January 8, 2026 • 14 mins
summary
In this conversation, Congressman David Taylor discusses the recent ICE shooting incident in Minneapolis, the political reactions surrounding it, and the implications for law enforcement and immigration policy. He also addresses the formation of a bipartisan trucking caucus aimed at improving safety regulations for commercial drivers, and highlights a significant funding initiative for rural health services in Ohio.
takeaways
- The ICE shooting incident has sparked significant political controversy.
- Law enforcement's role and the public's perception are critical in these situations.
- Protests often involve a mix of various political ideologies and organizations.
- The trucking industry faces safety challenges that need bipartisan attention.
- Congressman Taylor is optimistic about the support for trucking safety regulations.
- Funding for rural health is crucial for improving health outcomes in underserved areas.
- The recent funding initiative aims to strengthen community hospitals in Ohio.
- Political rhetoric can often distract from the underlying issues at hand.
- There is a need for more organized conservative responses to left-wing protests.
- The importance of prioritizing rural hospitals in funding allocations is emphasized.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back, Congressman David Taylor, thank you for indulging me. Well,
I got that out of my system and let my
listeners know. Welcome back in Happy New Year, sir. It's
a pleasure to have you on as always.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Going to be with you, Brian. I hope you had
a great Christmas in New Year's you know.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
I did, And I was so optimistic and hopeful that
twenty twenty six was just going to start off, you know,
great and smiles and grins and Lord almighty, we've had
like six months worth of a news cycle in the
first couple or first week and a half. Let's start
with the most recent news cycle story dominating the headlines,
the ice shooting in Minneapolis. I mean, I guess the idea,
(00:35):
listen to what law enforcement has to say. Even if
you disagree with the concept of law enforcement, if you
don't screw around and try to run them over, nothing
bad will happen to you. Boiling it down to its
minimum terms there, Congressman, what's your reaction to what's going
on with this one?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, it was a falling situation, and the reaction to
the situation maybe even worse than the incident. In the
long run. Obviously, the Left has been emboldening their lunatic
base from for months now to take to the streets
and in many different regards, but especially when when ice
(01:13):
or ICE agents are there, you know, making care of
their their mandated constitutional duties, and our people like the
mayor of Minneapolis and the governor of Minnesota are out
there saying, you know, we're going to resist you. And
and what they said in the wake of this was
unbelievably appalling. The mayor saying that he instantly says it's
(01:36):
it's not self defense when the video certainly makes it
look to me like, uh, it very much was self defense.
And then the governor follows that up with we're going
to call in our National guardsmen to oppose federal officers
who are there to perform their duties. It was actually
made me sick to my stomach. Uh to hear those comments. Uh,
you know, just I'd like to say I'm shocked. I
(01:58):
guess I'm not shocked because since the day I got
to Congress, which is all that many days ago, every
Democratic leader that approached a microphone has suggested some form
of violence in the streets over this or that issue.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Well, they got what I think they were looking for.
They got the martyr they wanted. It's the George Floyd
in connection with the ICE situation, much in the same
way it was, you know, George Floyd to start this
whole Black Lives Matter and anti defund the police process,
storm the streets. Ignore some of the underlying facts, most
notably that this woman was ignoring the direction directives of
(02:30):
authorized law enforcement and did exactly it did, in fact,
gunner car and toward an ICE agent. I mean that's
an intentional act.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I don't anyway, No, absolutely, well, you know two things
on that these ICE agents have heard these constant calls
for violence. In fact, apparently the officer, one of the
officers involved in the shooting had previously been dragged by
a car. They know that these folks that are coming
to the streets are feel fully justified and do them
whatever they can to stop ICE from doing their duties.
(03:01):
And from a coldly political calculus, as you were referring to,
Democrats know that the American public wants ICE to be
able to do its job. We want we got the
border sealed, but they know there's more work to be
done to get the illegal criminal aliens terrorists out of
our country. They're hoping that some violence in the streets
(03:22):
were somebody that they can at least portray as an
innocent victim, might change those numbers and help them obtain power.
