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Speaker 1 (00:00):
John and I weatherwork ass got a cloudy day to day,
it's the tenious chance of rain fifty eight for the
high down of forty five Overnight, it's the slight chance
of rain. Overcast again tomorrow with very likely rain and
a high fifty rent will continue over nine. They'll drop
to forty four up to fifty on Thursday with more
rain fifty one. Now traffic time from.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
The ucl Tramhics Center with a stroke every second counts
and so does your team home to rappid life saving
treatment and clinical trials. You see Health does the clear
choice for stroke careleren More at you see health dot com.
TRAMFIK is starting to move again southbound seventy one with
the wreck above field turdle, but the damage done. Your
backed up passed King Z Island southbound seventy five Breakaways
(00:40):
continue through Walkland down to an accident near the lateral
chuck Ingram on fifty five kre see the talk station.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Eight forty one fifty five kre C DE talk station. Hey,
I recognize the federal gunment to shutdown. Someone who's intimately
familiar with the problem we're facing right now, Senator John Houston, Welcome,
back to the fifty five KRCY Morning Show. It's a
real pleasure to have you on today.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Great to be with you, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I note that the American Federation of Government Employees is
on the Republicans side of the ledger telling the Democrats
basically because this has got to be levy that the Democrats,
normally Democratic allies this union. They're saying, pass the continuing resolution.
You got a clean funding bill sitting there, put us
all back to work. Gosh darn it Is this going
to change the dynamic, Senator? Or are we going to
(01:29):
wait for even more pain to come, which might include
the end of SNAP for some people with nutrition assistance
being impacted, head start of the problems we're already having
with the air traffic controllers not showing up to work
even though they're critical employees. The problems are mounting. But
when is the breaking point, I presume, for the Democrats,
or will the Republicans end up capitulating.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
The Republicans are united in this because we are not
playing games. We're just saying, hey, open the government, keep
it at its current funding levels, sir, the American people.
By the way, it costs US four hundred million dollars
a week and salaries, and many of those salaries ultimately
will be paid, but we will not get the work
in return for that salary from all of these hundreds
(02:12):
of thousands of people. And just let's go. Let's stop
playing games. Chuck Schumer thirteen times when Joe Biden was president,
passed clean continuing resolutions Republicans. You know, Republicans helped. But
now they hate Donald Trump so much that they're not
willing to They're willing to make the American people suffer
(02:34):
to try to embarrass the president. But it's not working
and I don't see, unfortunately, any break in sight. Democrats
seem to be dug in in their position because their
left flank will not let them do otherwise. At a
point in time, well, I mean, frankly, they made a decision.
They can't they can't wiggle their way out of right now.
(02:55):
They're having a hard time figuring out how to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, the only solution and seems to be continuing at
the Biden era funding levels, which we can't emphasize enough.
And this was the prudent, smart political move by Republicans,
much of the chagrin of congressom massing I understand his
point on this, we need to cut government, not keep
things at status quo. But you took all the wind
of the Democrats' sales and saying no, these are your
funding levels and parenthetically, it's your deadline in December, and
(03:21):
these supplements, this is something one hundred percent owned by you.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
That's just it's made.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
It's put the Democrats in the possible position.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, you can. It's easy to start a fight, it's
hard to get out of one, and political fights especially
because you know, you have to say, well, what did
I get for all of this? What did I you know,
twenty eight days of shutting the government down and causing
all kinds of challenges for working you know, families from
military air traffic controllers, Homeland security TS agents, all those people. Okay,
(03:50):
we put them through all of this, didn't pay them,
made them work. But now we're just gonna do what Like,
what's what's their exit strategy? They don't have an ex
strategy and they're in a pickle.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, I don't expect this to happen to Congressman John Houston,
but I have to. My guess is there are more Democrats,
say leaning Fetterman and at what point in time did
you and I ever think that we would be pointing
to Fetterman as the example of common sense and reason
of the Democrat Party. But the Alexander or Casio Cortes socialist,
(04:28):
far leftist winner the party has totally dominated the conversation
and the narrative and the political moves by the Democrats.
