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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We

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<v Speaker 1>have Congressman Josh Urkeen on the line here with us.

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<v Speaker 1>Got wow, a lot going on. First of all, kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a reaction to what's been taking place here in Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a would be terrorist apprehended. Oh my godness sake,

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<v Speaker 1>it's your reaction to that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this is a result of what happened in a

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<v Speaker 2>disasters withdrawal from Afghanistan and in timing with an administration

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<v Speaker 2>that was saying to Afghanistan through visas, come on over.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, so what lack of vetting occurs when someone

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<v Speaker 2>that would want to conduct terrorism in the boundaries of

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<v Speaker 2>the United States brought here by the United States through

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<v Speaker 2>a program. It just it's it's it just shows you

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<v Speaker 2>how vulnerable this administration through wack of do policies they've

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<v Speaker 2>they've they've made our country for terrorism.

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<v Speaker 1>Activity other things going on here. We of course, we

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<v Speaker 1>always go to money problems, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, well, I'm assuming you're talking about the depth, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to make sure. Well, look, there's plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of revenue flowing in. It's a matter of how much

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<v Speaker 2>is being spent, and this spent talking about why I

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<v Speaker 2>could do policies. As this conversation is continuing about my

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<v Speaker 2>orc is saying that FEMA did not have the amount

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<v Speaker 2>of money to finish out the year. Well, when you

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<v Speaker 2>look at the one and a half billion dollars in

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<v Speaker 2>a two year time frame they've spent on provided services, housing, food,

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<v Speaker 2>et cetera for illegal immigrants. And then in addition to that,

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<v Speaker 2>what they're doing to grant operisations to non government organizations

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<v Speaker 2>whomen who then in turn take federal moneyes as a

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<v Speaker 2>pastor of these non government organizations. These charities then are

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<v Speaker 2>moving these people like a taxi service to wherever they

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<v Speaker 2>want to go. So it's not a single person gut

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<v Speaker 2>level on us would say the federal government spends efficiently.

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<v Speaker 2>We all know that there's waste and then the lack

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<v Speaker 2>of time spent on when a measure is introduced in

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<v Speaker 2>Congress to say you want new money, what are you

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<v Speaker 2>going to cut to pay for it? I mean, that

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<v Speaker 2>is the standard policy I have in an office. If

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<v Speaker 2>somebody wants to come to us and say this is

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<v Speaker 2>a real need, all right, We're we're willing to a

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<v Speaker 2>set to pay for it. But that ought to be

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<v Speaker 2>a reasonable understanding given two trillion dollars destines, and so

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have that question being asked much less you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have questions being asked as to the insane policies

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<v Speaker 2>and why we should be spending money on things like

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<v Speaker 2>what we're talking about to begin with.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, this is incredible. We've got one hurricane that's already

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<v Speaker 1>affected a lot of people, a lot more than anyone

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<v Speaker 1>ever anticipated. We've got another one coming that's probably going

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<v Speaker 1>to tear out the whole I four corridor down in Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>And as a you've we don't have enough money for

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<v Speaker 1>one hurt game, let alone two and possibly a third

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<v Speaker 1>or fourth that might hit us in this one season,

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<v Speaker 1>let alone the potential for other natural disasters. Where do

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<v Speaker 1>they go with the printing press or do they just

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<v Speaker 1>pull out their pockets inside out and say, sorry, no money.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there is ample funding for FEMA, so I want

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<v Speaker 2>to start there. There was, and I didn't vote for it.

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<v Speaker 2>So don't want to duplicit this and say that this

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<v Speaker 2>result of something I did. There was a twenty million

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<v Speaker 2>dollar supplemental increase that is going to get down through December.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a standalone as a part of the continuing

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<v Speaker 2>resolution I did not vote for. So there's twenty million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars to move them along for the disaster Relief Fund,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a segment of femous funding. And so the

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<v Speaker 2>funding is there. My orchestras spoke a couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 2>ago and he I guess he didn't know that Congress

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<v Speaker 2>had done that. But again, the entirety if we'd have

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<v Speaker 2>followed what the prescription that we started last year under

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<v Speaker 2>the Homeland Security Appropriations process, what those of us that

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<v Speaker 2>started on the homelands to the committee wanted as much

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<v Speaker 2>as anyone through the authorization, and then it was appropriate

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<v Speaker 2>to the appropriators follow suit on is we end the

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<v Speaker 2>six hundred to eight hundred million dollars every year that's

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<v Speaker 2>going towards the illegal immigrants. You free up eight hundred

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars a year, six hundred eight hundred million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>a year. That's a significant amount of money to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to move from the programming that the Biden administration

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<v Speaker 2>is put on steroids in the way that they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>this deals with the illegals, and move that towards speaking

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<v Speaker 2>of offsets into disaster related expenses, that just makes too

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<v Speaker 2>much sense for this administration.

