1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,319 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of the Chicks on the Right podcast. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:04,519 Speaker 2: Very excited because we. 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,599 Speaker 1: Have the youngest Republican member of Congress with US Representative 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,839 Brandon Gill from the twenty six Desk District in Texas, 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,640 a guy that folks in our audience probably know from 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,920 such things as the awesome interrogations that he does of 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,559 liberal weirdos during committee hearings. He is also the son 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,960 in law of one of our longtime pals, Danesh Desuza. 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,679 We're so glad to have you with us today, especially 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,439 in the midst of a government shutdown. So first things first, 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,159 before we get to anything else, what is your prediction 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,119 on how this is going to play out? 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, first all, thanks for having me on and to 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,920 talk with you all. You know, there's a lot to 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,439 say about the government shutdown. I would say, I think 16 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:51,439 from here, the American people are quickly realizing and Democrats 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,759 realize that they're just shutting the government down because they 18 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:59,119 want to use our tax dollars to give healthcare subsidies 19 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:01,920 to illegal alien and that's something that the vast majority 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,120 of Americans disagree with, something that most moderate Democrats also 21 00:01:06,239 --> 00:01:09,640 disagree with. So, you know, we'll see how long this lasts. 22 00:01:09,719 --> 00:01:13,359 The ball is in the Democrats court, but I suspect 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,599 that it won't last more than about a week. But 24 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:16,400 we'll see what they do. 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: Really a week because they're trying to spin it. They're 26 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:21,760 doing this whole it's healthcare for everything, you know, like 27 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,519 Maxine Waters doesn't want to talk about that it's for illegals. 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,879 We know that it's for illegals, and I mean people 29 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,680 with you know, brain cells left in their heads know 30 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:34,200 it's for illegals. But they're trying to spin it. Congressman, 31 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,840 So I don't know, a week sounds good. I think 32 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,239 that's that's okay. But yeah, they're trying. 33 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 3: To spin it. I mean, is it is literally in 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,799 the bill text of the continuing resolution that Democrats propose, 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,799 so we remember we propose our continuing resolution. We passed 36 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,359 it out of the House two weeks ago. It was 37 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:57,760 an entirely clean CR, meaning it is just a bill 38 00:01:57,879 --> 00:02:00,040 to keep the government open, to keep the lights on 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,400 on it. We didn't pack it with conservative priorities, we 40 00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:07,760 didn't put Republican priorities. It's literally biased seven weeks so 41 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:12,319 that we can run the regular appropriations process in the meantime, 42 00:02:12,719 --> 00:02:16,400 Democrats gave their counterproposal, and page fifty seven of it 43 00:02:16,439 --> 00:02:19,479 references section seventy one one oh nine of the big 44 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,960 beautiful Bill, the Reconciliation Bill, and strips it out. That 45 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,800 was the section that bars funding for paying for medicaid 46 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,960 for illegal aliens. I mean it is right there in 47 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,439 the bill text what they're trying to do. I mean, 48 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:34,280 it is very black and white here. 49 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: And is it the cr that you guys passed in 50 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:42,000 the House. Didn't they just vote in favor of that 51 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,919 exact same CR like just a few months ago. 52 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,199 Speaker 2: Why what are they even doing. 53 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:51,599 Speaker 3: Democrats have voted in favor of crs thirteen times just 54 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,479 in the past few years. So this is something that 55 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:59,000 we routinely do, unfortunately, But we're doing this here again 56 00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:00,919 to get back to right now gular order, to the 57 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,360 real appropriations process, which is something that we all want 58 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,520 to do. You know, that's the primary job of Congress 59 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:11,120 is to exercise the power of the purse. But you're right, 60 00:03:11,159 --> 00:03:13,800 Democrats have done this thirteen times. They did it back 61 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,879 in March of this year, the exact same CR they 62 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,719 voted for to keep the government open, and they're not 63 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,039 doing it now. So you ask yourself, why are they 64 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,199 doing that. Why all of the sudden does Chuck Schumer 65 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,400 and the Democrats want to shut the government down. What's 66 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,719 changed since March And the only thing that's changed is 67 00:03:30,759 --> 00:03:33,280 that Chuck Schumer is worried about getting a primary from 68 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,240 his left from AOC, so he's willing to hold the 69 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,960 American people hostage by shutting the government down to make 70 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,039 sure that he can beef up his left wing bona 71 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:46,479 fides by trying to push health care for illegal aliens. 72 00:03:47,439 --> 00:03:50,719 Speaker 1: So you just talked about the fact that you know, ultimately, 73 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,719 when this gets shut down and hopefully the Senate passes 74 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,560 the and everything, the government opens back up again, and 75 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,639 then you talk about needing to go through this appropriations process. 