WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.960 Voices of episode. Glad we have you heard daily You're 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.120 the only voice of reason on the radio is fifty 3 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:08.199 five Cares the talk station. 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.439 Hey oh five fifty five kar see the talk station. 5 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.640 Brian Thomas wishing youre one a very happy Wednesday, and 6 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:19.519 you're listening right now, You've got to be a happy 7 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:22.800 person because welcome back and a very happy new year 8 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:24.760 to one of the few ones we've got that we 9 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.719 can count on. Congressman Thomas Massey, Welcome back, my friend. 10 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:29.320 It is always a distinct pleasure to have you on 11 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:30.800 the fifty five Cars Morning Show. 12 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.000 Happy new year, Brian to you and your listeners. 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.840 So are you optimistic for this year? Hit the ground running? 14 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:42.119 I am optimistic. I think we can get some stuff done. 15 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.320 It's a big it's a big opportunity, and I hope 16 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:50.159 we don't screw it up. Mike, Republicans often do. Well. 17 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:52.600 I know that's the case. Let's just start with the 18 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.560 speaker vote, because you know, I know you were not 19 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.479 a Johnson guy, and I've got other listeners who hate 20 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:03.119 the guy for whatever reason. But I think, optically speaking, 21 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.840 to start out with a speaker fight that might have 22 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.680 been drug out and delayed things and sort of made 23 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:12.480 the Republican Party look like they weren't unified to do 24 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.799 to get something accomplished, probably would have you know, I 25 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.799 think in order poorly to the Republicans and helped the 26 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.719 Democrats on some level, if for nothing more than they 27 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.719 could make fun of the Republican Party for not being 28 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:28.040 unified or presenting a unified front. What's your reaction to 29 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:29.239 that analysis. 30 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.920 Well, I went back and forth with Nuke Gingridge on this, 31 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.159 and you know, one thing that you noticed is nobody 32 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.239 is saying Mike Johnson is a good speaker, a great speaker, 33 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:43.400 a capable speaker. True, I don't want to disparage him 34 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.680 at this point because he is our speaker. But I 35 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.519 want to say that the decision process, the argument that 36 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.439 people were making is the argument that you made, which is, 37 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.120 let's just get this behind us, let's get on track, 38 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:59.799 let's start moving forward. Had I think in analogies, I 39 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:03.319 think it's if you make an analogy to buying a car, 40 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:08.319 it's like, listen, vacation starts tomorrow. We got to start 41 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:11.199 this family vacation. We know this car here on this 42 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.120 lot leaks, Well, it's got a bad piston ring. It 43 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.560 doesn't start unless you hit the starter with the hammer. 44 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.639 But let's buy this car so we can start our 45 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:23.439 vacation tomorrow, or we're gonna buy. We need a house. 46 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:25.280 We need a roof over our head. We know this 47 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.719 house leaks. The roof leaks, the foundation is crumbling, the 48 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:32.199 door sills are rotten. But give me those mortgage papers. 49 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.039 Let's sign notes. It's like it's a question or an 50 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.360 argument of expediency that was made. I think it's going 51 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:41.599 to come back and buy us in the butt, okay, 52 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:45.000 And we can talk about the places where I think 53 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.159 you'll get it right in the places where people are 54 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:48.120 going to be disappointed. 55 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.439 Well, and you anticipated exactly where I was going with that, 56 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.080 all right, So you know we got the leaky roof house. 57 00:02:54.599 --> 00:03:01.199 How is Johnson going to potentially sabotage or other undermine 58 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:04.360 something that the Republicans might want to accomplish. How are 59 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.879 things going in your mind? What scenario will things prove 60 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:12.599 to be the sort of I told you so. A 61 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.120 moment for Congressman Thomas Massey on this choice. 62 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:20.080 And by the way, if you go back before Christmas, 63 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:23.599 pretty much ninety percent of people agreed with me that 64 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.840 we should have a different speaker. It was when Trump 65 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:30.159 endorsed him that you know, okay, now let's get behind him. Okay, 66 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:35.319 there are only a couple pieces of legislation that are 67 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:38.120 going to matter in the next year and frankly maybe 68 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.879 for the next two years. When I talked to President 69 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:43.599 Trump personally after the election, this was about ten days 70 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:45.719 after election, I said, I think you got about six 71 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.520 months a runway to get this agenda done, and he agreed. 