Episode 127 LIVE: Israel > IRS – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz
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Join us live from Room 2021 of the Rayburn House of Representatives office building in the Capitol complex in washington, D.C., as we re broadcasting live from the scene of the vote on reducing the Department of the Interior's $1 Dollar salary to 1 Dollar.
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matt gates the biggest firebrand inside of the house of representatives you're not taking matt
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gates off the board okay because matt gates is an american patriot and matt gates is an american
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hero we will not continue to allow the uniparty to run this town without a fight i want to thank
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you matt gates for holding the line matt gates is a courageous man if we had hundreds of matt gates
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in dc the country turns around it's that simple he's so tough he's so strong he's smart and he
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loves this country matt gates it is the honor of my life to fight alongside each and every one of you
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we will save america it's choose your fighter time send in the firebrands
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welcome back to firebrand we're broadcasting live out of room 2021 of the rayburn house office
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building here in the capitol complex in washington dc and congress has been up late at night doing
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work last night it was around midnight that we ended the debate and discussion on some of the
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amendments regarding the department of the interiors single subject appropriation bill you
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see this is what we've been telling you all along that when these disparate agencies of government
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are put together in one up or down vote that lashing that log rolling allows the swampiest and
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slipperiest of things to evade review and so we had open rules we had hundreds of amendments and i told
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you when mike johnson became speaker we were done with the french work week we were going to start
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working by you hours that means late at night sorry if some of the folks had to cancel their dinner plans
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or uh or their other activities very important we get this work done it could be the best kryptonite
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we possibly have against a continuing resolution or an omnibus spending bill and you can tell that it is
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the right strategy by all of the enemies that are concerned and speaking out against our pursuit of
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these single subject bills notably democrat congressman from california ted lou is not happy he has to work
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late at night putting out this tweet under new republican leadership we are voting late at night
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on stupid stuff we are about to vote on reducing the salary of the epa administrator to one dollar
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reducing the salary of the director of bureau and land management to one dollar reducing the salary of
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the secretary of the interior to one dollar now i can tell you that we took those votes on those
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amendments and that's a consequence of something called the holman rule we believe that these
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nameless faceless oftentimes anonymous bureaucrats who are really turning against the american people
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with governmental powers should be subject to individual review and so one of the concessions we
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got in house rules back in january was the ability to reduce their salary to one dollar by a vote now i wish
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that some of these folks would have had their salaries reduced to one dollar certainly everything
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that they are doing to try to create climate alarmism and to try to limit property rights and to hurt
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businesses and to stop american production is worthy of sanction and consequence but unfortunately each of
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these amendments did not pass congresswoman bobert offered a number of them i voted for them but you've got
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all the democrats voting to keep the bureaucrats in power and then you've got a certain batch of
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republicans that just don't believe in this severe level of accountability but i think the times we are
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living in are severe i would love to know your perspective on the holman rule do you think we should
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be targeting these individual bureaucrats so enough democrats and republicans now think it's mean
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spirited or unwarranted or not properly predicated but frankly in a lot of these western states where i know
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we've got a number of listeners who are out west the federal government plays such a large role in
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people's lives through the bureau of land management through the epa through all the federal owned land
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and i'm hearing more and more reports that cattlemen and grazers are seeing the these crazy kind of
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climate alarmist policies impacting their ability to make a living live out their their day-to-day lives
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and so yeah i supported these amendments unfortunately they didn't pass but as i've said before
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the great bobby bowden teaches us first you lose by a lot then you lose by a little then you end up
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winning by a little and winning by a lot so we'll hope that the members of congress who voted to keep
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the salaries of some of these bureaucrats here from their constituents and perhaps reflect more
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responsibly on federal spending and federal utilization of authorities that that ultimately can do a great deal
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of harm and really really impact the quality of people's lives the other big thing that happened
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yesterday we passed the israel support supplemental but we broke the rules of washington because when
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the house of representatives passed the israel supplemental we did so by taking the money out of the irs
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to me that is a win-win the irs had a 12 billion dollar budget before the inflation reduction act
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and then we saw their budget balloon to 80 billion dollars so that 14 billion dollar clawback from the
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irs was a critical pay for and so if you're in the senate or if you're sitting over at the white house
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take this message from the house of representatives under speaker johnson stuff you want has to be paid