I mean, that's the real motivation behind the nonsense they
stew into every microphone.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, and you know, it just troubles me that, you know,
behind the veero all this screaming and yelling and anger
is they're ultimately streaming and yelling and angry over us
getting rid of demonstrably horrific human beings. This has nothing
to do with the color of their skin, has nothing
to do with their country of origin, other than the
fact that they're not American citizens and they violated our
American law by coming here. Don't care what color of
(03:58):
their skin is, black, brown, and yellow. It doesn't matter
if they want to do harm to us, if they
are child molesters, rapists, terrorists, I think I want them
out of the country. And they're arguing that they should
be left in our country. They're ignoring the fraud perpetrated
on the State of Minnesota, the American taxpayers, because well,
it was done by the Somali community. If we criticize
them for doing this. We're racist for that. No, we
(04:21):
apply the law equally to all people right there. Anyhow,
I just find it impossible to believe that there is
an out loud defense of or for keeping these people
in the country when they are are notably, demonstrably and
have been convicted of multiple crimes. I just can't understand it.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Congressman, Well, I think the bulk of the public agrees
with you. And again that's what causes the coron of
ridiculous rhetoric that we're hearing from the left to try
to just anything that's to change the narrative around that.
And they have hearing, yes today with some of the
Minnesota fraud that you were just referring to, and I
(05:04):
mean an excellent point was made in that hearing where
we don't care about the color of the skin. All
we care about here is the green. That the fraud
is all green. That's you know, billions of dollars that
could be helping Americans being funneled Somalia to al Shabab
or just kept here and squandered by people who have
in a business here in the first place.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Well, I was a little I was taken aback when
I heard the top of the our news before the
show started this morning at five o'clock that Minneapolis was
shutting their schools down maybe Minnesota generally speaking, and out
of an abundance of caution because of the organized protest
that popped up instantaneously. Congressman Davidson earlier in the program,
in a student observation, well, that so the teachers can
(05:45):
go out and protest. That's so the young people, the
teenagers in high school can get out there and join
the protests. And I think that's probably an accurate assessment.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, no question, we know what's being taught in some
of our schools, probably especially those around Minneapolis. I'm sure
that the kids and the teachers for sure were very
anxious to be a part of that mass that started
right after the irresponsible remarks from Walls and Fry and
(06:14):
Dan Goldman out here, just you know, ridiculous things that
have been said about this officer. They're going to put
his life in danger. It's really sad to see, but
it's not unexpected.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
It is sad to see. And then the organizations that have,
you know, have quickly organized these process are just they
vary from like different political ideologies. They are the Green
New Deal folks out there, they are pro Palestinian out there,
the anti Israeli folks, the defund the police folks. Then
you have all these Marxist organizations again collectively joining to
(06:48):
stoke the fire of these protests. You know, folks like
the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression, the organization
called Individual, which is a far left wing organization. I mean,
the list is endless, the causes are disparate and varied,
but they are all far left organizations collectively I think,
joining together to undermine America generally speaking. That's the only
(07:10):
conclusion I can reach. Including the Palestinian youth movement. What
do they have to do with ice agents?
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Right, Well, it's kind of funny, but it's not funny.
But something I've seen here in watching DC. You'll see
a group of protesters in front of a building that
say protesting, you know, maybe in front of the Embassy
for Israel or or a place like that. Now have
three or four other issue signs or flags weligh by
their feet for where they're going next. They're just professional
(07:37):
protesters that the cause is less important than the fact
that they're out there let's stirred crap up.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
And that goes back to my point earlier is like,
where in the hell are the conservatives of the world
organizing and taking to the streets in opposition of all
these left winging IDL or left winging organizations and their
principles and what they're doing to our country. They just aren't.
And a bunch of people were spond everybody has jobs.
The conservatives has had jobs. Now the professional protesters. Your point,
(08:06):
it's which sign am I carrying today? Someone's paying me.
I'll just grab the side. We'll continue with Congressman David Taylor,
will find out about what is the concar City Talk station.
It's a new year and it's a new conversation with
Congressman David Taylor, who is kind enough to join the
morning show and inform my listeners and me about what's
going on on a variety of different topics. So moving over,
(08:29):
we've had quite a few really seriously tragic highway accidents
involving commercial driver's licensed drivers. These big semis get behind
the wheel and sadly we find out they can't even
read the road signs. Real problem, and I think I
guess as a response to that is that your motivation
behind launching this what it says right here bi partisan
(08:50):
Congressional Trucking Caucus Congressman Taylor.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Absolutely plays a role, Brian. For sure, trucking's a big
issue in every district, but you know, at our district,
maybe more so than some. We've the Kenworth factories in
Ross County. They built eighty five percent of their their
big semis but right there in the second district. So
and of course we talked a little bit about Connor's
Law last time I was on with you, which addresses
(09:20):
a CDL issue you were talking about. But meeting with
my staff one day, I said, you know, well, we
should probably join the trucking Caucus. There's a caucus out
here for literally everything, which is great, but come to
find out there is not a trucking caucus. So I
talked to my friend Shamari Figures, represented from Alabama. We're
kicking off the trucking Caucus. Interest has been off the charts.