72 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:52.639 And the way we're going to get things done is 73 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.199 in a bill called reconciliation. But there's also another bill 74 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.039 called the Omnibus that's going to come up as well. 75 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:02.080 One of these bills is likely going to pass with 76 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:05.960 only Republican votes. That's a reconciliation bill. The other bill, 77 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.400 the Omnibus, is likely going to be a repeat of 78 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:14.240 what we've seen before, where you get a uniparty vote 79 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.079 for that. And I'm worried that the Speaker is going 80 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:21.439 to give away that the store in that omnibus bill. Now, 81 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.399 the debt limit has to be increased at some point 82 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:28.439 as well to fund all of these things they're talking about. 83 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.920 Where do you put that debt limit increase? They're probably 84 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:33.920 going to almost certainly going to put it in the 85 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:38.360 reconciliation bill. It's going to pass with all Republican votes. 86 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.839 So you kind of get two omnibus bills that are 87 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.680 coming up. Think of the reconciliation bill as an omnibus bill, 88 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.959 and then there's going to be the typical omnibus bill. Well, 89 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.480 one of those is a Republican omnibus and the other 90 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:55.639 one is a uniparty omnibus. And in the reconciliation that's 91 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.480 where you're going to get Trump's agenda. But the Swamp 92 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:01.879 is really going to try and get some I'm afraid 93 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:04.560 going to get some junky in there. And they're also 94 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.680 probably going to bust the budget in there unless some 95 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.000 of us hold their feet to the fire on that one. 96 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.480 Let me explain. So, the Reconciliation bill is going to 97 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.879 have the tax cuts that you know we did under 98 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:22.360 Trump the first time that unfortunately expire after a certain 99 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:25.759 period of time. It's going to have border security in it. 100 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.759 Those are I think the two main things you can 101 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.000 count on having in there. The question is how do 102 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:35.079 you pay for those things? Things like work requirements for 103 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:39.600 able bodied people on welfare. It seems like a no brainer, 104 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:42.639 right Brian, but we don't. We still don't have those 105 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.319 imposed on the states. They've got so much wiggle room 106 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.519 that they basically don't have them in most states. And 107 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.279 if you would do that, then you could say, oh, 108 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:51.959 we're going to save this much money in the federal 109 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.600 budget and we can offset those tax cuts that are 110 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:59.079 coming up. And then there's little things in the minutia 111 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.639 like this thing called state and local tax deduction. The 112 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:06.480 people from New York, the Republicans from New York and 113 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.279 some from Virginia and some of these high tax states, 114 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:12.399 they think they should be able to offset their state 115 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.480 and local taxes off their federal tax bill. My question 116 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:18.879 to them is, why should you pay any less for 117 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.240 our military defense that we do in Kentucky or Ohio 118 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.399 just because your local taxes are high in New York. 119 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.319 The answer is they shouldn't. But they're going to be 120 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:32.360 an argument over that anyways. That all goes in reconciliation, 121 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.040 and the question is are we going to increase the 122 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.519 debt at the same time that we're raising the debt limit, 123 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.279 like I'm sorry, increase the deficit at the same time 124 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.360 that we're raising the debt limit, because that's going to 125 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:49.199 be in reconciliation. So there's this. You know, I'm going 126 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:53.480 to listening sessions today individually with the Whip. I'll be 127 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.680 meeting with him, and then we're going to have a 128 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.160 larger meeting with a larger group of people with the 129 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:04.399 Speaker later today talking about this reconciliation bill. Meanwhile, nobody 130 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:06.879 wants to talk about this omnibus bill because the government 131 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.959 funding for the things we appropriate, like military, NASA, roads 132 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:13.959 and bridges, all of that stuff comes up in March. 133 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.560 I know, you've got to break somewhere in We. 134 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:18.600 Got a couple of minutes, so I was waiting for 135 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.360 you to bring up regular order. Aren't there supposed to 136 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.040 be twelve appropriations bill? And now that we have Republicans 137 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.040 and control of the House, the Senate, and the Executive branch, 138 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:30.160 couldn't we get back to doing twelve separate appropriations bill 139 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.519 as is required and as part of the job description 140 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.360 everybody elected official up there. 141 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.399 You know that sounds wonderful, Brian. That has gone out 142 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:42.800 the window. There will be no attempt at regular order. 143 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.480 They're putting pennies in the fuse box. And now you know, 144 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:51.759 and you know, in some to some degree, it's a 145 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.680 fair thing for them to want to do on reconciliation. 