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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 with this Congressman Josh Ri Keen from Regional

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<v Speaker 1>District too here in Oklahoma. It's been a busy, busy

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<v Speaker 1>time in Washington, d C. And first of all, how

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<v Speaker 1>are we doing as far as the big vote to

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<v Speaker 1>keep the keep the nation open, as far as the

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<v Speaker 1>money's concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was in the Oval Office a few days

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<v Speaker 2>ago with President Trump myself. It's about fifteen of us

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<v Speaker 2>that are considered fiscal hawks, and the President was asking us,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, can you support the cr And so almost

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<v Speaker 2>all of us, you know, walked out of there saying,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, we're willing to go with you on this.

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<v Speaker 2>When I had a chance to speak to him individually,

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<v Speaker 2>I related to him. I said, President Trump, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for not backing off of what Doge is doing. It's

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<v Speaker 2>because of you know Rubio, now is it this morning

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<v Speaker 2>saying we're eliminating eighty five percent of USAID funding will

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<v Speaker 2>roll the other remaining fifteen percent under Secretary of State's office,

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<v Speaker 2>the ability of RUSS vote at omb former Freedom Cocus

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<v Speaker 2>member with me, Dan Fisher or a Dan Bishop brother

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<v Speaker 2>that works with RUSS. They were both in that meeting

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<v Speaker 2>and to be able to say to President Trump, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for not pulling your foot off the gas pedal

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<v Speaker 2>on trying to find these efficiencies. And he said to me,

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<v Speaker 2>is that's really the only reason you're willing to go

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<v Speaker 2>to that said, Miss President, I can. I can stomach

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<v Speaker 2>the cr because you've not taken your foot off of

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<v Speaker 2>what Doze is doing. And and so the ability as

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<v Speaker 2>I've been you know, on Budget Committee, and I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>the hesitancy of Republicans to really go in and cut stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>We've got the opportunity to do that now with Doge.

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<v Speaker 2>And if we can hold our budgets flat for four years,

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<v Speaker 2>some of what we're kind of trying to do with

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<v Speaker 2>this reconciliation build. I want to make this too confusing,

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<v Speaker 2>but part of the agreement of this framework that we

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<v Speaker 2>set up about six of us with the Speaker on

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<v Speaker 2>the Budget Committee and said, if you'll let us adjust

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<v Speaker 2>the dials, we have to have savings to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to do the things on the ways and mean side.

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<v Speaker 2>When we cut that deal with the Speaker two weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 2>with the Speaker that that big, one, big beautiful bill,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a minimum a two year freeze which to

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<v Speaker 2>see our plays into on the discretionary side. If we

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<v Speaker 2>can do that for four years, we can return our

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<v Speaker 2>non defense discretionary spending levels back to pre COVID tom

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<v Speaker 2>and that's huge, you know for all of us that

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<v Speaker 2>we're putting amendments up for the last couple of years

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<v Speaker 2>on the appropriation bills and saddened by the fact we

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<v Speaker 2>could only get eighty to one hundred our colleagues to

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<v Speaker 2>support taking arts and humanity funding back to twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>spending levels. There's a chance here, because you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>gutsy president who's not taking his foot off of dose,

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<v Speaker 2>that we're going to be able to accomplish some real

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<v Speaker 2>spending reduction. And so that you know, again to have

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<v Speaker 2>the ability to say, to encourage the president, just keep

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<v Speaker 2>your foot hard pressed on this, and look, I think

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<v Speaker 2>he sees it. You know that when he mentioned Elon

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<v Speaker 2>at the State of the Union address, some of us

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<v Speaker 2>were making sure the applause continued. We want the president

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<v Speaker 2>to know that, regardless of what you're hearing from everyone

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<v Speaker 2>saying they're against this, some of us see this as

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<v Speaker 2>the way we're going to have a chance to spare

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<v Speaker 2>this country from his history of other countries who fail

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<v Speaker 2>for loose fiscal policy.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, when we see some of these headlines, we see

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<v Speaker 1>things of just really bizarre outlays of cash from USA

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<v Speaker 1>that go to other countries for some of what seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be pretty dark and silly and maybe even nonsensical.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're also finding out that some of these things

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<v Speaker 1>have a little bit of a oh well, let's call

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<v Speaker 1>it a commission for somebody back home, usually someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>tied to someone in Washington, d C. Maybe even a lawmaker.