76 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,159 But based on what we've seen with just a simple 77 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,199 clean cr like, is there any hope that you guys 78 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,479 will all agree to anything? And most importantly, will Republicans 79 00:04:11,479 --> 00:04:15,159 stand their ground on this shutdown because we've seen caving 80 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:18,079 that we have not been happy with in the past. 81 00:04:18,439 --> 00:04:21,079 Speaker 3: Well, I'll take that one first. The first answer is, yes, 82 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,759 we are going to stand our ground. You know, one 83 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,240 of the things that you've seen from House Republicans and 84 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,839 remember We've got a diverse conference, We've got a lot 85 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:32,360 of different sort of ideological factions in the Republican Party, 86 00:04:32,399 --> 00:04:35,240 and we don't always agree on everything. But every single 87 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,040 House Republican that I have talked to is ready to 88 00:04:38,079 --> 00:04:40,920 stand their ground on this. You know, we worked really 89 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,199 really hard to pass the Reconciliation Bill this past summer 90 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,199 on July fourth, whenever President Trump signed it into law, 91 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,800 and one of the pieces of that was a common 92 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,920 sense welfare reform making sure that people who are receiving 93 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,560 Medicaid who are able bodied in working age are actually 94 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:03,199 working or seeking work to receive it, so that we 95 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,639 can shore up the viability of these programs. Another big 96 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,480 portion of that was making sure that illegal aliens are 97 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,480 not getting federal tax dollars. You know, this is so 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,199 common sense, and we're not going to let Democrats undo 99 00:05:16,319 --> 00:05:19,240 all of that. I mean, that is absurd. And the 100 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,839 reality is that in everybody recognizes this that Republicans are 101 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,519 in the right here. You know, again, this is the 102 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,839 same bill Democrats voted for in March, and now all 103 00:05:29,879 --> 00:05:31,879 of the sudden they want to shut the government down. 104 00:05:31,959 --> 00:05:36,120 This is unambiguously a Democrat shutdown. So we're not going 105 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,000 to allow Democrats to hold the American people hostage like 106 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,519 that and sort of throw big temper tantrums to get 107 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,000 their way. We're not going to let Democrats add another 108 00:05:48,079 --> 00:05:51,399 one and a half trillion dollars in federal spending as 109 00:05:51,439 --> 00:05:54,000 part of a seven week continuing resolution. I mean, that 110 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:59,199 is wildly irresponsible. So the short answer is, no, we're 111 00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:00,759 not going to back down. We're going to hold our 112 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,040 ground here because we're right and the American people realize 113 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,959 that we're can hold you to it. 114 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 2: We're holding you to it. 115 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 3: That's right and it's important. You know, again, whenever we 116 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,160 go to Democrats and negotiating good faith right here and 117 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:21,480 they come back with something that is completely unseerious, it's 118 00:06:21,519 --> 00:06:25,519 a total joke. You know. All we can do is 119 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,079 say we're going to protect the American taxpayer, and that's 120 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:30,879 what we're doing. Now. You asked about where we go 121 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,319 from here once the government reopens, We'll have to you know, 122 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,879 there is a bit of a negotiating negotiation process that 123 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,399 happens whenever you pass the individual appropriations bills. We passed 124 00:06:42,439 --> 00:06:45,439 three out of the House already. Those are going to conference, 125 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,000 which is a negotiation between the House and the Senate. 126 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,079 So we'll see where that goes. But to even get 127 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,079 that process going, we have to have the lights on 128 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:53,800 in the government. 129 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, so like common sense is sort of endangered now, 130 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,160 so I know when you say this, you know what 131 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:04,600 I mean. Yeah, it's almost extinct. So yeah, we're hoping 132 00:07:04,639 --> 00:07:07,399 that it works out. We hope it does. So about yourself, 133 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,560 I'm very curious how does one become a congressman because 134 00:07:11,639 --> 00:07:14,879 or a congressman, well, a congresswoman, but also really you congressman? 135 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:16,879 When you are growing up? Do you are you like 136 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:19,639 eight years old and you're going mom and dad, I 137 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,160 want to be a congressman someday, Like how that? How 138 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,079 that happened for you? 139 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,519 Speaker 3: You know, I've always been interested in politics. I grew 140 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,439 up on a cattle ranch in West Texas. We had 141 00:07:31,439 --> 00:07:34,360 a thousand acre ranch out there, raised angus and brings 142 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:39,560 angus angus. Yeah, okay, outside of outside of Abilene. And 143 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,040 so I grew up working on the ranch. And that's 144 00:07:42,439 --> 00:07:45,439 a pretty good place to learn conservative values. You learn 145 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,120 the value of a dollar really quickly whenever you do 146 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:50,879 inter pound and t posts into the ground for a 147 00:07:50,879 --> 00:07:54,480 minimum wage. And so that that was how I grew up. 148 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,079 I grew up working cows, driving tractors and back hose. 149 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,560 But a lot of times whenever I would do work 150 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,439 on the ranch, which I would be listening to talk 151 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,720 radio or something similar. So I grew up listening to 152 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,319 Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity every day 153 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,279 growing up. So I've always been interested in politics, but 154 00:08:13,399 --> 00:08:16,639 never thought that I would be in political office. Definitely 155 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,600 not right now at thirty one, so it was a 156 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,040 long path to get there. 