MONTH AVERAGE
NEVER HAPPENED IN 60 YEARS.
THAT WE DIDN’T SEE A
RECESSION, SO I THINK WE ARE
IN ONE OR LOOMING ANSWER THAT
IS WHY IT MADE NO SENSE FOR
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO RAISE
TAXES MADE IN AMERICA
MANUFACTURING AND SMALL
BUSINESSES.
>> CERTAINLY FEELS THINGS WILL
GET A LOT WORSE IF WE SEE
FREIGHT WORKERS TAKE TO THE
PICKET LINES DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SO-CALLED
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT JOE
BIDEN SAYS IS ON THE TABLE FOR
THE RAIL UNIONS?
BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS
THAT WE STILL DON’T HAVE ANY
VOTE ON THE RAIL PACKAGE, FROM
THE UNIONS AND LOOKS LIKE WHAT
JOE BIDEN HAS DONE BY
INTERVENING IS PUT A PIN IN IT
UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS THAT
SEEMS LIKE A REALLY DIRTY
TRICK, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
RIGHT AFTER MIDTERM ELECTIONS
THERE WILL -- RAIL WORKERS
GOING ON STRIKE?
>> YEAH, SO, I THINK THE
PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
PREMATURE THERE IS NO DOWN
DEAL ONE THING YOU AND I HAVE
NOTICED THE TURNS OF WHAT HE
AMOUNTS OR UNIONS AMOUNTS VERY
INFLATIONARY, IN WAGES OVER
TIME YOU’VE GOT A PRESIDENT
TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT
HE IS DOING TO LOWER
INFLATION, WHICH ISN’T
WORKING, BY THE WAY.
WHILE HE IS TOUTING AGREEMENTS
THAT WILL DRIVE FURTHER IN THE
FUTURE WHY REPUBLICANS
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA OUR
FOCUS GOING TO BE LESS TAXES,
REGULATION, THAT DRIVE
INFLATION, MORE ENERGY
INNOVATION MORE WORKERS THAT
CAN HELP RELOOEFL.
>> IT COMMITMENT TO AMERICA IS
ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF ISSUES,
THAT AMERICAN FAMILIES FACE WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I
ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP SOME
OF THE BAD POLICY THAT HE
ALREADY PUT FORTH, FOR
EXAMPLE, 80 BILLION DOLLARS
GOING TO IRS FOR 87,000 IRS
AGENTS WILL YOU BE ABLE TO
STOP THAT?
S YOU ONLY HAVE -- 15,000
BORDER AGENTS VERSUS 156,000
IRS AGENTS.
>> THAT IS JOB NUMBER ONE, FOR
REPUBLICAN HOUSE, AS LEADER
MCCARTHY INDICATED THAT WILL
BE FIRST BILL, COMING OUT OF
THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE, AND IT
SHOULD BE.
YOU KNOW, THIS PRESIDENT IS
GOING TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL
TO HAVE ALL THOSE, BY THE WAY,
YOU KNOW, THOSE VALUE SHOPPERS
THE ONES NEIGHBORS YOU SEE AT
TARGET, WALMART ROSES, MARTIAL
10,000 AUDITS ON TOP OF THEM,
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE VERY
CLEAR FIRST EFFORT TO STOP
THAT.
MARIA: WILL YOU BE ABLE TO
STOP TAX INCREASES WE ARE
WAITING ON DURABLE GOODS
ORDERS RIGHT NOW EXPECTED A
DECLINE OF 5/10 OF A PERCENT
AS THIS ECONOMY WEAKENS, WHAT
WILL HIGHER TAXES DO TO AN
ECONOMY ALREADY SLOWING.
>> I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO
SEE COUPLE APPROACHES HERE,
ONE IS REPEAL TAX HIKES,
ESPECIALLY ON MADE IN AMERICA
MANUFACTURING SMALL BUSINESSES
DEMOCRATS, YOU ARE GOING TO
SEE EFFORT TO MAKE OUR TAX
CUTS, PERMANENT LOCK IN LOWER
TAXES FOR FAMILIES SMALL