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<v Speaker 1>When are the names going to come out?

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<v Speaker 2>Look, there are these and creases, non government organizations that

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<v Speaker 2>pass money around. And when Rubio, when Rubio was saying

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five percent of what we were spending money on

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<v Speaker 2>is nonsensical, there's a report I haven't confirmed it. It was

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<v Speaker 2>floating around on substack. Someone sent me about how you

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<v Speaker 2>got equities for Oklahoma, which is this group that's pushing

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<v Speaker 2>the LGBTQ stuff in Oklahoma. That it shows you the

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<v Speaker 2>spider web of USAID funding going to different organizations who

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<v Speaker 2>then are funneling that money to Oklahoma's for equity, and

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<v Speaker 2>it appears again just needs We've got to get confirmation,

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<v Speaker 2>but as appeers our tax dollars, when many of us

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<v Speaker 2>thought some of these things were being pushed by private donations.

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<v Speaker 2>Are organizations tied into the left receiving tax money, federal

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<v Speaker 2>tax money that was in in a spider web, usa

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<v Speaker 2>ID being the component funneling to organizations who would then

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<v Speaker 2>funnel in the organizations like Oklahoma's for equity and it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't private donors, right, and these things are pushing counter

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<v Speaker 2>to the virtues of Oklahomas. People have to be infuriated

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<v Speaker 2>with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Now with mister Musk doing his duty there with Doge,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been hearing of people with eleven Social Security accounts.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been hearing the people who are three hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years old getting solid security money. And Social Security,

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<v Speaker 1>of course wasn't around until like nineteen thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I clarify this because Eloon was with House members

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<v Speaker 2>last week he please do so. When President Trump is

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<v Speaker 2>going through the numbers of people going oh, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>social Security, they're not getting those checks. What Elon said

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<v Speaker 2>is you're missing what President Trump. He didn't say this.

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<v Speaker 2>That's President Trump is describing that because they have a

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<v Speaker 2>secret or Social Security number they're eligible for other programs.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mean they're getting the money through Social Security. It

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<v Speaker 2>means because they stay on Social Security. There's one example,

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<v Speaker 2>eline pointy two where you've got three thousand, twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>when the the COVID money was being dispensed, you have

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand loans at the tune of three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>thirty million dollars going to people over one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen years of age because they had a Social Security number.

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<v Speaker 1>WHOA.

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<v Speaker 2>So the fact that solid security keeps them on their rolls.

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<v Speaker 2>It might not be receiving Social Security benefits, but because

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<v Speaker 2>so many other programs say you get a soci Security number,

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<v Speaker 2>you're eligible for our programs. That's what's happening. These people

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<v Speaker 2>are receiving government funding through other government programs because they're

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<v Speaker 2>using their Social Security number to look balid.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thanks for that clarification, because there are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of folks that kind of upset that you know we did.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of gray and nebulus. I'm glad that you

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<v Speaker 1>parse that out a little bit, cleared that up. Wonderful Now,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things going on here too. Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>were there, of course, and you mentioned at the President's speech.

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<v Speaker 1>What was that like? Was that kind of surreal?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I was actually in the back. I had lots

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<v Speaker 2>of people from from Oklahoma staying where are you? We

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<v Speaker 2>can't see you. I was in the back, and let

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<v Speaker 2>me say this. People started at two o'clock taking their wallets,

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<v Speaker 2>even taping them to their chairs so they could reserve

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<v Speaker 2>a spot. I've been working on because I'm on the

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<v Speaker 2>Budget Committee recommendation, I've been working on some things to

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<v Speaker 2>try to show the President where there's more savings and

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<v Speaker 2>cuts to be found to be able accomplish this one big,

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful bill. So I had my binder. I was in

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<v Speaker 2>the back row studying before the State of the Union

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<v Speaker 2>started because we were going to go into White House

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<v Speaker 2>and meete with the President of the day the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>I was with the speaker his staff relaying messages to

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<v Speaker 2>Trump President Trump's staff. So I was actually preparing for

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<v Speaker 2>the meeting with the president. So I was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>not in the best spot. I was having to stand

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<v Speaker 2>as the speech started, stand up to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>watch it. It was surreal, man, you know the fancy

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<v Speaker 2>word for weird. It was weird to watch, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to watch democrats not stand when You've got a young

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<v Speaker 2>man who's gone through six surgeries because of brain canching.