157 00:08:22,079 --> 00:08:24,199 Speaker 2: But you know, did you listen to your father in law? 158 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,360 Did you ever listen to him? 159 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 3: We did occasionally if he were if he was on 160 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,800 one of the shows, or if you know, sometimes we'd 161 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,720 listen to audio books and things like that. That's so cool. 162 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, And dinner are like family dinners consumed by politics 163 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,399 or do you steer clear? No? 164 00:08:40,639 --> 00:08:43,039 Speaker 3: You know, actually I wouldn't say consumed, but I would 165 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:47,080 say we talk about politics a lot. You know, Denesh 166 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,799 makes he's a very interesting father in law to have. 167 00:08:49,879 --> 00:08:54,799 He's a brilliant guy. Yeah, brilliant, somewhat of a political mentor. 168 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,399 So we we talked about politics very very frequently. 169 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,919 Speaker 2: What do you disagree on, if anything. 170 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,919 Speaker 3: It's a good question, you know, I'm not I'm not 171 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,519 sure there's anything that we, you know, materially disagree on. 172 00:09:08,639 --> 00:09:11,480 You know, I think that Denesh, you know, is a 173 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:14,039 Reaganite Conservative. I would I would say that I am 174 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,320 as well, where both Maga Republicans were totally on board 175 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,000 with President Trump's agenda. But you know, one of the 176 00:09:22,279 --> 00:09:24,960 great things about Densh is that he is a He's 177 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,039 a scholar as well. You know, this is a guy 178 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:32,480 who is very steeped in history and philosophy in everything 179 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,159 in between. So there's a lot to talk about with him, 180 00:09:35,159 --> 00:09:36,799 and I always learned something. 181 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:38,039 Speaker 2: I love it. 182 00:09:39,399 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: So going back to Congress for just a second, what 183 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,559 when you first got there and you're you know, you're 184 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,039 obviously the youngest Republican congressman there. I think the youngest 185 00:09:49,039 --> 00:09:52,320 Democrat is Frost, right, Maxwell Frost, If I'm not mistaken, 186 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,039 you guys are around the same age. So when you 187 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,720 got there, I'm sure had to be overwhelming for a 188 00:09:57,759 --> 00:10:00,759 brand new congressman. I mean probably for the first year 189 00:10:00,799 --> 00:10:02,720 you're just like figuring out where the bathrooms are and 190 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:03,399 all that stuff. 191 00:10:03,759 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 2: So was there something that you were shocked by? 192 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: Because I know We've talked to Congressman Burchett before, for example, 193 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,399 and one of the things that he continues to be 194 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,279 surprised by is just how much corruption he sees in 195 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,440 the halls of Congress. Have you been faced with that 196 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,240 and has it been as much of a surprise to 197 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:23,639 you as it was to him? 198 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 3: You know, not as much whenever I you know, I 199 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,799 would say there's certainly are a lot of problems in Washington, 200 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,399 and those are the things that we've got to work 201 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,440 on fixing. But you know, I came in at a 202 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,559 time which was I was sworn in January of this year, 203 00:10:37,639 --> 00:10:40,759 where Republicans had President Trump and in the White House 204 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,200 with JD. Vance as Vice President, who's been great. We 205 00:10:45,279 --> 00:10:48,000 control Congress, we have a simple majority in the Senate, 206 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:51,440 so we really came in hitting the ground running knowing 207 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,320 we've got the ability to pass real, substantial conservative legislation. 208 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,799 So from the beginning, it has been, you know, really 209 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:04,039 just working non stop. We started working on that tax 210 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:08,279 reconciliation bill that the President signed into law on day one, 211 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,440 and I know last Congress, the Speaker and other people 212 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,159 were working on it. So it has been NonStop. You know, 213 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,240 it is I'll say, whenever you have a two seats 214 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,799 soon to be one seat majority in Congress, knowing that 215 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,600 Democrats aren't going to do anything at all to help 216 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,039 us out, They're not going to give any votes for 217 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,440 anything that's meaningful on the conservative side, it makes it 218 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,879 pretty difficult to get legislation passed. And that's been a 219 00:11:33,879 --> 00:11:38,320 bit surprising how difficult. With that said, we've got major, 220 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,720 major conservative reforms done just in the past nine months. 