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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Congressman Bill Heisinga here with us right now, shouting.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
For the roof tap sump music.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
My friend, Hey, you know what, people are shouting it
from the rooftops right now. Hey, if you guys can't
get this thing done, specifically Democrats, you know it started
as the Schumer shutdown. I'm starting to call it the
Schumer shakedown because if you look at all these things
he wants and he's asking for, it's incredible. I self,
Speaker Johnson talking about to see all this long laundry
(00:26):
list of things, it's just incredible. But this bill you're
putting out there, and Byparson support on this, I think
a lot of people are excited to see it.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah. Look, it's just not right if our federal employees,
whether it's TSA, Coast Guard, Customs and Border Patrol, Ice,
Department of Agriculture, not to mention our troops, if they're
not able to get their paychecks, why in God's green
Earth would we be able to get our paychecks. So
(00:56):
now I took voluntarily, I said, not going to take
a paycheck, But I want to ramp up the pressure
on some of my colleagues, and I think, frankly, the
American people, the taxpayers deserve a serious minded Congress, and
we've gotten away from that more and more. And you know, look,
(01:17):
at the end of the day, this is probably the
most important thing and constitutionally the thing that we are
required to do, which is to appropriate federal dollars in
the federal spending for the federal government. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And you know, as you mentioned, I think this seems fair,
especially at a point at a time we talked about
how ridiculous this whole shakedown is. Right now, can you
just spread some light on some of this. This is
this is a continuing resolution. It only lasts untils a
couple of weeks into November here, whatever it might be.
(01:53):
And it's the same thing they've voted on him for
in the past.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah. And interestingly enough, Chuck Schumer has allowed the federal
government to shut down only twice now and in twenty eighteen.
Think about what the common denominator is. The initials are
DJ and T. So this is really what it's all about, right,
and you know, it's about the anti Trump rallies that
(02:20):
are going to be happening this weekend. It's about him
staring down a primary opponent named AOC it's about Hakeem
Jeffries having a primary opponent in New York as well.
So really this is more about politics than it is
about policy, and it's trying to satisfy the radical progressive
(02:41):
left and the Democrats. Now here's the one interesting thing,
probably one of the more salient voices in this entire thing,
has been John Fetterman of all people out of Pennsylvania,
who said the quiet part out loud, which is, look,
the Democrats put this in as a temporary, uh subsidy
(03:03):
for Obamacare, and they knew it at the time. And
this isn't about even healthcare. This is about Donald Trump
and opposing Trump and and the progressive radical base of
his party. And uh, that's that was That was pretty interesting.
I definitely retweeted that one, by the way.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
You know, it's really interesting when he's making the most
sense out of all of them, by the way, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
It just shows he's on the Democrat side. It's on
the Democrat It shows.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
How far they've they've they've come. And you know a
lot of people will say that, people that voted for
Trump specifically will say, you know, I didn't leave the
Democrat party. They left me perfect example us. You've also
been leading to charge with a letter here to get
federal law enforcement paid. Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, well, and we did this. We coupled it up
actually with a bill, a standalone bill that I have
that if this stretch is on, we're encouraging our leadership
to take it up along with a pay our troops.
I'm saying, we need to pay our DHS employees that
covers a coast Guard, that covers TSA, that covers ice,
(04:11):
and Customs and Border patrol and all of those organizations.
And the Trump administration has been having to just kind
of go through extraordinary measures finding money because they don't
want to put our troops or our law enforcement in
this spot. So they've been able to find that mond
those pools of money to be able to make sure
(04:32):
those paychecks are happening. But that's only temporary. And so
what we had done is we had written a letter
to Office of Management and Budget russ Voyt and encouraging him,
and it was our delegation had had sent that to him,
saying we want you to do this, please try to
(04:52):
find a way. They did. They are were very pleased
to the fact that we encouraged them to do that,
and so we're we're we're, but it's a temporary patch
and we need to climb up with with a solid
long term solution Congressman Bill by the Way, passing the
federal appropriations.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Bills Congress and Bill Heisinger, and and the latest is
we have these conversations. Obviously, I've heard some folks talk about, hey,
maybe this will wrap up soon after this No King's Day,
they get some steam out, but then you guys are
going to be back at it again, which I think
is kind of interesting in November to have to run
through this again. But what's your take? How soon is
(05:33):
this all going to come to ahead in winter? We
I mean, is it even possible?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Knowing us, Yeah, you know, I've been out here in
Washington pretty much the whole time. I'll be back again
theen it comes back in again on Monday. My senate
friends and colleagues, though, are saying they're expecting this to
last even longer than what the first Shoomer shut down
was back in twenty eighteen. And so if that's the case,
(05:59):
we're going to be head into November with this, and
then there's going to be real consequences, so I hope not.
But what we need is, frankly, our senators in Michigan
to start putting pressure on Chuck Schumer. We need them
to start voting to keep the government open on temporary basis,
so then we can go in and have the debate
(06:19):
which we need to have about healthcareing about and a
whole bunch of other things. But we've got to have
the government open first, and that's what President Trump needs.