Is there still a will to maybe say these are
all loser issues, the AOC's of the world, and that
win you the party are on the wrong side of
all these eighty twenty issues. If we're going to never
get our party back, we need to change gears.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I think that you're onto something right there, because I
do sense that there are a number of Democrats who
who don't like this left leaning lurch that's happened, I mean,
extreme left leaning lurch that's happened in their party. And
there when they see because remember they like they they're
going to see real people suffer. Who are their constituents
(05:13):
that they said they should be fighting for, who are
going to lose as a result and really have hardships
as a result of their decisions. And I think that
there's a growing sentiment among some Democrats, at least five
or remember three of them evoated with us. We need
five more. There's at least five more Democrats who agree
that we should do a continuing resolution and get back
(05:34):
to work. But right now Chuck Schumer is so scared
of his left flank that he must continue the shoot.
Schumer shut down as a way to protect himself, because
what's he going to say if he if he said, okay,
twenty eight days is enough, the radical left would skewer him.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
They would be an acknowledgment. That was a terrible strategy,
which you and I have pointed out here in this conversation.
It's a terrible strategy.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
I think. I think that sometimes leaders need the troops
to save them from themselves. If he could get I
think if you just hold his nose and allow five
of the more moderate leaning Democrats to join us, get
the government open, they could do a reset and then
begin a negotiation over the next few weeks. Because remember
(06:18):
a clean cr only keeps the government open until November
twenty one, they don't lose any leverage. They can will
be right back where we are. It's just that right
now there's no discussions going on because they won't open
the government, so that we can fund things and move
on from that debate. Every day they wait, the things
that they want are less likely to happen. And I
(06:38):
have to tell you that there's something's really rich that's
happening where the Democrats are saying the President should just
fund snap right the food program. They held a rally
last weekend that a weekend too casogo, So it's no kings.
But now they want him to act like a king
right and just just fund the things that they want,
(06:58):
even though they are refusing to fulfill their responsibility. You
want kings, then Congress act fun things that you want
and don't force him to have to act like a king.
For goodness sakes, this is crazy.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And of course they passed up a couple of opportunities
to do just that, getting the American military paid, for example,
the air traffic controllers paid. No, we're not going to
do a piece mail. They're just going to put too
much power in the hands of Donald Trump, a man
who I guess they wish had more power so he
could get things paid for that they want to get
paid for. Senator John Hums.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Literally empowering him more and more every day that they
do this, and then they claim that they don't want
to empower him, but that's exactly what they're doing. It's
just such hypocrisy.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Not that it changes the political landscape if they change
their minds and open the government backup, Senator Houston before
we part company, do you think part of them just
wants to wait till the election next week to see
how things go. The elections that have some sort of
that are closely watched that are kind of cliffhangers for
whether a state's gone blue or red. Is that part
of the game plan you think at all.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Be could be part of it. Look, they're looking for
an exit strategy, and you know, look they're running in
the mayor of New York, like Geeah, Democrats going to
win that. You know, it's likely that in the blue
states where all the elections are that they will do well.
But then they're going to try to claim some kind
of victory over that well. I mean hardly. That's like
(08:22):
saying that if if a Republican wins the governorship of
Indiana that that's a big deal. I mean, come on, now,
I think that they're looking for any excuse that they
can to get out of a pickle that they've created
for themselves.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Well, let's say Mandami lost. Let's say some of the
other governor races that are closely watched the Darkouts lose.
Wouldn't that be a golden opportunity for Chucky Schumer to
stand up and say, all right, all right, the people
have spoken us. Shifting so far to the left has
lost our voters. We need to right the ship and
head on the right direction. Here's what we're going to
do on a going forward basis, beginning with opening the
(08:59):
government up possible political strategy to get things going in
the direction. Senator Houston.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Uh, there is no chance no tamer will conclude.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
I had to throw it out there, John God.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Bless you, even though it makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
No chance he's gonna use Uh, you know, if I
was king of the world anyhow, Senator johnnyst thank you
for your time today, Sir, Keep fighting the good fight
on behalf of the American people, and we'll see what happens.