221 00:11:42,759 --> 00:11:46,039 So it's been you know, it's definitely a ton of work, 222 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:47,279 but that's what we're up there to do. 223 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to ask. I was like, well, 224 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,799 I should ask him about how he stays not corrupt 225 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,840 because we've seen so many people, well we've been doing 226 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,919 this for seventeen years and when we're old, we've been 227 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,039 doing that, and we've seen a lot of people that 228 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,600 we're like, even friends that have gone off to Washington 229 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,360 and then they become completely different people. And I was 230 00:12:05,399 --> 00:12:07,759 going to ask you, like, how you are going to 231 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,679 not do that? But then you talked about being raised 232 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,279 on a cattle ranch, and I'm like, God, he's totally fine. 233 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:14,360 He's gonna be good. 234 00:12:14,519 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, you know, the reality is we spend 235 00:12:17,039 --> 00:12:19,519 as much time as we can here in Texas where 236 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,840 I am now. I represent a great district in Texas, 237 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:28,799 twenty six beautiful, beautiful community, really really good people. I mean, 238 00:12:28,799 --> 00:12:31,080 this is really God's country out here. So I think, 239 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,279 you know, one thing that's really important is just to 240 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:37,279 make sure that representatives stay very connected to the people 241 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,240 that they represent and not to Washington and the Swamp, 242 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,039 because the Swamp is a very nasty place to be 243 00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:47,919 in a lot of ways, and you know, there are 244 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:50,720 there are a lot of issues there. But we try 245 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,000 to stay here as much as possible. You know, I'd 246 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:56,600 spend a lot of time with my wife. She travels 247 00:12:56,639 --> 00:12:58,519 with me a lot of times as well, so she's 248 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,600 involved with the things that we're working on. We bring 249 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,519 our kids in whenever we can. We've got a two 250 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,159 year old and a four month old right now. 251 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: My gosh, were. 252 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 2: You need to have like ten kids? Right? 253 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 3: We would love to God will will give us. 254 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:16,639 Speaker 2: That's fantastic. 255 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 3: I love. 256 00:13:17,039 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: So do you have besties? Like, do you have besties 257 00:13:19,279 --> 00:13:23,200 in Congress? And then aside from that, do you ever 258 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,080 like do you ever have to like face any members 259 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,039 of the squad? And like, how hard do you shower 260 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:28,679 after that. 261 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, who's the worst? We get to know who the 262 00:13:30,639 --> 00:13:34,200 worst is too. I know a lot of questions there, Brandon, Yeah, yep. 263 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 3: You know. I'm in the Freedom Caucus and I spent 264 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,200 a lot of time with with those guys. I think 265 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,080 those are, you know, really the conservative fighters in Washington. 266 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,639 So that tends to be my group. But we've got 267 00:13:45,639 --> 00:13:48,360 a great freshman class. Whenever I came in, I was 268 00:13:48,399 --> 00:13:51,519 elected president of the Freshman Class Republicans, and we've got 269 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,879 about thirty five members in our class, and they're they're 270 00:13:54,919 --> 00:13:57,240 there to work. I mean, they're there to to get 271 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,200 real conservative policy across the finish line. And so I 272 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,879 would say I'm in and have a lot of friends 273 00:14:03,919 --> 00:14:06,879 in uh in Congress. We've got a lot of really 274 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:08,840 good members. But those are those are the areas where 275 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,159 I spend the most amount of time. 276 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 2: That's awesome. And so that the worst person that you 277 00:14:13,639 --> 00:14:16,360 can think of, like probably if you can give us 278 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,039 an you can't do that, you feel like you can't 279 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:21,320 do that always the worst in the squad that you've 280 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,360 had to deal with, because you know, we have our worst. 281 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 3: I serve on two committees with our friend Jasmine Crockett 282 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,960 and she's a representative from from the Dallas area. Yeah, 283 00:14:32,519 --> 00:14:35,759 are from my district, and we we go back and 284 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:37,960 forth quite a bit. We're both on the Judiciary and 285 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,039 Oversight committees, and those are those are the committees that 286 00:14:41,039 --> 00:14:42,440 that tend to have a lot of the more hot 287 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,480 button issues, you know, judiciaries everything from abortion to gun 288 00:14:47,559 --> 00:14:51,440 rights to everything in between. And oversight is where I 289 00:14:51,679 --> 00:14:54,799 serve on the House Doge Subcommittee of Oversight, So we 290 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,000 do a lot of things that are much more hot 291 00:14:58,039 --> 00:14:58,960 button issues. 292 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,159 Speaker 2: And do you really run into these people at the 293 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,600 gym and it's awkward? 294 00:15:05,679 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 3: We have you know, we try to try to keep 295 00:15:08,039 --> 00:15:10,480 it keep it civil outside, but I'll tell you not 296 00:15:10,559 --> 00:15:14,120 every Democrat is very uh is very friendly even outside 297 00:15:14,159 --> 00:15:17,039 of the committee rooms, uh, out the House. 298 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,279 Speaker 1: I know that's such a shock shocked by that. 299 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's uh, we you know, we try 300 00:15:23,799 --> 00:15:26,360 try to keep it civil, but it doesn't doesn't always work. 301 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:30,759 Speaker 1: Do you think that they believe genuinely, like like Jasmine 302 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:33,080 for example, do you think that she believes all the 303 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,080 stuff that she spews or is it I mean, is 304 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,879 it like for show? Is she just trying to be 305 00:15:39,559 --> 00:15:42,000 the way that she is for show. 306 00:15:44,279 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 3: You know, I think she probably does believe it. I 307 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,559 think she probably really does believe that, as many Democrats 308 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,720 too do, that we should be using our tax dollars 309 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,399 to give health care to illegal aliens, or that boys 310 00:15:56,399 --> 00:15:58,840 should be in girls' bathrooms. I mean, I don't know 311 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,799 how to justify it if they don't, because the majority 312 00:16:01,799 --> 00:16:06,480 of Americans vehemently disagree with these things. I mean they're insane, yeah, 313 00:16:06,559 --> 00:16:06,879 And they. 314 00:16:07,399 --> 00:16:10,519 Speaker 1: Keep defending criminals like that seems to be their target 315 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,360 audience for everything. 