So that's what we're trying to deliver on. So I
hope people are reaching out to our senators as well
and letting them know that they need to start voting
to keep government open.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Seems like the reasonable thing to do. Congressman Bill Heizing,
always a pleasure. Thank you so much for taking the
time being here with us this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Hey, good to be with you. Everybody. Have a great
weekend you too, God bless
Congressman Bill Heisinga here with us right now, shouting.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
For the roof tap sump music.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
My friend, Hey, you know what, people are shouting it
from the rooftops right now. Hey, if you guys can't
get this thing done, specifically Democrats, you know it started
as the Schumer shutdown. I'm starting to call it the
Schumer shakedown because if you look at all these things
he wants and he's asking for, it's incredible. I self,
Speaker Johnson talking about to see all this long laundry
(00:26):
list of things, it's just incredible. But this bill you're
putting out there, and Byparson support on this, I think
a lot of people are excited to see it.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah. Look, it's just not right if our federal employees,
whether it's TSA, Coast Guard, Customs and Border Patrol, Ice,
Department of Agriculture, not to mention our troops, if they're
not able to get their paychecks, why in God's green
Earth would we be able to get our paychecks. So
(00:56):
now I took voluntarily, I said, not going to take
a paycheck, But I want to ramp up the pressure
on some of my colleagues, and I think, frankly, the
American people, the taxpayers deserve a serious minded Congress, and
we've gotten away from that more and more. And you know, look,
(01:17):
at the end of the day, this is probably the
most important thing and constitutionally the thing that we are
required to do, which is to appropriate federal dollars in
the federal spending for the federal government. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And you know, as you mentioned, I think this seems fair,
especially at a point at a time we talked about
how ridiculous this whole shakedown is. Right now, can you
just spread some light on some of this. This is
this is a continuing resolution. It only lasts untils a
couple of weeks into November here, whatever it might be.
(01:53):
And it's the same thing they've voted on him for
in the past.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah. And interestingly enough, Chuck Schumer has allowed the federal
government to shut down only twice now and in twenty eighteen.
Think about what the common denominator is. The initials are
DJ and T. So this is really what it's all about, right,
and you know, it's about the anti Trump rallies that
(02:20):
are going to be happening this weekend. It's about him
staring down a primary opponent named AOC it's about Hakeem
Jeffries having a primary opponent in New York as well.
So really this is more about politics than it is
about policy, and it's trying to satisfy the radical progressive
(02:41):
left and the Democrats. Now here's the one interesting thing,
probably one of the more salient voices in this entire thing,
has been John Fetterman of all people out of Pennsylvania,
who said the quiet part out loud, which is, look,
the Democrats put this in as a temporary, uh subsidy
(03:03):
for Obamacare, and they knew it at the time. And
this isn't about even healthcare. This is about Donald Trump
and opposing Trump and and the progressive radical base of
his party. And uh, that's that was That was pretty interesting.
I definitely retweeted that one, by the way.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
You know, it's really interesting when he's making the most
sense out of all of them, by the way, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
It just shows he's on the Democrat side. It's on
the Democrat It shows.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
How far they've they've they've come. And you know a
lot of people will say that, people that voted for
Trump specifically will say, you know, I didn't leave the
Democrat party. They left me perfect example us. You've also
been leading to charge with a letter here to get
federal law enforcement paid. Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, well, and we did this. We coupled it up
actually with a bill, a standalone bill that I have
that if this stretch is on, we're encouraging our leadership
to take it up along with a pay our troops.
I'm saying, we need to pay our DHS employees that
covers a coast Guard, that covers TSA, that covers ice,
(04:11):
and Customs and Border patrol and all of those organizations.
And the Trump administration has been having to just kind
of go through extraordinary measures finding money because they don't
want to put our troops or our law enforcement in
this spot. So they've been able to find that mond
those pools of money to be able to make sure
(04:32):
those paychecks are happening. But that's only temporary. And so
what we had done is we had written a letter
to Office of Management and Budget russ Voyt and encouraging him,
and it was our delegation had had sent that to him,
saying we want you to do this, please try to
(04:52):
find a way. They did. They are were very pleased
to the fact that we encouraged them to do that,
and so we're we're we're, but it's a temporary patch
and we need to climb up with with a solid
long term solution Congressman Bill by the Way, passing the
federal appropriations.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Bills Congress and Bill Heisinger, and and the latest is
we have these conversations. Obviously, I've heard some folks talk about, hey,
maybe this will wrap up soon after this No King's Day,
they get some steam out, but then you guys are
going to be back at it again, which I think
is kind of interesting in November to have to run
through this again. But what's your take? How soon is
(05:33):
this all going to come to ahead in winter? We
I mean, is it even possible?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Knowing us, Yeah, you know, I've been out here in
Washington pretty much the whole time. I'll be back again
theen it comes back in again on Monday. My senate
friends and colleagues, though, are saying they're expecting this to
last even longer than what the first Shoomer shut down
was back in twenty eighteen. And so if that's the case,
(05:59):
we're going to be head into November with this, and
then there's going to be real consequences, so I hope not.
But what we need is, frankly, our senators in Michigan
to start putting pressure on Chuck Schumer. We need them
to start voting to keep the government open on temporary basis,
so then we can go in and have the debate
(06:19):
which we need to have about healthcareing about and a
whole bunch of other things. But we've got to have
the government open first, and that's what President Trump needs.
So that's what we're trying to deliver on. So I
hope people are reaching out to our senators as well
and letting them know that they need to start voting
to keep government open.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Seems like the reasonable thing to do. Congressman Bill Heizing,
always a pleasure. Thank you so much for taking the
time being here with us this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Hey, good to be with you. Everybody. Have a great
weekend you too, God bless
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