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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a Senator James Lankford on with us today,

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<v Speaker 1>and Merry Christmas to you, sir, Gay.

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<v Speaker 2>Merry Christmas as well. It's nice at December time period

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<v Speaker 2>and we are officially in the Christmas season.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I got to tell you it is really something

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<v Speaker 1>else to have you on board here today. We got

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of things. First of all, the Defense Bill.

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<v Speaker 1>How's that coming along?

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<v Speaker 2>It is best case scenario next week now. We have

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<v Speaker 2>been pushing this. It actually came through committee on a

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<v Speaker 2>five part of the basis last summer, so it's been

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<v Speaker 2>sitting out there and Chuck Schumer has held it now

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<v Speaker 2>for five months and not allowed it to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to come to the floor. So we're hoping that actually

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<v Speaker 2>gets to the floor. But that is right now in

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<v Speaker 2>Chuck Schumer's hands. There's a lot of negotiations on the

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<v Speaker 2>final pieces of it. But I have worked a lot

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<v Speaker 2>on this bill on getting Smokeklahoma priorities into it. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>we are a military state, very very grateful for our

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<v Speaker 2>military service and the number Vestans that live in our state,

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<v Speaker 2>so it is very important we actually get this bill.

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<v Speaker 1>Done Senator, we got another thing that you do kind

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<v Speaker 1>of every year, kind of goes along with a waste

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<v Speaker 1>in my golly, where does all that money to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of identify some of the bottomless pits. You got

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<v Speaker 1>that report ready to roll.

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<v Speaker 2>We have done for years. Will we call several fumbles

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to outline areas of waste inefficiency to

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<v Speaker 2>government and things that we could do better to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to save taxpayer dollars. We have done that year

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<v Speaker 2>after year. We send it up to committee members, we

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<v Speaker 2>sent a staff, We release it publicly for people that

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<v Speaker 2>want to be able to go through it. But our

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<v Speaker 2>goal is to get everyone's attention and to say there

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<v Speaker 2>are areas where we could save significant amount of taxpayer dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>I am grateful now that Elon Musk confusing Ramaswami had

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<v Speaker 2>been assigned by President Trump to be able to step

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<v Speaker 2>up and coordinate all of that work to move it

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<v Speaker 2>from we're talking about it to actually doing it. This

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<v Speaker 2>has been my press for years to say everybody's got

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<v Speaker 2>to stop saying we're inefficient to start actually fixing it.

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<v Speaker 2>So a meeting later today with Vi Ramaswami and Elon Musk,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're going through a lot of those ideas to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to lay it out, try to figure out, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>which ones first, which one are we going to take on? Second?

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<v Speaker 2>How do we actually get this stuff implemented. So grateful

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to have the additional support on it,

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<v Speaker 2>but we need to get something fixed. We're tired of

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<v Speaker 2>talking about gooty grants like our federal tax dollars paying

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<v Speaker 2>for drag shows and Ecuador and studying the secret language

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<v Speaker 2>of butchers in Paris and Russian studies on COVID. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just amazing to meet the amount of waste that we

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<v Speaker 2>have in the government, the grants and things that are

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<v Speaker 2>done that are inefficient. We've got to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get on top of this. And I'm grateful now that

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump saying let's do it well.

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<v Speaker 1>This is great. Now with the holiday season about, you

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of work to wrap up in Washington, DC.

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<v Speaker 1>You're talking about the Defense bill coming home for a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, aren't.

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<v Speaker 2>You well, And when we get our work done, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>come home a week because of the bill to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to get done. We also have twelve appropriation bills.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a farm bill extension that needs to be done,

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<v Speaker 2>we have disasser rate for North Carolina. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>that still needs to be done in the next two weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, unfortunately Chuck Schumer continues to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>drag his speedes. He's trying to be able to press

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<v Speaker 2>judges rather than doing the key essential legislative work that

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<v Speaker 2>we've got to get done. So we're going to press

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to get that done and that will

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<v Speaker 2>just stay until it's finished.