(09:43):
On a somewhat said note, with one of our original members,
Dougla Malfa of California, unfortunately just passed away, but he
was he was already becoming a very good friend and
very knowledgeable and on the trucking issues, so he'll be
in many ways. We weremiss not to mention that, but
(10:04):
right the CDL issue has been in the forefront of
the news because of all the horrible accidents lately. But
there are all kinds of trucking related issues from EPA
emissions rules that are currently under reviewed. It started to
know seven that were counterproductive and actually made trucking less safe.
We've sponsored two bills regarding the English proficiency and this
(10:27):
is sort of a small trucking issue, but there's a
rule where if you have a semi broke broken down
on the side of the road, it has to be towed.
That tow truck operator has to break that truck down
and toe. You can't toe the whole thing because of
the length requirement linked and weight requirements set everybody's hair
(10:47):
on fire in the trucking business. Have to be very
careful dealing with that. But we just sponsored a bill
that said you can pull it to the next safe exit,
next safe place and then break it down because breaking
it down on the side of the road in that
situation and the driver toe trug driver, police officer, that's
there other drivers on the road. So we're hoping to
get some of those kind of things done and generally
(11:08):
make truckers safer, people are traveling with truckers safer and
ultimately truckers more prosperous.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Wow, before we put it over to the Royal Health
Transfer Transformation Program and some money and love you bring
them back to the state of Ohio, Can I just
ask you out a lot, is there any opposition to
that that that that English language requirement if you're going
to operate one of these multi tone commercial vehicles? Is
someone articulated opposition to that?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Generally, Brian, nothing's been articulated. My concern I expected by
partisan support.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
For it, but I'm I would hope.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I'm a I'm a chronic optimist. I get blamed for
that all the time, but so I anticipate, you know,
good ideas to get supported by everybody. But my concern
is the keeping illegal immigrants in the United States is
like a central plank of the Democrat platform now, so
somehow this will tangentially affect that and they may just
(12:02):
not say anything about it, but they darn sure may
not vote for it.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
At the same time, Well, we will keep our hop
card out and anticipation of that one, and finally we
have the money, the two hundred and two million dollars.
It was ward of the state of Ohio as a
consequence of your efforts. What's going on with this.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, it took a lot of people's efforts, Brian, I
appreciate that this was huge just as part of the
Big Beautiful Bill. The second District has the worst health
outcomes in Ohio. You know, most chronic illnesses, shortest lifespan, obesity,
the list goes on and on. And we have great
community hospitals, we don't have nearly enough of them. We
(12:38):
have amazing quality of care, but it's too hard to
get to it, it's too expensive. All those things are
still true, and the situation coming out of the Big
Beautiful Bill is going to threaten the sustainability of our
great community hospitals. And I want to especially thank not
only President Trump, who played a huge role, of course,
(13:00):
but Senator Houston and Senator Marino, because the bills already
in their hands at that point, they did incredible work.
Especially want to tip my hat to Senator Hustad who
really did excellent work to make Ohio's outcome in that
In that bill as good as could possibly be. So
I don't want to I'm happy to share the information
with your listeners. I don't want to take I don't
(13:21):
want to take all the credit that those guys deserve.
They did a great show. We did everything we could
in our office to help it along, but really the
hard work happened over there. But yeah, we'll get two
hundred and two million dollars a year for five years
to strengthen your rural hospitals and clinics and expand access
to primary care, behavioral health services, modernized healthcare infrastructure, and
(13:43):
you just improve the health outcomes for people in rural
areas like the second district. The one thing I do
want to add is several Ohio reps and myself, including
Chairman Jordan and Mike Rouley, my good friend and my
friend Larn Davidson spoke to earlier. We led a letter
to Governor to Wine to make sure that when we
(14:03):
get these dollars, they go to rural hospitals. There are
dual designation hospitals that are both urban and rural, and
I'm for all the good work all of them do.