146 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:56.759 Let me let me tell you why. This is how 147 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.920 the Democrats got the so called Inflation Reduction Act pass. 148 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.439 They did it on reconciliation. I should have pointed this 149 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:08.000 out in the beginning. If you do something under something 150 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:12.480 called if you do legislation under something called reconciliation, you 151 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.480 only need fifty one votes in the Senate, And that 152 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:19.000 is why you can pass it with all Republican votes 153 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:22.160 and get Republican agenda items in it. And so that's 154 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.519 why they're going to create this bill that has everything 155 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:27.199 in it together. It's so you can pass it through 156 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:31.079 the Senate with fifty one votes instead of sixty votes. Now, 157 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.919 to your point, on the omnibus bill that funds roads 158 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:38.879 and bridge, is, NASA defense, all of those things that 159 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.799 should be twelve separate bills. But that deadline's coming up 160 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:45.840 in March. And by the way, if we do another 161 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.559 CR in March, there's still the massive provision that I 162 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.759 got negotiated in there a year and a half ago 163 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.399 that says if you go past April thirtieth on a 164 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:57.759 continuing resolution, all of those appropriation line items get cut 165 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:02.360 one percent. So kind of secretly hoping for another cr 166 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:06.200 instead of an omnibus. Uh. But what we should do 167 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.600 is twelve separate bills. I can guarantee you we're not 168 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:12.600 going to do that between now and March, and then 169 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.960 when March comes along, they're going to say, we've got 170 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:20.480 to do this omnibus bill. And President Trump wisely does 171 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.879 not want the debt limit deal in the omnibus. He 172 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.600 wants it in reconciliation, because when you put it in reconciliation, 173 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:32.360 you're negotiating with Republicans. You put it in the omnibus, 174 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.039 you're going to be negotiating with the uniparty. 175 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:41.840 Which yeah, I understand, I understand, but I guess I 176 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:48.240 have to understand on some level. Clearly spending is the problem, 177 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:51.320 and there's no accountability in government. I mean there's none. 178 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:53.519 I know, make an argument one way or the other, 179 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.600 but in the final analysis, you get a defense bill. 180 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.879 They can't pass audits time after time after time. They 181 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.159 have no idea where the money's going. We're talking nine 182 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.720 hundred billion dollars and it can't be accounted for. Is 183 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.559 there any way Trump can help on this? Put pressure 184 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:10.600 on peoples. This is a new day we need to 185 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:14.200 cut spending and quit funding these ridiculous projects and look 186 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.960 across the table at Republicans who should be in favor 187 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:20.519 of fiscal responsibility and try to hold them accountable out 188 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.279 loud on ax account or truth social media. I mean, 189 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:27.480 doing press conferences and pointing out the bad actors that 190 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:31.039 keep insisting on things like writing off their state taxes 191 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.200 so that because they have a state with high taxes. 192 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.919 I mean, you know, embarrassment can work, can it? 193 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.639 Well, that's how Doge is gonna work. Yeah. I mean 194 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.440 I've and I've talked of the personally. He and I 195 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.279 sat down one on one and I told him, you've 196 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.399 got to get in this reconciliation bill because if you're 197 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.039 not in that, they're just going to pay lip service 198 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.879 to Doge. Right, And uh, by the way, after the break, 199 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:58.679 let's talk about what I'm trying to get in reconciliation 200 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.879 that will fundamentally change intrastructural government and restore constitutional balance. 201 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.519 All right, But in the meantime, yeah, we should cut spinning. 202 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.919 Our worst enemies are some of these Republicans up here. 203 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:14.639 I know that they say we want a ten percent 204 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.440 increase in the military budget. We're willing to give the 205 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:21.360 Democrats ten percent increase and everything else. And so we 206 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:23.960 get a ten percent increase across the board on all 207 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.399 of these things, including the social programs. That that's going 208 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:30.519 to happen. Take it to the bank. That is going 209 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.159 to happen in this omnibus bill. Now, if you had 210 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:36.240 a speaker who didn't want to play that game, who 211 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:39.799 wasn't beholden to the military industrial complex, if he's demonstrated 212 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:42.960 over and over, then that wouldn't have to be the case. 213 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:44.759 But this is where we are. 214 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.000 All right, we'll bring Congress from Messy back and we'll 215 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:51.639 get Massey's reconciliation wish list plaus from at eight sixteen. 216 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:53.840 Right now for the five Kercity talk station, I get 217 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.159 to mention my favorite folks. 