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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is the longest federal government shutdown in the history
of our country. Seven twenty three is our time. Goversman
Chip Roy joins us. You haven't fun yet, Congressman.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, I'm in Texas, so you know, I'm always having
fun in Texas. But I should be in DC if
we were getting our job done. But Democrats are blocking us.
So we'll see what happens today.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Yeah, tell me what you know about the proposal that
Senator thun Is put together.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
So I believe what the leader is going to do
is take the bill that we passed in September the
House Republicans, which funded the government till November twentieth, which
at that time was you know, two months on to
Thanksgiving basically, and he's going to take that bill extend
that date into at least January, and then I think
they might combine it with the three appropriations bills that
we passed and that the Senate's weren't through, which I
(00:50):
think funds it at the same levels or less. So
it would be doing our job keeping spending relatively flat
while we try to grow the economy, keep me basically
a good set of priorities that we work through both
Chambers in the three bills and then a cr It's
very common sense and not very controversial. Frankly for a
conservative like me who wants to see greater reductions in spending.
(01:12):
It's middle of the road, right, Like I would reduce
spending more, a lot of my conservative colleagues would. But
we're willing to work together to figure it out and
hold spending flat, and Democrats are blocking. As we're told
that Chuck Schumer, the Democrats plan to block that effort today,
demanding that we go back and undo some of the
(01:32):
you know, riffs, some of the reductions in workforce that
the administration carried out in order to deal with the
prioritization of the spending when the Democrats chose to shut down.
So that's what's going to be on the table today.
We'll see what happens, but we expect them to block
it and continue to shut down through the weekend, which
course is interfering with travel. Obviously, the airport at Houston
(01:54):
at Bush was a disaster, and we're trying to figure
out how to work through all of that.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
With the Democrats. I think they feel pretty embolden, don't you.
I don't know that we can blame the election results
on Republicans getting the majority, blame for the government shutdown,
which is completely unfair. But it appears fear's especially in
state like Virginia, which has so many federal workers and
then so many other people who are dependent on federal
benefits that they they just want their money. And I
(02:22):
think that showed up in the vote in Virginia, don't you.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Well, look, I don't know how to handicap the results there.
There are a lot of factors. What I know is
Virginia is a state that is trending. If it's not
blue entirely. Now, New Jersey's blue and New York is
notoriously blue. So none of those are that surprising. But
what we're now looking at is with you know, I'm
(02:45):
taking in all the information of the impacts of the shutdown,
Like even as we speak, Charles paint on Foxes on
Fox News talking about a two point seven billion dollars
I think impact just in a day. I think of
the of the shutdown in terms of travel. You go
through it all, and what's the reason for the shutdown?
It's Democrats' political priorities. They're trying to pick fights to
(03:09):
set the stage for twenty twenty six. To your point,
they feel in bolten, so they're trying to use it
as a political tool, a political weapon. I think that's cynical.
And again, as someone who's been a part of shutdown
conversations in the past, you've got a really principal objection
to how the federal dollars are being used for open
borders or for example, when I was with Senator Cruise
(03:32):
and the implementation of Obamacare, we knew that if those
funds were used to implement Obamacare, we were going to
get just massively increased health care expenses and prices. Guess
what's happened over the last fifteen years. You can't afford
healthcare anymore. So this is what we've got to work through, Democrats,
Team Bolden. To your point, we got to stand up
and hold the line and stand up for the hard
(03:53):
working Texans that are taking this the.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Brunt of this, which I think brings me to my
last question for you, and that is very simply this.
Republicans have been known in the past to cave. You
have concerns that they will cave again when it comes
to the government shutdown because the heat is just getting
to be too much for them to handle.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Well. The President's seems rightly frustrated at Chuck Schumer and
the way Democrats have handle this and wanting to hold
the line. And you know, I've been working with a speaker.
Everybody seems to be on the same page. I believe
that will hold the line. But there's always a block
of moderate members of the Republican Conference that want to
try to cut a deal, and they're having those conversations.
(04:36):
And my view is we need to hold the line
and explain to the American people why all of this
continued effort is driving inflation, making life unaffordable, and it
is making life difficult for the people we represent. We
should hold the line for them. Look, the reason I'm
running for Attorney General, by the way, is Texas is
under assault and we're seeing it right now with the
(04:56):
Islamification of Texas, open borders, crime on the streets. Just
one of your news interests to this segment was talking
about somebody let out or two brothers committing a crime
and getting out of jail in twelve days. It's happening
all the time, and it's a coordinated effort. Republicans got
to demonstrate that we're we're willing to stand up and
fight against that. So I hope the President will hold
(05:17):
the line on all respects because this bloated government funding
and all these programs, it's all connected to the same stuff,
and we got to stand up for Texas and stand
up for the people who sent us there or change it.
So you know, we're going to stand with the White
House and the President as he's trying to push back
on what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Amen, Thank you, sir, appreciated as always. That is Chip Roy,
our congressman and also a candidate for attorney general here
in Texas.