Not all of those dual designated ones have the financial
issues that our real rural hospitals have, so I would
like to see them prioritize and hopefully that's what I
know the governor will do the right thing. He has
(14:25):
a soft spot for Appalachia and we love that.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
That's wonderful. Congressman, it is pleasure always. As always, they
have you on. Congressman David Taylor. I look forward to
our further conversations and counter your twenty twenty six and
again a very happy new year to you. I appreciate
the work that you're doing on behalf of the Highlands
and the country generally speaking. Keep up the great work
and until our next conversation, best of health to you
and your family.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Thank you, my friend saying to you and yours.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Thank you much. Stay around and I heard me the aviation.
Next for Jay Rattleve it's new year. It's another segment
with Jai
Welcome back, Congressman David Taylor, thank you for indulging me. Well,
I got that out of my system and let my
listeners know. Welcome back in Happy New Year, sir. It's
a pleasure to have you on as always.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Going to be with you, Brian. I hope you had
a great Christmas in New Year's you know.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
I did, And I was so optimistic and hopeful that
twenty twenty six was just going to start off, you know,
great and smiles and grins and Lord almighty, we've had
like six months worth of a news cycle in the
first couple or first week and a half. Let's start
with the most recent news cycle story dominating the headlines,
the ice shooting in Minneapolis. I mean, I guess the idea,
(00:35):
listen to what law enforcement has to say. Even if
you disagree with the concept of law enforcement, if you
don't screw around and try to run them over, nothing
bad will happen to you. Boiling it down to its
minimum terms there, Congressman, what's your reaction to what's going
on with this one?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, it was a falling situation, and the reaction to
the situation maybe even worse than the incident. In the
long run. Obviously, the Left has been emboldening their lunatic
base from for months now to take to the streets
and in many different regards, but especially when when ice
(01:13):
or ICE agents are there, you know, making care of
their their mandated constitutional duties, and our people like the
mayor of Minneapolis and the governor of Minnesota are out
there saying, you know, we're going to resist you. And
and what they said in the wake of this was
unbelievably appalling. The mayor saying that he instantly says it's
(01:36):
it's not self defense when the video certainly makes it
look to me like, uh, it very much was self defense.
And then the governor follows that up with we're going
to call in our National guardsmen to oppose federal officers
who are there to perform their duties. It was actually
made me sick to my stomach. Uh to hear those comments. Uh,
you know, just I'd like to say I'm shocked. I
(01:58):
guess I'm not shocked because since the day I got
to Congress, which is all that many days ago, every
Democratic leader that approached a microphone has suggested some form
of violence in the streets over this or that issue.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Well, they got what I think they were looking for.
They got the martyr they wanted. It's the George Floyd
in connection with the ICE situation, much in the same
way it was, you know, George Floyd to start this
whole Black Lives Matter and anti defund the police process,
storm the streets. Ignore some of the underlying facts, most
notably that this woman was ignoring the direction directives of
(02:30):
authorized law enforcement and did exactly it did, in fact,
gunner car and toward an ICE agent. I mean that's
an intentional act.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I don't anyway, No, absolutely, well, you know two things
on that these ICE agents have heard these constant calls
for violence. In fact, apparently the officer, one of the
officers involved in the shooting had previously been dragged by
a car. They know that these folks that are coming
to the streets are feel fully justified and do them
whatever they can to stop ICE from doing their duties.
(03:01):
And from a coldly political calculus, as you were referring to,
Democrats know that the American public wants ICE to be
able to do its job. We want we got the
border sealed, but they know there's more work to be
done to get the illegal criminal aliens terrorists out of
our country. They're hoping that some violence in the streets
(03:22):
were somebody that they can at least portray as an
innocent victim, might change those numbers and help them obtain power.
I mean, that's the real motivation behind the nonsense they
stew into every microphone.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, and you know, it just troubles me that, you know,
behind the veero all this screaming and yelling and anger
is they're ultimately streaming and yelling and angry over us
getting rid of demonstrably horrific human beings. This has nothing
to do with the color of their skin, has nothing
to do with their country of origin, other than the
fact that they're not American citizens and they violated our
American law by coming here. Don't care what color of
(03:58):
their skin is, black, brown, and yellow. It doesn't matter
if they want to do harm to us, if they
are child molesters, rapists, terrorists, I think I want them
out of the country. And they're arguing that they should
be left in our country. They're ignoring the fraud perpetrated
on the State of Minnesota, the American taxpayers, because well,
it was done by the Somali community. If we criticize
them for doing this. We're racist for that. No, we
(04:21):
apply the law equally to all people right there. Anyhow,
I just find it impossible to believe that there is
an out loud defense of or for keeping these people
in the country when they are are notably, demonstrably and
have been convicted of multiple crimes. I just can't understand it.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Congressman, Well, I think the bulk of the public agrees
with you. And again that's what causes the coron of
ridiculous rhetoric that we're hearing from the left to try
to just anything that's to change the narrative around that.