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Congressman Massy big fan of yours, 249 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.120 and I know you like him, and we all kind 250 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.759 of think like mindedly in terms of our libertarian perspective 251 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.440 on things. All right, back over to the reconciliation. What 252 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.919 are Congressom Massy's wishless when it comes to the reconciliation? 253 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.799 Okay, if somebody just joined us over the break, let 254 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:39.879 me summarize what I said before. There's two big trains 255 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.879 leaving the station here in Congress. One is reconciliation that 256 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:47.159 only needs fifty one votes to pass the Senate. The 257 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:51.120 others this omnibus bill that you're typically used to that 258 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:54.639 needs sixty votes to pass the Senate. The reconciliation bill 259 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.320 is going to be all Republicans. We got to get 260 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.679 it done with all Republicans. They need my vote for that. 261 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:03.000 The omnibus bill, they don't need my vote because that's 262 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.159 going to be a uniparty bill and they're gonna be 263 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.320 They're gonna it's like a magician. They're going to tell you, 264 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.559 look at this hand, it's got reconciliation in it. Meanwhile, 265 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:12.919 they're going to do that omnibus bill with the other hand, 266 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:15.600 and you're not supposed to watch that. Pay no attention 267 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:20.399 to that man behind that curtain. Okay, so reconciliation, what 268 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.440 can we have done? Well, the first thing we should 269 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:25.159 do is undo all the crap the Democrats put in 270 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:28.120 their reconciliation bill. And this is where you're going to 271 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.240 find out which Republicans, although there won't be separate votes, 272 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.039 so you won't know which Republicans behind the scenes are 273 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:38.320 secretly trying to keep provisions of the Democrats so called 274 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.720 Inflation Reduction Act. We can get rid of all of 275 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.919 those provisions in our reconciliation bill. But I watch, mark 276 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.720 my word, they're not going to do it. Well. 277 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.519 Why won't we know who they are. 278 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.919 Because there won't be separate votes on it. This is 279 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.559 all man, this is all happening behind the scenes. 280 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.279 I know we'll have no behind I guess my point 281 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.320 being behind the scenes. Some fill in the blank with 282 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:05.440 the negative reference comment Republican is saying no, no, no, no, 283 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:06.200 we can't do that. 284 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.480 Well. 285 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:09.879 Out that person. I mean, this is what I'm saying. 286 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.639 That's why shame them. Tell Donald Trump did this. I 287 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.559 want to use well FCC non compliant language when we're 288 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.639 referring to people like that. But that's where I say, 289 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.120 shame them. Bring them out into the light show the 290 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:26.440 American people. Who the people are that really aren't Republicans 291 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.000 and are looking forward to the financial collapse of the 292 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.320 United States of America. 293 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:35.399 Well, I gotta work with these guys, Brian, So behind 294 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.320 the scenes, here's what I'm trying to get in the 295 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.000 reconciliation package. Okay, I would love to get rid of 296 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:45.080 the Democrats reconciliation package, but I know most most of 297 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.519 that's not gonna get gone, not be gone, but put 298 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.200 some of They are going to put things like no 299 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.559 tax on tips, which was one of Trump's you know provisions, 300 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:59.559 it's actually my bill. Okay, so I'm all for it. 301 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.320 We'll put that in there, no tax on tips. There'll 302 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.399 be extending you know, the tax cuts that all American 303 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.960 families benefited from. If you pay taxes, that'll be in there. 304 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.799 But I think we should put other things in there. Now. 305 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.879 My wish list would include ending the Department of Education, 306 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:19.200 you know, if we're going to think, let's think big. 307 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:22.399 We should get things like the Prime Act. We should 308 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:25.320 get rid of daylight savings time and I don't care 309 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.360 whether you go to the hour before or the hour behind. 310 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.159 Get rid of changing the clocks twice a year. That's ridiculous, 311 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:34.279 and Trump wants to do that. You could put that 312 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:38.080 in reconciliation. But here's the big one that I'm working 313 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:41.480 on behind the scenes. This comes out of my committee, 314 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:44.799 the Judiciary Committee. I've been talking to Senator Mike Lee 315 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.039 about this. We all know it needs to get done. 316 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:50.039 It would fundamentally change the structure of government and it 317 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:52.720 would be stuck in there forever. For the good of 318 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:54.960 the American people, it would restore the way our government's 319 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.639 supposed to work, and that is get the Reins Act 320 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.480 in the Reconciliation package Rains Act for the new listeners. 