316 00:16:12,559 --> 00:16:15,799 Speaker 3: Right, their strategy really is, I mean, everything that we 317 00:16:15,919 --> 00:16:18,159 try to do. You know, we had a crime Week 318 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:20,759 just a few weeks ago where we passed a few 319 00:16:20,799 --> 00:16:23,600 bills out of the House, including one of my own, 320 00:16:23,799 --> 00:16:26,320 that would just help clean up the cities. I mean, 321 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,679 you see everything President Trump is doing to clean up Washington, 322 00:16:29,759 --> 00:16:33,200 d C. It's been wildly successful. I mean, within a 323 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,519 few weeks, the murder rate had dropped in half, carjacking 324 00:16:36,639 --> 00:16:39,440 rate was down eighty seven percent in Washington, d C. 325 00:16:39,639 --> 00:16:43,840 Because of President Trump. And we passed some legislation to 326 00:16:43,879 --> 00:16:49,080 help aid in that effort. And Democrats just consistently, no 327 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,799 matter what we do, side with criminals over innocent citizens. 328 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,240 I mean, it really becomes baffling at some point whenever 329 00:16:56,279 --> 00:16:58,879 you're talking about Washington, d C. A city that has 330 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,360 the fourth highest murder rate in the entire country, the 331 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,440 highest carjacking rate in the entire country. I mean, this 332 00:17:05,559 --> 00:17:09,200 is our capital city, and Democrats are you know, totally 333 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:13,240 okay with it being run and sort of developed into 334 00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:17,519 this anarcho tyranny that really kind of terrorizes innocent people. 335 00:17:17,559 --> 00:17:19,279 I mean, it is baffling. The only thing I can 336 00:17:19,279 --> 00:17:20,440 think is they do believe this. 337 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a terrible strategy. Given the thing about crime. 338 00:17:24,559 --> 00:17:26,359 I don't a lot of it I think has to 339 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,920 do with the fact that it's just anti Trump. It's 340 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,920 like they have such severe tds they're going to do 341 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,119 whatever the opposite is of what he's doing, which are 342 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,000 really tremendously awesome policies, but they're like what he wants 343 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,240 to fight, cry, we love crime, he wants to fight 344 00:17:40,279 --> 00:17:42,240 He wus to make sure that kids don't have autism. 345 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:45,359 We love autism. You know. It's like, I mean, they're 346 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,839 I don't and then you know, cancer, all the things 347 00:17:47,839 --> 00:17:50,759 that he wants to try to help. They're like, no, no, 348 00:17:50,839 --> 00:17:52,880 we want the opposite of that just because he said it, 349 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,200 it's it's opposite world, so it's it is kind of weird. 350 00:17:55,279 --> 00:17:58,039 I'm wondering what they're going to do for the next 351 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,559 cycle of elections and cycle of campaigns because he won't 352 00:18:02,599 --> 00:18:04,759 be the guy that's running, and I'm not sure how 353 00:18:04,759 --> 00:18:06,960 they're going to be able to look backwards and sort 354 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,319 of villainize him when other people are running. It's going 355 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,119 to be a very strange campaign cycle, or a couple 356 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:13,839 of them, you know. 357 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 3: I mean, the American people are with Republicans on just 358 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,640 about every single major political issue, whether it's law and order, 359 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,519 in crime, whether it's the economy, immigration, I mean, the 360 00:18:26,559 --> 00:18:30,119 American people trust Republicans far more than they trust Democrats. 361 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,359 And it's for good reason. I mean, we saw what 362 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,559 Joe Biden did with the border, we sell, we can 363 00:18:34,599 --> 00:18:36,759 see what President Trump has done with the border, and 364 00:18:36,839 --> 00:18:39,240 just I mean, really, in just a few weeks, you 365 00:18:39,279 --> 00:18:43,200 see Democrats siding with criminals, Republicans side with the American people. 366 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,559 You see Republican tax policy and regulatory policy that is 367 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,599 so good for our economy that you know it's really undeniable. 368 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,200 But to your point, Democrats will side against Trump no 369 00:18:55,319 --> 00:18:57,960 matter what he does. And one of the things that 370 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,559 I've really appreciated from the President and is that he 371 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:05,119 recognizes that he recognizes that no matter how good he is, 372 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,240 no matter how good his policies are, Democrats are going 373 00:19:08,279 --> 00:19:10,119 to be against him. So he says, listen, I'm just 374 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,200 going to you know, put my head down. I'm going 375 00:19:12,279 --> 00:19:14,960 to do what's right, what is good for the American people. 376 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,440 And if Democrats aren't on board, then you know, they 377 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,039 can explain that to voters. But I do think that 378 00:19:20,039 --> 00:19:22,640 that sets us up really well for the midterms in 379 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,480 about a year. 380 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: I think, I hope, so I hope that that's right. 381 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,119 We talked this morning on our show about just the 382 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:35,079 overall administration strategy of leaning into the memes and leaning 383 00:19:35,079 --> 00:19:38,119 into this sombrero thing when it comes to the shutdown. 