And they have hearing, yes today with some of the
Minnesota fraud that you were just referring to, and I
(05:04):
mean an excellent point was made in that hearing where
we don't care about the color of the skin. All
we care about here is the green. That the fraud
is all green. That's you know, billions of dollars that
could be helping Americans being funneled Somalia to al Shabab
or just kept here and squandered by people who have
in a business here in the first place.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Well, I was a little I was taken aback when
I heard the top of the our news before the
show started this morning at five o'clock that Minneapolis was
shutting their schools down maybe Minnesota generally speaking, and out
of an abundance of caution because of the organized protest
that popped up instantaneously. Congressman Davidson earlier in the program,
in a student observation, well, that so the teachers can
(05:45):
go out and protest. That's so the young people, the
teenagers in high school can get out there and join
the protests. And I think that's probably an accurate assessment.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, no question, we know what's being taught in some
of our schools, probably especially those around Minneapolis. I'm sure
that the kids and the teachers for sure were very
anxious to be a part of that mass that started
right after the irresponsible remarks from Walls and Fry and
(06:14):
Dan Goldman out here, just you know, ridiculous things that
have been said about this officer. They're going to put
his life in danger. It's really sad to see, but
it's not unexpected.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
It is sad to see. And then the organizations that have,
you know, have quickly organized these process are just they
vary from like different political ideologies. They are the Green
New Deal folks out there, they are pro Palestinian out there,
the anti Israeli folks, the defund the police folks. Then
you have all these Marxist organizations again collectively joining to
(06:48):
stoke the fire of these protests. You know, folks like
the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression, the organization
called Individual, which is a far left wing organization. I mean,
the list is endless, the causes are disparate and varied,
but they are all far left organizations collectively I think,
joining together to undermine America generally speaking. That's the only
(07:10):
conclusion I can reach. Including the Palestinian youth movement. What
do they have to do with ice agents?
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Right, Well, it's kind of funny, but it's not funny.
But something I've seen here in watching DC. You'll see
a group of protesters in front of a building that
say protesting, you know, maybe in front of the Embassy
for Israel or or a place like that. Now have
three or four other issue signs or flags weligh by
their feet for where they're going next. They're just professional
(07:37):
protesters that the cause is less important than the fact
that they're out there let's stirred crap up.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
And that goes back to my point earlier is like,
where in the hell are the conservatives of the world
organizing and taking to the streets in opposition of all
these left winging IDL or left winging organizations and their
principles and what they're doing to our country. They just aren't.
And a bunch of people were spond everybody has jobs.
The conservatives has had jobs. Now the professional protesters. Your point,
(08:06):
it's which sign am I carrying today? Someone's paying me.
I'll just grab the side. We'll continue with Congressman David Taylor,
will find out about what is the concar City Talk station.
It's a new year and it's a new conversation with
Congressman David Taylor, who is kind enough to join the
morning show and inform my listeners and me about what's
going on on a variety of different topics. So moving over,
(08:29):
we've had quite a few really seriously tragic highway accidents
involving commercial driver's licensed drivers. These big semis get behind
the wheel and sadly we find out they can't even
read the road signs. Real problem, and I think I
guess as a response to that is that your motivation
behind launching this what it says right here bi partisan
(08:50):
Congressional Trucking Caucus Congressman Taylor.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Absolutely plays a role, Brian. For sure, trucking's a big
issue in every district, but you know, at our district,
maybe more so than some. We've the Kenworth factories in
Ross County. They built eighty five percent of their their
big semis but right there in the second district. So
and of course we talked a little bit about Connor's
Law last time I was on with you, which addresses
(09:20):
a CDL issue you were talking about. But meeting with
my staff one day, I said, you know, well, we
should probably join the trucking Caucus. There's a caucus out
here for literally everything, which is great, but come to
find out there is not a trucking caucus. So I
talked to my friend Shamari Figures, represented from Alabama. We're
kicking off the trucking Caucus. Interest has been off the charts.