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<v Speaker 1>To do what I just said, though, what else you

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<v Speaker 1>seen in Washington, DC that effects us here in Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>Just an over overspend and with with without reguard of

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<v Speaker 2>what this is doing to us with the inflation area.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm a broken record on this, but the

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<v Speaker 2>power of the purse, James Madison said, of all the

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<v Speaker 2>things that leverage exists for members of Congress, the power

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<v Speaker 2>of the purse is that leverage, and we keep giving

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<v Speaker 2>it away when we continue to maintain the status quo

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't get serious about reducing the deficit spending

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<v Speaker 2>that devalues the dollar that is driving the reason that

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<v Speaker 2>everybody right now continues to have heightened twenty percent above

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<v Speaker 2>what you were just two years ago to afford the

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<v Speaker 2>same goods and services. What that's doing to you on

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<v Speaker 2>an annual basis that the Budget Committee says is about

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen thousand dollars over the course of a year. No

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<v Speaker 2>increase in buying power, just lost the hidden tax of

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<v Speaker 2>inflation upon the average family. For and until Congress sees

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<v Speaker 2>their real job is using the power of the purse

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<v Speaker 2>to say no to so much reckless spending and so

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<v Speaker 2>much people will say, well, you know, you know it

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<v Speaker 2>just waste for our debuse. No, it's a percentage reduction

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<v Speaker 2>has to occur. We have been heightened since COVID era

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<v Speaker 2>of thirty percent in the non defense discretionary budget thirty

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<v Speaker 2>percent increase, and we've not returned back to normalcy. And

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<v Speaker 2>if we'll start there, just go back to twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>spending levels, which is what most of my midments as

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<v Speaker 2>I directed staff that we put forward, is to take

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<v Speaker 2>this program or that program back to twenty ninete spending level.

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<v Speaker 2>Is someone going to be able to come up to

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<v Speaker 2>me and say, hey, you voted to cut the spending

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<v Speaker 2>for this program I really like And my answer to

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<v Speaker 2>them would be yes, Because the bigger thing is not

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<v Speaker 2>how much in terms of what Washington is bringing home

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<v Speaker 2>to you. They're stealing more from you through devaluation of

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<v Speaker 2>your currency than you think the returning to you through

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<v Speaker 2>government programs.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, interesting way of looking at that. I had an

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<v Speaker 1>old congressman telling me this a long time ago, that

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<v Speaker 1>when somebody else brings home a big project, that's pork,

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<v Speaker 1>but when congressman does that for his own state, it's bacon.

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<v Speaker 1>And I fail to see the difference. It both came

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<v Speaker 1>off the same animal. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, in this case thinking, that way of thinking is

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<v Speaker 2>why we are thirty five training in debt. That way

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<v Speaker 2>of thinking is why we are place facing forty year

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<v Speaker 2>high inflation, and that line of thinking lead us off

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<v Speaker 2>the cliffs financially.

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<v Speaker 1>How can people get ahold of you, Josh and ask

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<v Speaker 1>you questions or you just get some information or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>give you some information.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, do you want to ride to us? It's a

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<v Speaker 2>go to our website at rourkeen b r E C

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<v Speaker 2>H E. N Urkin dot house dot g o V.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to call her Washington d C. Office and

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<v Speaker 2>just give me your position on something called two two

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<v Speaker 2>two two five two seven zero one. You can call

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<v Speaker 2>her Clemore office and I'll read those call reports so

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<v Speaker 2>I know you know if you you take down to

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<v Speaker 2>call in, I'll read what you say.

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<v Speaker 1>Very good, Hey, joshould be good to yourself and thank

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<v Speaker 1>you very much for stopping buying this seeing with us

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<v Speaker 1>today