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<v Speaker 1>Well. President Trump has wasted no time, a lot different

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<v Speaker 1>than the last time around, and trying to get his

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<v Speaker 1>cabinet picks out and ready to roll. Have you met

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<v Speaker 1>with several of his picks already.

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<v Speaker 2>I've met with a few of them. They've just really

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<v Speaker 2>started this week on it. And it's based on the

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<v Speaker 2>committee's of jurisdiction that draw the different meetings that we've

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<v Speaker 2>had so serve of the Finance Committee, which will handle

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<v Speaker 2>all the tax issues. We'll meet with Congressional Budget Office leadership.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll meet with RFK Junior deal with Medicare Medicaid. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>meet with the new Treasury Secretary nominee. We'll go through

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<v Speaker 2>the Homeland security issues. That's Christy Nome that has been

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<v Speaker 2>nominated we'll meet soon. So there's a lot of those folks.

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<v Speaker 2>I met yesterday with Elie Staphonic, who has a wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to be the UN ambassador for US. So there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of key positions that we've just started getting a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to connect with on it. Grateful to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>President has the right to be able to pick their staff,

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<v Speaker 2>just like I have the right to pick my staff.

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<v Speaker 2>President has the right to do that with one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that there is a constitutional obligation as well for what's

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<v Speaker 2>called advice and consent to the Senate. That's why all

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<v Speaker 2>these different folks are coming by to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>visit with senators because we are a part of that process.

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<v Speaker 2>But the President always gets first pick on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Very good watch this as a layman, you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not an internal guy by any stretch of the imagination,

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<v Speaker 1>but I notice a lot of these picks from the

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<v Speaker 1>President have been coming from Congress. Is that something that

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<v Speaker 1>has anybody a little concerned?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what's interesting is actually a couple of three

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<v Speaker 2>of them have come from the House or representative. One

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<v Speaker 2>of them has come from the Senate. That's Marco Rubio

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<v Speaker 2>for Secretary of State, which you do a terrific job.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got great experience there. So only actually a handful

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<v Speaker 2>of those have actually Congress, and most of them he's

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<v Speaker 2>brought in their business leader, a lot of investment folks,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of folks that are entrepreneurs that started companies

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<v Speaker 2>or run large companies. He's looking for people that's quite

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<v Speaker 2>frankly like him, that have business experience and background and

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<v Speaker 2>want to be able to seek greater efficiency in government

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<v Speaker 2>and operation. So that'll be interesting to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>walk through learning the bureaucracy of government. Does take a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of time, but it can be done. So

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<v Speaker 2>just because someone has no government experience, that doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>they can't actually step in and do it. I had

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<v Speaker 2>no government experience when I was first elected, and I

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<v Speaker 2>can step in and be able to do the job.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just a matter of somebody that's committed to

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<v Speaker 2>doing it and has the perspective they're going to make

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<v Speaker 2>a difference.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, we're hanging into Christmas and New Years. A

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<v Speaker 1>word to the everyone who is listening today at Glory

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<v Speaker 1>is yours well.

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<v Speaker 2>I am grateful for the Christmas season. The Christmas season

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<v Speaker 2>is one of my favorite times of the year as

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<v Speaker 2>it is for a lot of people on it only

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<v Speaker 2>for a couple of things. One is, people start turning

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to figure out how they're going to serve

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<v Speaker 2>their neighbor and how they're going to give to each other.

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<v Speaker 2>And it changes our hearts be able to focus less

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<v Speaker 2>on us and more on others. That's a good gift,

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<v Speaker 2>but quite frankly, for me as a follower of Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a great time of celebration to remember that

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<v Speaker 2>God did not forget us and leave us alone. He

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<v Speaker 2>came to us to be able to show us who

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<v Speaker 2>he is, and the Christmas season reminds us again that

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<v Speaker 2>we are not forgotten by God, that he loves us,

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<v Speaker 2>cares for us, and is willing to come pursue us.

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<v Speaker 2>So I hope everybody gets a chance to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy the scenes and find us a family