384 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 2: We love it. 385 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,519 Speaker 1: I mean, we think it's absolutely brilliant and it's different, 386 00:19:42,559 --> 00:19:45,359 it's a little bit different than Trump's first term, but 387 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,319 it seems to be awfully effective, and it seems to 388 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:50,119 be a strategy that the Democrats have not perfected at all. 389 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,960 They are terrible at it, which we absolutely love. 390 00:19:54,519 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, we never yeah, uh huh, We've never been 391 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,000 good at the pr in the marketing, and I feel 392 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,519 like now we're starting to we are leaning into that 393 00:20:01,599 --> 00:20:02,359 kind of stuff more. 394 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 3: I mean, the sombrero meme was hilarious. Hilarious, Joe. You know, 395 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,720 any normal person can look at that and laugh and 396 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,880 think it's funny, it's not offensive. And Democrats immediately go 397 00:20:16,039 --> 00:20:19,960 into hyper political correct mode, which most people find, you know, 398 00:20:20,079 --> 00:20:23,720 really insane and repulsive. And you know, it's just it's 399 00:20:23,839 --> 00:20:27,400 hilarious how easy it is for President Trump to get 400 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,559 the Democrats spun up on anything he said or day. 401 00:20:31,279 --> 00:20:34,680 So I love the sombrero means I say, double down 402 00:20:34,759 --> 00:20:37,279 on this because it's working, you know, And they try 403 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:39,240 to do it and they don't have the humor to 404 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:42,559 do it. It's not funny, it's not appealing in any way, 405 00:20:42,599 --> 00:20:45,119 and it just shows how disingenuous they are whenever they 406 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,359 try to copy the president. 407 00:20:47,319 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 2: These people are no fun at parties. They're no fun. 408 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: One of the things that I know we have loved 409 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,519 about your interrogations, for lack of a better word, that's 410 00:20:57,519 --> 00:20:59,440 what they feel like if I were being questioned by you, 411 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,079 i'd be and it's because like as soon as I 412 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,000 see you do the thing where you like lean forward 413 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,119 on your elbows. I'm like, this is over for whoever 414 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,279 is getting the questions direct I love it, and so 415 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,920 Katherin Maher from NPR was of course the favorite. I 416 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,279 mean that was that was chef's kiss. 417 00:21:21,319 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 2: It was delicious. 418 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: Yes, So now that they've been defunded, I'm just curious 419 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:30,319 if after that moment, that viral moment that you had 420 00:21:30,319 --> 00:21:32,559 with her, do you ever hear from her? Do you 421 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,799 know how NPR is doing? Like, right, do you guys 422 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:38,759 have dinner together? 423 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 2: Right? 424 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 3: I would love to hear from Katherine mar You know, 425 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,759 we haven't heard a word from them. You know, it's 426 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,559 just funny because during that whole fight about defunding them, 427 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:51,079 which by the way, Democrats are trying to refund NPR 428 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,359 as part of this continuing resolution to keep the government open, which. 429 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 2: We're not going to do insanity. 430 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 3: But you know, the entire time, the Demmocrats were saying, well, 431 00:22:01,759 --> 00:22:05,440 NPR needs federal funds, otherwise they won't exist, rural radio 432 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,960 stations will go bankrupt. And now as soon as we 433 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,680 strip them away, today's the second day that NPR has 434 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,920 operated without federal funds. You see, people just just a 435 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,640 second ago, I read a tweet from a guy who 436 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,799 works he's at one of the news hosts at NPR 437 00:22:19,279 --> 00:22:22,000 saying that NPR is alive and well they're healthy. They're 438 00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:24,960 doing just fine even without the federal funds. You know, 439 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,160 you got you got to choose which one it's one 440 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:27,880 way or another. 441 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,839 Speaker 1: Own that's a huge self owns what that is. 442 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,759 Speaker 3: If you don't need the money, then great, we will 443 00:22:34,799 --> 00:22:38,119 save taxpayers five hundred million dollars every single year and 444 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,240 you guys can do what you want. 445 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: I feel like that's great. We can totally save some money. 446 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:45,079 I think that's fantastic. Oh my goodness. 447 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,799 Speaker 1: So I know Amy Joe wants to ask you about 448 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,960 I did hardening schools, But just before that, I wanted 449 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,920 to ask you one thing about your this no Sharia 450 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,279 Act that you're that you are proposing, and then she's 451 00:22:58,319 --> 00:23:00,519 going to have a conversation with you from a lot 452 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:01,359 of Texans and then. 453 00:23:01,279 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 2: No Sharia stuff. I am all about. I am all 454 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,119 about shame with Texas. Man, we're losing, like we're losing 455 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,559 some places in Texas which we got of like we 456 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,759 got to handle on that, Congressman. 457 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, we do. And this is a bill that Representative 458 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:20,119 Randy Fine, another freshman Republican good friend of mine, introduced 459 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,279 and it's basic common sense. It's a recognition that sharia 460 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,920 law is completely incompatible with Western civilization and with our 461 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,279 constitutional republic, and it has no place here anywhere in 462 00:23:32,319 --> 00:23:36,880 the United States. You know, there's been an issue with 463 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,000 mass migration into the country, with people from all over 464 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:43,519 the world coming in either legally or illegally, either way 465 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,359 and bringing cultures that are incompatible with our civilization. And 466 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,440 that's a problem and it's something we have to deal 467 00:23:50,519 --> 00:23:54,200 with directly and very seriously in Congress. I think through 468 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,160 immigration policy, because you've seen certain areas in the United States, 469 00:23:59,599 --> 00:24:03,079 like in you know, ilhan Omar's district for instance, that 470 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,480 really look looks more like Somalia than it looks like 471 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,519 anything in the United States. That is wrong. You know, 472 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:13,039 we've we've long had the principle of immigration in the 473 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,359 United States that if you come here, you must assimilate 474 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,119 into our culture. Now you can bring you know, you know, 475 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,480 we love it whenever we can eat great Italian food 476 00:24:22,599 --> 00:24:25,559 and great Chinese food and have all of you know, 477 00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:29,200 these sort of tertiary small benefits from immigration. But you 478 00:24:29,319 --> 00:24:34,240 have to become fully American, not a hyphenated American, fully American, 479 00:24:34,279 --> 00:24:38,160 and adopt our customs and the values of our civilization. 