321 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.480 He says that if the executive branch makes some kind 322 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:09.880 of rule that has a large economic impact on the country, 323 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.799 it has to come back to Congress and we have 324 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:15.759 to vote on it because we are the lawmaking body. 325 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.839 We are the authority according to the Constitution. But we've 326 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.079 let the executive branch run wild. Make all these rules. 327 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:27.160 The ATF. They're banning things, there's no constitutional basis for it. 328 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.039 But if we had this provision the Rains Act in there, 329 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:36.200 for instance, when they banned the shoulder stocks, you know stocks, 330 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.720 and all the other stuff they try to ban. They're 331 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.400 trying to change the definition of firearm receivers so they 332 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:44.480 can ban more stuff, regulate more stuff. That would have 333 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.240 to come back to Congress. All of those things. This 334 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.519 is stuff the EPA does that would have to come 335 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:51.759 back to Congress. When they try to declare CO two 336 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:54.519 a pollutant, then we vote is it a pollutant? And 337 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:56.960 people said, well, aren't you going to have more lobbyists 338 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:01.920 in Congress trying to get congressmen to to influence congressman. 339 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.240 Guess what, Brian, the lobbyist. Most of them have left Congress. 340 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:08.720 They're over the executive branch, lobbying bureaucrats who aren't accountable 341 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:12.400 to voters. Sure, bring those lobbyists back to Congress where 342 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:14.799 they're trying to lobby people who at least have to 343 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:18.160 stand in front of the American public every two years 344 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.759 and be up for election where they're accountable to the people. 345 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:24.559 All right, Anyway, that brings out, makes perfect sense, It 346 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.720 sounds logical, reasonable. The accountability lands back in your life. 347 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:32.240 You have control over the regulatory expanding and overreaching regulatory branch. 348 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:34.759 It saves you five, six, eight, ten years worth of 349 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.000 fighting it in court to get to the Supreme Court. 350 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.599 Who will say the same thing that you're saying, basically, 351 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.039 are the Republicans who are against that? 352 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:50.839 Yeah, They're going to be people in Trump's administration who 353 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:53.240 will be against it. Now, I don't think Trump himself 354 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.640 would be against it because he understod he wants a legacy, 355 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:01.680 because it really does constrain the power of the executive 356 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:05.079 branch and puts more power in the legislative branch. On 357 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.440 the campaign trail, you know there were candidate Ron DeSantis 358 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:12.480 committed to the Rains Act, but I didn't hear President 359 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:14.880 Trump commit to the Rains Act, although I do think 360 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:16.720 he would be in favor of it because he and 361 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.400 some of his brighter staff would be in favor of it. 362 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:23.319 They're going to be people working for President Trump who 363 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:27.640 don't want the Rains Act because the regulations of the 364 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.920 executive in need of scrutiny. That's what RAIN stands for, 365 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:34.519 and it gives the it you know now, the president 366 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:38.400 could it doesn't take away his power to undo regulations 367 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:40.920 that have been put in place, in my opinion, or 368 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:44.680 maybe we need to make that explicit in the Rains 369 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.400 Act language that we're trying to get into reconciliation. But 370 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.119 I want people listening to your show right now to 371 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.799 know that behind the scenes, I'm trying to get some 372 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.400 big stuff in reconciliation, and one of those things is 373 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.119 the RAINS and I'm working with senators and other members 374 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.400 of Congress to do that, and it's a behind the 375 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.160 scenes battle. 376 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:07.960 Well, I wish you all the best on that one. 377 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:10.359 I will look forward to hearing from you in terms 378 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:12.480 of the progress you're making or not, as the case 379 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:15.480 may be. And bring me a list of names. I 380 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:17.519 want names. I want to be able to out these people. 381 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:19.200 I want to be able to embarrass them. I want 382 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:21.079 to help the American people get in touch with those 383 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:24.319 who are standing in the way of some sanity and 384 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:29.079 RANI in the entire regular story regulatory state, which is 385 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:33.160 basically liberty reducing. And that's the bottom line for me. 386 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.960 Congressman Thomas Massey always a distinct pleasure, keep fighting a 387 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.839 good fight and I'll look forward to hopefully some great 388 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:42.359 success during this administration. 389 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:46.680 Thank you, Brian. Well, we're gonna work hard. It's a 390 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:48.759 great opportunity and we better not blow it. 391 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:52.200 Amen. 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