All of our collective popcorn is out.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, thanks Brian, take care pleasure man.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
It's coming up on eight fifty to fifty five KRC
Detalk Station fifty five KRC. Cold Weather will be here
before you
John and I weatherwork ass got a cloudy day to day,
it's the tenious chance of rain fifty eight for the
high down of forty five Overnight, it's the slight chance
of rain. Overcast again tomorrow with very likely rain and
a high fifty rent will continue over nine. They'll drop
to forty four up to fifty on Thursday with more
rain fifty one. Now traffic time from.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
The ucl Tramhics Center with a stroke every second counts
and so does your team home to rappid life saving
treatment and clinical trials. You see Health does the clear
choice for stroke careleren More at you see health dot com.
TRAMFIK is starting to move again southbound seventy one with
the wreck above field turdle, but the damage done. Your
backed up passed King Z Island southbound seventy five Breakaways
(00:40):
continue through Walkland down to an accident near the lateral
chuck Ingram on fifty five kre see the talk station.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Eight forty one fifty five kre C DE talk station. Hey,
I recognize the federal gunment to shutdown. Someone who's intimately
familiar with the problem we're facing right now, Senator John Houston, Welcome,
back to the fifty five KRCY Morning Show. It's a
real pleasure to have you on today.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Great to be with you, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I note that the American Federation of Government Employees is
on the Republicans side of the ledger telling the Democrats
basically because this has got to be levy that the Democrats,
normally Democratic allies this union. They're saying, pass the continuing resolution.
You got a clean funding bill sitting there, put us
all back to work. Gosh darn it Is this going
to change the dynamic, Senator? Or are we going to
(01:29):
wait for even more pain to come, which might include
the end of SNAP for some people with nutrition assistance
being impacted, head start of the problems we're already having
with the air traffic controllers not showing up to work
even though they're critical employees. The problems are mounting. But
when is the breaking point, I presume, for the Democrats,
or will the Republicans end up capitulating.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
The Republicans are united in this because we are not
playing games. We're just saying, hey, open the government, keep
it at its current funding levels, sir, the American people.
By the way, it costs US four hundred million dollars
a week and salaries, and many of those salaries ultimately
will be paid, but we will not get the work
in return for that salary from all of these hundreds
(02:12):
of thousands of people. And just let's go. Let's stop
playing games. Chuck Schumer thirteen times when Joe Biden was president,
passed clean continuing resolutions Republicans. You know, Republicans helped. But
now they hate Donald Trump so much that they're not
willing to They're willing to make the American people suffer
(02:34):
to try to embarrass the president. But it's not working
and I don't see, unfortunately, any break in sight. Democrats
seem to be dug in in their position because their
left flank will not let them do otherwise. At a
point in time, well, I mean, frankly, they made a decision.
They can't they can't wiggle their way out of right now.
(02:55):
They're having a hard time figuring out how to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, the only solution and seems to be continuing at
the Biden era funding levels, which we can't emphasize enough.
And this was the prudent, smart political move by Republicans,
much of the chagrin of congressom massing I understand his
point on this, we need to cut government, not keep
things at status quo. But you took all the wind
of the Democrats' sales and saying no, these are your
funding levels and parenthetically, it's your deadline in December, and
(03:21):
these supplements, this is something one hundred percent owned by you.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
That's just it's made.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
It's put the Democrats in the possible position.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, you can. It's easy to start a fight, it's
hard to get out of one, and political fights especially
because you know, you have to say, well, what did
I get for all of this? What did I you know,
twenty eight days of shutting the government down and causing
all kinds of challenges for working you know, families from
military air traffic controllers, Homeland security TS agents, all those people. Okay,
(03:50):
we put them through all of this, didn't pay them,
made them work. But now we're just gonna do what Like,
what's what's their exit strategy? They don't have an ex
strategy and they're in a pickle.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, I don't expect this to happen to Congressman John Houston,
but I have to. My guess is there are more Democrats,
say leaning Fetterman and at what point in time did
you and I ever think that we would be pointing
to Fetterman as the example of common sense and reason
of the Democrat Party. But the Alexander or Casio Cortes socialist,
(04:28):
far leftist winner the party has totally dominated the conversation
and the narrative and the political moves by the Democrats.