It is the longest federal government shutdown in the history
of our country. Seven twenty three is our time. Goversman
Chip Roy joins us. You haven't fun yet, Congressman.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, I'm in Texas, so you know, I'm always having
fun in Texas. But I should be in DC if
we were getting our job done. But Democrats are blocking us.
So we'll see what happens today.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Yeah, tell me what you know about the proposal that
Senator thun Is put together.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
So I believe what the leader is going to do
is take the bill that we passed in September the
House Republicans, which funded the government till November twentieth, which
at that time was you know, two months on to
Thanksgiving basically, and he's going to take that bill extend
that date into at least January, and then I think
they might combine it with the three appropriations bills that
we passed and that the Senate's weren't through, which I
(00:50):
think funds it at the same levels or less. So
it would be doing our job keeping spending relatively flat
while we try to grow the economy, keep me basically
a good set of priorities that we work through both
Chambers in the three bills and then a cr It's
very common sense and not very controversial. Frankly for a
conservative like me who wants to see greater reductions in spending.
(01:12):
It's middle of the road, right, Like I would reduce
spending more, a lot of my conservative colleagues would. But
we're willing to work together to figure it out and
hold spending flat, and Democrats are blocking. As we're told
that Chuck Schumer, the Democrats plan to block that effort today,
demanding that we go back and undo some of the
(01:32):
you know, riffs, some of the reductions in workforce that
the administration carried out in order to deal with the
prioritization of the spending when the Democrats chose to shut down.
So that's what's going to be on the table today.
We'll see what happens, but we expect them to block
it and continue to shut down through the weekend, which
course is interfering with travel. Obviously, the airport at Houston
(01:54):
at Bush was a disaster, and we're trying to figure
out how to work through all of that.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
With the Democrats. I think they feel pretty embolden, don't you.
I don't know that we can blame the election results
on Republicans getting the majority, blame for the government shutdown,
which is completely unfair. But it appears fear's especially in
state like Virginia, which has so many federal workers and
then so many other people who are dependent on federal
benefits that they they just want their money. And I
(02:22):
think that showed up in the vote in Virginia, don't you.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Well, look, I don't know how to handicap the results there.
There are a lot of factors. What I know is
Virginia is a state that is trending. If it's not
blue entirely. Now, New Jersey's blue and New York is
notoriously blue. So none of those are that surprising. But
what we're now looking at is with you know, I'm
(02:45):
taking in all the information of the impacts of the shutdown,
Like even as we speak, Charles paint on Foxes on
Fox News talking about a two point seven billion dollars
I think impact just in a day. I think of
the of the shutdown in terms of travel. You go
through it all, and what's the reason for the shutdown?
It's Democrats' political priorities. They're trying to pick fights to
(03:09):
set the stage for twenty twenty six. To your point,
they feel in bolten, so they're trying to use it
as a political tool, a political weapon. I think that's cynical.
And again, as someone who's been a part of shutdown
conversations in the past, you've got a really principal objection
to how the federal dollars are being used for open
borders or for example, when I was with Senator Cruise
(03:32):
and the implementation of Obamacare, we knew that if those
funds were used to implement Obamacare, we were going to
get just massively increased health care expenses and prices. Guess
what's happened over the last fifteen years. You can't afford
healthcare anymore. So this is what we've got to work through, Democrats,
Team Bolden. To your point, we got to stand up
and hold the line and stand up for the hard
(03:53):
working Texans that are taking this the.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Brunt of this, which I think brings me to my
last question for you, and that is very simply this.
Republicans have been known in the past to cave. You
have concerns that they will cave again when it comes
to the government shutdown because the heat is just getting
to be too much for them to handle.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Well. The President's seems rightly frustrated at Chuck Schumer and
the way Democrats have handle this and wanting to hold
the line. And you know, I've been working with a speaker.
Everybody seems to be on the same page. I believe
that will hold the line. But there's always a block
of moderate members of the Republican Conference that want to
try to cut a deal, and they're having those conversations.
(04:36):
And my view is we need to hold the line
and explain to the American people why all of this
continued effort is driving inflation, making life unaffordable, and it
is making life difficult for the people we represent. We
should hold the line for them. Look, the reason I'm
running for Attorney General, by the way, is Texas is
under assault and we're seeing it right now with the
(04:56):
Islamification of Texas, open borders, crime on the streets. Just
one of your news interests to this segment was talking
about somebody let out or two brothers committing a crime
and getting out of jail in twelve days. It's happening
all the time, and it's a coordinated effort. Republicans got
to demonstrate that we're we're willing to stand up and
fight against that. So I hope the President will hold
(05:17):
the line on all respects because this bloated government funding
and all these programs, it's all connected to the same stuff,
and we got to stand up for Texas and stand
up for the people who sent us there or change it.
So you know, we're going to stand with the White
House and the President as he's trying to push back
on what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Amen, Thank you, sir, appreciated as always. That is Chip Roy,
our congressman and also a candidate for attorney general here
in Texas.
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