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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, sure. You know, we just left the Vera breakfast

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<v Speaker 1>that started at about six twenty this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always good.

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<v Speaker 1>That was good. It was great, and it's well known

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the state as a place that Representative Earl Sears

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<v Speaker 1>the former representatives that is hosting of that. It's really awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we've got we're here with you, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we have our best forum. We've got some coffees with

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<v Speaker 1>the business leaders in town, just kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>going back and seeing some old friends. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys have got a great congressman up here and

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<v Speaker 1>josh ur Keen good friend of mine. So it's great

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<v Speaker 1>to be up here just making a pass through to

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<v Speaker 1>say hi to everybody and talk about tax policy.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, you know you've been on the heading up

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<v Speaker 2>the Republican Study Committee. You've been busy with that. I have.

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<v Speaker 1>That's an honor to do that. We you know, some

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<v Speaker 1>of the former members or chairs of that have been

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<v Speaker 1>the current Speaker, Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise, the Majority

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<v Speaker 1>Leader Jim Jordan, Mike Pence and others. And it's a

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<v Speaker 1>two year term only. You're elected by your peers, not

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<v Speaker 1>by leadership, and we really talk about policy. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>the great thing about it. We have people from all

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<v Speaker 1>the other caucuses, you know, from the Freedom Caucus, of

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<v Speaker 1>the more moderate parts of the Republican Party coming together

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<v Speaker 1>talking about policies, talking about balanced budgets, putting together balanced budgets.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, we've done the only budgets

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<v Speaker 1>in Congress since I've been in Congress, and they all balanced.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, it's really great. I mean, I know

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<v Speaker 1>America gets tired to seeing all the political haggling going

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<v Speaker 1>on and just wondering when we're gonna get to work

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<v Speaker 1>about America. And that's what we do in the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>Study Committee.

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<v Speaker 2>Very good. You recently cast some pretty interesting boats, one

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<v Speaker 2>involving China and our land here in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us a little bit about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a tough situation when you're in a capitalist

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<v Speaker 1>environment like we are in the United States of America,

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<v Speaker 1>free enterprise, when you don't want to get in between

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<v Speaker 1>a buyer and a seller. But when you have something

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<v Speaker 1>some country like we know with China being very malicious

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<v Speaker 1>in some of their activity, or buying up our food

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<v Speaker 1>processing plants, buying up our big farms across America doing things,

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<v Speaker 1>especially buying land near our strategic installations, like our military basis.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to kind of wonder what that's all about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, why pick that particular land. And so we've

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<v Speaker 1>gone in and push back on that. I put out

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<v Speaker 1>a three hundred and sixty seven page comprehensive a Chinese bill,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will, back in March that we're pulling off

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<v Speaker 1>bills out of that, from anything from going after China

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<v Speaker 1>for the precursors to fentanol that's killing one hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 1>Americans a year coming across the southern border, to business

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<v Speaker 1>people that are using their capital to go in and

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<v Speaker 1>increase the technology and China investment in technology of China,

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<v Speaker 1>We're cutting that out and looking at what they're doing

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<v Speaker 1>and sending in imports to try to conquer our manufacturers.

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<v Speaker 1>And so all of this involves a big bill, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I send on Ways of Means on the tax

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<v Speaker 1>policy team, and we have a big expiration next year

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<v Speaker 1>the end of twenty five of the current tax policy.

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<v Speaker 1>And the area that I'm responsible for that I've been

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<v Speaker 1>given by them and Jason Smith of Ways and Means

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<v Speaker 1>is to I'm in charge of all the international tax policies.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm working to make sure that America is the

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<v Speaker 1>most favorable place in the world to do business, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing that through the tax policy.

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<v Speaker 2>Goodness, busy day today. You've just finished up with the beer.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna go to the forum, and that's always fun.

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<v Speaker 1>It is. You know, My first first time to come

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<v Speaker 1>to Oklahoma or to Borrowsville, brother when I after I

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<v Speaker 1>moved to Oklahoma, was in two thousand and four, and

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<v Speaker 1>then uh, the former Congressman Tom Coburn was running for

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<v Speaker 1>Senate and I was on his campaign. That was the

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<v Speaker 1>first campaign that ever worked on in my life. And

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<v Speaker 1>my first campaign stop was the RVs Breakfast and when

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<v Speaker 1>we went in there, you know, then candidate Tom Coburn

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<v Speaker 1>shared his vision of what he wanted to do in

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate, and of course he did that from the

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<v Speaker 1>ten years he was there. And I remember that the

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<v Speaker 1>members there, it was a packed house and they all

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<v Speaker 1>gave him, gave him a standing ovation. So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if I get a standing ovation today, but it

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<v Speaker 1>certainly was My hero was time cover.

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<v Speaker 2>Indeed, Hey, thanks for being with us today. Is there

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<v Speaker 2>anything else you'd like to share with us before you

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<v Speaker 2>get rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, just thank you, and I thank Bartlesville for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>being Bartlesville. It is really a great place, and I

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<v Speaker 1>hope all your listeners know how great it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, as I look at America across the

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<v Speaker 1>world and all the work I'm doing now, I still

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<v Speaker 1>believe we're the beacon for the world. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the United States of America, many people have

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<v Speaker 1>seen this map of if the Democrats win this election,

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<v Speaker 1>that you're going to have California and New York basically

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<v Speaker 1>controlling our country, and all throughout the center of the

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<v Speaker 1>country it's red. If you look right in the center,

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<v Speaker 1>that's Oklahoma. And I still believe that Oklahoma and Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>and are really the best hope for America. So thank

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<v Speaker 1>you all for all the listeners out there for what

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<v Speaker 1>you do, and thank all the Oklahoma's out there that

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<v Speaker 1>for being who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Dougress been herd. Thank you