480 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,000 And we've we've moved away from that, and that's a 481 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:41,240 huge problem. 482 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,519 Speaker 2: Right, It's an and Mariam is such a perfect example 483 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:47,599 of that because her parents are both Polish and they 484 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,599 came here and they I mean they I just because 485 00:24:51,759 --> 00:24:54,519 they melted. They always talk about how they melted into 486 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:56,960 the American melting pot and they made their girls melt 487 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:01,200 and they still have such reverence and love for everything Polish. 488 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,440 But they are Americans. They're American girls, and I love 489 00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:06,519 I love that. I love everything that you just said. 490 00:25:06,519 --> 00:25:08,319 I think that is spot on. We've got to get 491 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:13,000 back to that. We really do. Okay, So Texas schools, 492 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,519 schools in general. So I've actually written Ted Cruz and 493 00:25:16,559 --> 00:25:19,119 Pete Sessions about this, but they've ignored me. So now 494 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,519 that I have you here and I have your full 495 00:25:20,599 --> 00:25:24,519 undivided attention, maybe you won't ignore me. But I have 496 00:25:24,559 --> 00:25:26,200 a hund sheel at least, you know, maybe just listen 497 00:25:26,279 --> 00:25:28,680 for half a second. But I have a fifteen year 498 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,319 old daughter, she's a sophomore in high school here and 499 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,880 I've noticed as we've lived here in Texas that I'll 500 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,200 walk into schools and you know, I love the school 501 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,400 resource officers. I love the idea of SROs. I think 502 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,279 that's fantastic. We should have those, even if they're volunteer, 503 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,799 they're paid whatever however we want to do that. But 504 00:25:46,039 --> 00:25:49,440 I think that every school, at least I'm talking about Texas, 505 00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:52,519 should have metal detectors. I don't know why we don't 506 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:54,680 have metal detectors at our schools. I think we should 507 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,200 have them because if politicians have them at their government 508 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,519 buildings that we pay for as American tax payers, I 509 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:02,880 don't think that politicians are any more important than my 510 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:06,799 child or anybody else's children. And I just believe that 511 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:09,480 we should have those at every single school. And I 512 00:26:09,519 --> 00:26:11,799 don't know why we don't have those. I think that 513 00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:13,599 we should do that, and that should be something that 514 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:20,279 Texas politicians and Republican politicians in general should be proposing 515 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,039 and thinking about. What are your. 516 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 3: Thoughts on You know that that seems to make a 517 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,160 lot of sense to me to help protect children. And 518 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,759 you know, I look at the high school that I 519 00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:33,279 went to. It's a very small, rural school and there's 520 00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:37,680 a sign out front basically saying be warned that we 521 00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:41,160 have teachers and principals who are armed on this campus. Yeah, 522 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,799 now that is a great thing. That is what we 523 00:26:43,839 --> 00:26:46,960 need in our schools, or people who are ready to 524 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:51,640 protect teachers and children and anybody who's on the campus. 525 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,359 I think that that's a really interesting idea. That that 526 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,799 kind of policy is typically done at the state level 527 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,599 rather than the federal level because it has to do 528 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,039 with state education. But you know, it seems to make 529 00:27:02,079 --> 00:27:02,559 sense to me. 530 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just I think it would be a nice 531 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,160 deterrent if we did that, And I don't know, I 532 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,000 don't I don't think it's hugely expensive. I think every 533 00:27:10,039 --> 00:27:13,319 school could could stand to have that, and I think 534 00:27:13,319 --> 00:27:16,519 it would be at least a frontline deterrent for somebody 535 00:27:16,599 --> 00:27:19,119 that's coming in with some sort of a weapon. If 536 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,000 a kid had to walk in and know I have 537 00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:23,720 to get past this, maybe they would think twice about 538 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,240 bringing in a weapon, a firearm or a knife or whatever. 539 00:27:27,519 --> 00:27:29,640 So it's just something to think about. 540 00:27:30,599 --> 00:27:32,319 Speaker 1: So we know our time with you is coming to 541 00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:35,119 a close. Before we let you go, can you describe 542 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,279 a day in the life of like what it is 543 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,680 what's a typical day in the life of Brandon Gill 544 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:41,839 as a congressman right now? 545 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 2: Like when you show up at the Capitol. 546 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: On a day like today, even where there's a shutdown 547 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,200 or where there's what does it look like to be 548 00:27:50,279 --> 00:27:51,799 a member of Congress on the daily? 549 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,759 Speaker 3: Yep? So today I am in I'm in district today. 