(09:43):
On a somewhat said note, with one of our original members,
Dougla Malfa of California, unfortunately just passed away, but he
was he was already becoming a very good friend and
very knowledgeable and on the trucking issues, so he'll be
in many ways. We weremiss not to mention that, but
(10:04):
right the CDL issue has been in the forefront of
the news because of all the horrible accidents lately. But
there are all kinds of trucking related issues from EPA
emissions rules that are currently under reviewed. It started to
know seven that were counterproductive and actually made trucking less safe.
We've sponsored two bills regarding the English proficiency and this
(10:27):
is sort of a small trucking issue, but there's a
rule where if you have a semi broke broken down
on the side of the road, it has to be towed.
That tow truck operator has to break that truck down
and toe. You can't toe the whole thing because of
the length requirement linked and weight requirements set everybody's hair
(10:47):
on fire in the trucking business. Have to be very
careful dealing with that. But we just sponsored a bill
that said you can pull it to the next safe exit,
next safe place and then break it down because breaking
it down on the side of the road in that
situation and the driver toe trug driver, police officer, that's
there other drivers on the road. So we're hoping to
get some of those kind of things done and generally
(11:08):
make truckers safer, people are traveling with truckers safer and
ultimately truckers more prosperous.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Wow, before we put it over to the Royal Health
Transfer Transformation Program and some money and love you bring
them back to the state of Ohio, Can I just
ask you out a lot, is there any opposition to
that that that that English language requirement if you're going
to operate one of these multi tone commercial vehicles? Is
someone articulated opposition to that?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Generally, Brian, nothing's been articulated. My concern I expected by
partisan support.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
For it, but I'm I would hope.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I'm a I'm a chronic optimist. I get blamed for
that all the time, but so I anticipate, you know,
good ideas to get supported by everybody. But my concern
is the keeping illegal immigrants in the United States is
like a central plank of the Democrat platform now, so
somehow this will tangentially affect that and they may just
(12:02):
not say anything about it, but they darn sure may
not vote for it.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
At the same time, Well, we will keep our hop
card out and anticipation of that one, and finally we
have the money, the two hundred and two million dollars.
It was ward of the state of Ohio as a
consequence of your efforts. What's going on with this.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, it took a lot of people's efforts, Brian, I
appreciate that this was huge just as part of the
Big Beautiful Bill. The second District has the worst health
outcomes in Ohio. You know, most chronic illnesses, shortest lifespan, obesity,
the list goes on and on. And we have great
community hospitals, we don't have nearly enough of them. We
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have amazing quality of care, but it's too hard to
get to it, it's too expensive. All those things are
still true, and the situation coming out of the Big
Beautiful Bill is going to threaten the sustainability of our
great community hospitals. And I want to especially thank not
only President Trump, who played a huge role, of course,
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but Senator Houston and Senator Marino, because the bills already
in their hands at that point, they did incredible work.
Especially want to tip my hat to Senator Hustad who
really did excellent work to make Ohio's outcome in that
In that bill as good as could possibly be. So
I don't want to I'm happy to share the information
with your listeners. I don't want to take I don't
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want to take all the credit that those guys deserve.
They did a great show. We did everything we could
in our office to help it along, but really the
hard work happened over there. But yeah, we'll get two
hundred and two million dollars a year for five years
to strengthen your rural hospitals and clinics and expand access
to primary care, behavioral health services, modernized healthcare infrastructure, and
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you just improve the health outcomes for people in rural
areas like the second district. The one thing I do
want to add is several Ohio reps and myself, including
Chairman Jordan and Mike Rouley, my good friend and my
friend Larn Davidson spoke to earlier. We led a letter
to Governor to Wine to make sure that when we
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get these dollars, they go to rural hospitals. There are
dual designation hospitals that are both urban and rural, and
I'm for all the good work all of them do.
Not all of those dual designated ones have the financial
issues that our real rural hospitals have, so I would
like to see them prioritize and hopefully that's what I
know the governor will do the right thing. He has
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a soft spot for Appalachia and we love that.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
That's wonderful. Congressman, it is pleasure always. As always, they
have you on. Congressman David Taylor. I look forward to
our further conversations and counter your twenty twenty six and
again a very happy new year to you. I appreciate
the work that you're doing on behalf of the Highlands
and the country generally speaking. Keep up the great work
and until our next conversation, best of health to you
and your family.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Thank you, my friend saying to you and yours.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Thank you much. Stay around and I heard me the aviation.
Next for Jay Rattleve it's new year. It's another segment
with Jai
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