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<v Speaker 2>They can't stand for that. You know, when when law

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<v Speaker 2>enforcement is touted for the heroic efforts, they won't stand

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<v Speaker 2>for that. I mean, just common civility that you saw

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<v Speaker 2>running just the opposite direct when al Green did what

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<v Speaker 2>he did. I had a meeting with the Speaker on

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<v Speaker 2>the floor a couple of days ago. Some of us

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<v Speaker 2>are saying it has to be more than just the censor.

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<v Speaker 2>He raises money al Green. He raises money off of

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<v Speaker 2>And I suggested to the speaker he delayed that al

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<v Speaker 2>Green delayed an official proceeding. That is something that comes

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<v Speaker 2>up with criminality charges. And so I've got my staff

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<v Speaker 2>kind of looking at what we can do for rules change,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Speaker kind of nodded his head and said, look,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I can see some validity, you know, us

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<v Speaker 2>doing something on the delay of an official proceeding in

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<v Speaker 2>addition to just how stupid you know, and look he

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<v Speaker 2>made he made the Democrats look bad, he did, and

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<v Speaker 2>that alone speaks for itself.

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<v Speaker 1>My goodness. So it's been a bit since we've been conversed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know you've been very very busy, especially with this,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being a physcal hawk, I got to go

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<v Speaker 1>back to this, you know, re faciliation bill. Did do

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<v Speaker 1>you hear josh urkeeen and that in the same sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>It almost takes your breath away. But like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>everything has been put into motion to make it work

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<v Speaker 1>for the people in this case.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, look impoundment and recisions with russ vote and what

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<v Speaker 2>Dose is doing and part of what we So just

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<v Speaker 2>make sure I'm not confusing people. No president wants a

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<v Speaker 2>c R for the twelve appropriation bills, an annual yearly

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<v Speaker 2>funding for twenty five percent of the budget. Seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>percent of our budget is for Medicare and Medicaid, food stamps.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are locked away. Those are mandatory spending programs. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what the Budget Committe's been working on on reconciliation. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the process. It doesn't require sixty votes in the Senate

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<v Speaker 2>across fifty. Some of us are trying to show the

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<v Speaker 2>President and his team and and this are other colleagues,

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<v Speaker 2>here's how we get to real save to pay for

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<v Speaker 2>the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the things that

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump is asking for, the ability to pay for

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<v Speaker 2>tax on tips, and so that framework of reconciliation, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to plus up defense in that side, which is

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<v Speaker 2>usually done in the normal discretionary budget side. But the

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<v Speaker 2>trade off for us with the Speaker and it's backs

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<v Speaker 2>in our reconciliation package. The framework we put the gun

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<v Speaker 2>out of Budget Committee is it says we will let

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<v Speaker 2>a minimum hold the discretionary side flat for two years.

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<v Speaker 2>If we could hold it flat for four years, we

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<v Speaker 2>can get it speaked up with pending levels. But even

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<v Speaker 2>the two years, it's sizeable savings. It's hundreds of billions

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<v Speaker 2>of dollars just on the discretionary side of the ledger,

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<v Speaker 2>not not even to mention what we're trying to do

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<v Speaker 1>Now, once this is passed, and I understand it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be kind of tricky in the Senate, but once

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<v Speaker 1>this gets past, some of these folks are going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to grow a little bit of will to keep

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<v Speaker 1>from going back to old habits when two years are gone.