Is there still a will to maybe say these are
all loser issues, the AOC's of the world, and that
win you the party are on the wrong side of
all these eighty twenty issues. If we're going to never
get our party back, we need to change gears.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I think that you're onto something right there, because I
do sense that there are a number of Democrats who
who don't like this left leaning lurch that's happened, I mean,
extreme left leaning lurch that's happened in their party. And
there when they see because remember they like they they're
going to see real people suffer. Who are their constituents
(05:13):
that they said they should be fighting for, who are
going to lose as a result and really have hardships
as a result of their decisions. And I think that
there's a growing sentiment among some Democrats, at least five
or remember three of them evoated with us. We need
five more. There's at least five more Democrats who agree
that we should do a continuing resolution and get back
(05:34):
to work. But right now Chuck Schumer is so scared
of his left flank that he must continue the shoot.
Schumer shut down as a way to protect himself, because
what's he going to say if he if he said, okay,
twenty eight days is enough, the radical left would skewer him.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
They would be an acknowledgment. That was a terrible strategy,
which you and I have pointed out here in this conversation.
It's a terrible strategy.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
I think. I think that sometimes leaders need the troops
to save them from themselves. If he could get I
think if you just hold his nose and allow five
of the more moderate leaning Democrats to join us, get
the government open, they could do a reset and then
begin a negotiation over the next few weeks. Because remember
(06:18):
a clean cr only keeps the government open until November
twenty one, they don't lose any leverage. They can will
be right back where we are. It's just that right
now there's no discussions going on because they won't open
the government, so that we can fund things and move
on from that debate. Every day they wait, the things
that they want are less likely to happen. And I
(06:38):
have to tell you that there's something's really rich that's
happening where the Democrats are saying the President should just
fund snap right the food program. They held a rally
last weekend that a weekend too casogo, So it's no kings.
But now they want him to act like a king
right and just just fund the things that they want,
(06:58):
even though they are refusing to fulfill their responsibility. You
want kings, then Congress act fun things that you want
and don't force him to have to act like a king.
For goodness sakes, this is crazy.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And of course they passed up a couple of opportunities
to do just that, getting the American military paid, for example,
the air traffic controllers paid. No, we're not going to
do a piece mail. They're just going to put too
much power in the hands of Donald Trump, a man
who I guess they wish had more power so he
could get things paid for that they want to get
paid for. Senator John Hums.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Literally empowering him more and more every day that they
do this, and then they claim that they don't want
to empower him, but that's exactly what they're doing. It's
just such hypocrisy.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Not that it changes the political landscape if they change
their minds and open the government backup, Senator Houston before
we part company, do you think part of them just
wants to wait till the election next week to see
how things go. The elections that have some sort of
that are closely watched that are kind of cliffhangers for
whether a state's gone blue or red. Is that part
of the game plan you think at all.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Be could be part of it. Look, they're looking for
an exit strategy, and you know, look they're running in
the mayor of New York, like Geeah, Democrats going to
win that. You know, it's likely that in the blue
states where all the elections are that they will do well.
But then they're going to try to claim some kind
of victory over that well. I mean hardly. That's like
(08:22):
saying that if if a Republican wins the governorship of
Indiana that that's a big deal. I mean, come on, now,
I think that they're looking for any excuse that they
can to get out of a pickle that they've created
for themselves.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Well, let's say Mandami lost. Let's say some of the
other governor races that are closely watched the Darkouts lose.
Wouldn't that be a golden opportunity for Chucky Schumer to
stand up and say, all right, all right, the people
have spoken us. Shifting so far to the left has
lost our voters. We need to right the ship and
head on the right direction. Here's what we're going to
do on a going forward basis, beginning with opening the
(08:59):
government up possible political strategy to get things going in
the direction. Senator Houston.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Uh, there is no chance no tamer will conclude.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
I had to throw it out there, John God.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Bless you, even though it makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
No chance he's gonna use Uh, you know, if I
was king of the world anyhow, Senator johnnyst thank you
for your time today, Sir, Keep fighting the good fight
on behalf of the American people, and we'll see what happens.
All of our collective popcorn is out.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, thanks Brian, take care pleasure man.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
It's coming up on eight fifty to fifty five KRC
Detalk Station fifty five KRC. Cold Weather will be here
before you
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