550 00:27:55,839 --> 00:27:58,720 We go back on Monday again. The ball is in 551 00:27:59,079 --> 00:28:01,720 Democrats court to get us out of this shutdown. They're 552 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,680 the ones who brought us into this position. So I'm 553 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,880 meeting with constituents. I just had a meeting earlier today 554 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,480 where I spoke to local business leaders in one of 555 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,079 the towns here. We've got a few things to do 556 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:18,079 this afternoon, several meetings with other local leaders, with local 557 00:28:18,079 --> 00:28:23,240 community groups. I spoke last night at a local Republicans club. So, 558 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,480 you know, the important thing whenever we're in Texas, Oftentimes 559 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:30,000 there's an assumption that whenever Congress isn't in session, we're 560 00:28:30,079 --> 00:28:33,599 just on vacation and not doing any work. The reality 561 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,160 is whenever we're here. I mean today, I had a 562 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,240 five thirty am media hit on Newsmax this morning, and 563 00:28:40,279 --> 00:28:42,480 I will be doing meetings all day until I have 564 00:28:42,759 --> 00:28:45,200 a dinner this evening, and I'll probably be home by 565 00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:48,960 eight or nine o'clock. So we are going NonStop, meeting 566 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,720 with as many people and hearing from constituents what they're 567 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:57,599 focused on, what their concerns are, particularly with the government shutdown. 568 00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:01,640 But that's what we do whenever home is meeting with people, 569 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,400 making sure we hear get feedback from the district, see 570 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,119 what we can do to help the district, and make 571 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,200 sure that I that I know so that I can 572 00:29:10,279 --> 00:29:13,160 represent them well in Washington well hopefully. 573 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: And then when you're there at the Capitol, like I mean, 574 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,319 and could you be called back at any time, like 575 00:29:19,359 --> 00:29:22,799 if there's some change to whatever the Senate passes or whatever. 576 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,000 I mean when you get there. We did see when 577 00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:29,599 we were talking to Congressman Burchett, like the alarm bells 578 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,480 go off when it was time to vote, which was 579 00:29:31,519 --> 00:29:32,680 super interesting to us. 580 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 2: We were like, what that happened? Is that alarm? What's 581 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,559 going on? Yeah? It was so strange. 582 00:29:38,759 --> 00:29:41,119 Speaker 1: So if you're in your office, you know when you've 583 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:42,640 got to show up on the House floor. 584 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,799 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, every office in Washington and probably just about 585 00:29:46,799 --> 00:29:49,240 every room has a clock in it, and the clock 586 00:29:49,319 --> 00:29:52,440 has these alarms that go off when the House floor opens, 587 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,200 when it closes, when votes are open, when boats are closing. 588 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,559 It kind of lets you know, sort of the cadence 589 00:29:58,599 --> 00:30:01,200 of the floor activity. But whenever we're not on the 590 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,759 floor voting, I'm again meeting with constituents who are in town. 591 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:09,400 I'm doing committee work in committee, doing the interrogations or 592 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,720 preparing for them. We do legislative work a lot, reading 593 00:30:13,759 --> 00:30:17,599 through bills, working on crafting legislation, and then we spend 594 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,480 a lot of time trying to talk to our constituents 595 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,720 through the media, just like we're doing right now, so 596 00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:25,119 that they know what's going on in Washington and so 597 00:30:25,279 --> 00:30:28,920 we can be communicative and make sure that they're following. 598 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:31,920 So it is a non stop pack schedule whenever we're 599 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,000 in DC, I mean is it is a very full calendar. 600 00:30:36,599 --> 00:30:40,119 Speaker 2: That's awesome. I'm actually good. I have one last question, Brandon, 601 00:30:40,119 --> 00:30:41,839 what do you do for fun, like in your spare 602 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,799 time when you do actually have spare time, which I 603 00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:45,599 know is not a lot, what do you what does 604 00:30:45,759 --> 00:30:47,599 Brandon like to do for fun. 605 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,119 Speaker 3: When I do have spare time, I spend every second 606 00:30:52,119 --> 00:30:54,839 of it with my wife and kids. We've got a 607 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,440 little two year old Marigold, and like I said, a 608 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,440 fourteen month or four month old son went and it 609 00:31:01,519 --> 00:31:04,000 is going in there, playing hide and seek with Marigold, 610 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,039 which is one of her favorite games to play in 611 00:31:06,079 --> 00:31:09,519 the house, trying to get Winston, helping him learn how 612 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:13,759 to stand up, reading books. To Marigold, it is it 613 00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:16,519 is family time whenever we're not not working. 614 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,039 Speaker 1: Is she liking being a big sister. 615 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 3: She loves being a big sister, a little brother. 616 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: The futest thing that is that gorgeous, gorgeous kids, and 617 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,920 you need to have a zillion more of them. 618 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 2: Yes, get on, come on, let's go. 619 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,079 Speaker 1: We are sure appreciate you being with us today and 620 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,960 giving us the lowdown on the shutdown. Hopefully it won't 621 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,599 be as long as a week or longer. We hope 622 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,599 that the Democrats come around. Really appreciate your time today, 623 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,599 especially in the midst of the government crisis like. 624 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 2: This today, you're busy. We really appreciate your time. It's 625 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:55,880 so lovely to meet you. 626 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,319 Speaker 3: Finally, y'all as well, and thanks for a and me on. 627 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:01,119 I appreciate it. 628 00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:03,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, so hopefully we'll do it again soon. Thank you.