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<v Speaker 2>You got people right now that are trying to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>protect the green new scalm, protect wind industry, trying to

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<v Speaker 2>protect solar. So we put a framework together. The problem

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<v Speaker 2>is we got people balking on it because they don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to do what is going to have to happen

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure Medicaid returns to what it was original mission,

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<v Speaker 2>which was for the poor, the disabled, the elderly, pregnant,

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<v Speaker 2>nursing mothers. We have grown the Medicaid population since twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twelve sixty percent. Because of this expansion population, Obama started

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<v Speaker 2>to where now, Tom, you have more people that are

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<v Speaker 2>above the poverty line on Medicaid than below the poverty line.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've got people who aren't willing to come on

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<v Speaker 2>not displacing the poor and the disabled for the services

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<v Speaker 2>being provided, because that's what it's doing. The poor, the disabled,

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<v Speaker 2>the elderly are having to compete for service providers for

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<v Speaker 2>the able bodied guy who's able to work, who's living

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<v Speaker 2>in his parents' basement and he's not out there hustling,

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<v Speaker 2>and we are destroying this country. Our population is a

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<v Speaker 2>country since twenty twenty twelve has only grown six percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet since Obama and a Biden have expanded the mediciate population,

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<v Speaker 2>it's grown sixty percent the Medicaid population. Wow, So what

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<v Speaker 2>you what you see is is we got socialized healthcare,

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<v Speaker 2>and Medicaid is a tool to do it. And so

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<v Speaker 2>you got colleagues and they're not wanting to do anything

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<v Speaker 2>to right size Medicaid. You got polls even right now

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<v Speaker 2>saying people as a majority support right size in Medicaid.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's not even limited Republicans. And the other side

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<v Speaker 2>of we've got some colleagues that are trying to protect

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<v Speaker 2>a green new scam, protecting these these wind and solar

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<v Speaker 2>projects in their districts. I'm talking about some Republican colleagues.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've been even this morning on the phone with

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<v Speaker 2>an expert, Alex Epstein, trying to encourage us to do

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<v Speaker 2>a letter to get the American people to understand if

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<v Speaker 2>we don't roll back these green new scalm, even solar

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<v Speaker 2>tax credits in this reconciliation process, we'll lose it. When

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump said out he's committing in the Green New Scale,

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<v Speaker 2>he was talking about the IRA Inflation Reduction actun put

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<v Speaker 2>all these things in. And so we've got to repeal

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff or it's gonna be with us in perpetuity.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is going to be the demise of jobs

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<v Speaker 2>in Oklahoma, specifically because the electric grid is moving towards

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<v Speaker 2>all the growth on the electric grid. Super majority of

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<v Speaker 2>all the growth now, according to the Energy Information Administration,

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<v Speaker 2>is on wind and solar that's displacing natural gas. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're using taxpayer credits, taxpayer subsidies to compete with natural gas.

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<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma's the top five exporter on natural gas. This is

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<v Speaker 2>stupidity that we're subsidizing industries that can't make it on

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<v Speaker 2>what the Energy Information Administration says in another twenty years

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<v Speaker 2>to be a majority supported by wind and solar that

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<v Speaker 2>are unreliable. I mean, we could be in a place

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<v Speaker 2>where winter storms that we're on unreliable wind and solar.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be losing all and gas jobs in the process.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just plain stupidity. So why if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>Europe now, they're pulling most of their energy supplies out

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<v Speaker 2>of Russia. Got Europe who's trying to fight against Russia.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet they are spending more pain for all and gas

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<v Speaker 2>coming from Russia than they are aiding Ukraine, and and

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<v Speaker 2>and so. But Alana has to do with their energy

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<v Speaker 2>system is in a mess in Europe because they've tried

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<v Speaker 2>to go to being in this Green New Deal and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not working for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh, anything else you'd like to invite or tell folks

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<v Speaker 1>about what's going on with you and how they can

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<v Speaker 1>contact you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Probam. They can always reach out to our Clairemoor office.

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<v Speaker 2>Always reach us in DC. We want to hear from them.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got field reps that are out you know that

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<v Speaker 2>being businesses that are gathering information, gathering data. They can

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