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for we are not just going to continue to print money over and over again to dilute the earnings of
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people who are working every day and expect a government that will honor that work by allowing
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their dollar to be able to meet their needs and right now you see the very same goods and services
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costing american families 700 more per month as a consequence of inflation that is directly tied to
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government spending so building in the ethic of pay-fors for foreign aid for disaster response for any of
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these things we have to do is essential and i think it's a pretty invigorating time to be in congress to
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be searching out those pay-fors i've got a few ideas not just the irs but how about we get some pay-fors
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out of the green new deal tax credits that wall street is soaking up at such an alarming rate it is
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impacting how much you pay for heating your home it is how much you pay for your energy bills broadly
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how much you're paying for gas it's all market manipulation that is coming through these green
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new deal tax credits i would i would use that as a pay for it for sure how about the new 300 million
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dollar plus fbi headquarters that could be an interesting pay for for something don't support
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that uh on the vote there was some uh crossing of party lines on both sides and i want to get into
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that on the israel supplemental uh first there were 12 democrats who voted with republicans to take 14
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billion out of the irs and to use that as the pay for for israel aid 12 that is more than i expected
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and here's the great part a third of them are from florida so if you're a florida democrat prioritizing
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the irs over israel is a bad thing that's why congresswoman frederica wilson of florida congresswoman
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debbie wasserman schultz of florida congressman darren soto of florida and congressman jared
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moskowitz of florida all voted to cut the irs and send that money to israel they were joined by juan
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vargas of california a democrat haley stevens of michigan uh greg landsman of ohio josh gottheimer of
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new jersey jared golden of maine oh i'm sorry there's a fifth floridian five of 12 i miss lois
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frankel of florida don davis of north carolina and angie craig of minnesota those were the 12 democrats
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five fully five of them from the state of florida i think that is quite the message
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that you don't want to vote to fund to fund the army of irs agents over the army that is fighting
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hamas that is a tough vote it'll be interesting to see how the democrats from florida who didn't join
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frankel and moskowitz and soto and wasserman schultz and wilson think about these things
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we also had two republicans that did not vote for the supplemental and they're two friends of mine you've
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seen them both on firebrand thomas massey of kentucky marjorie taylor green of georgia and i want to
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play the argument that marjorie taylor green made in part explaining how her vote against this
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particular supplemental is not a vote against israel take a listen to congresswoman green
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today i took a hard vote as a christian who supports israel i voted no to the additional
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funding to israel's defense this comes after the republican controlled house voted for 3.8 billion
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dollars for israel's defense weapons and replenishment of the iron dome this 3.8 billion
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dollars is sitting on chuck schumer's desk and he and the democrats in the senate mitch mcconnell the
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majority leader in the senate for republicans refused to pass this bill these bills 3.8 billion
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dollars that could go directly to israel's defense you see the reason why i voted no today
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and not that i'll always be a no for israel's defense is because i'm unapologetically america
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first and today in america we have an open border driven national security crisis
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we are back live cynthia on facebook says good for mtg agreeing with that argument frederick on facebook
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says brilliant using irs money for israel aid and black guns on getter not a big fan of anthony
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blinken jake sullivan or john kirby the uh mouthpieces for the failed biden foreign policy that you see
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so frequently but i played you that clip from mtg because i want you to understand even though we
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voted different ways everything she is saying about money already approved by the house of
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representatives unacted on by the senate is true it is entirely true what mtg said that we have
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israel on a 3.8 billion dollar auto pay and on top of that we put an additional 3 billion plus into
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research development and the munition systems and rocket systems necessary for the iron dome so it is
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an intellectually honest and an intellectually consistent argument to say you support israel through
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those single subject spending bills in the normal appropriations process as opposed to a
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supplemental i agreed with the supplemental only because there is a pay for and i support that pay for
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draining the money out of the irs so to me it was killing two birds with one stone but for congresswoman
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green and i think it is a nuanced but important position that support for israel can also exist
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through the appropriations process not just by moving the type of legislation that i was very
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honored to support so difference of agreement between me and mtg does not always happen on
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legislation but i think walking you through that nuance will tell you a lot about the house strategy
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of dealing with the upcoming budget fight because you you know that in november 17th the funding bill
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that had been approved previously runs out and so are we going to go with the appropriations process
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staggered out tailored out isolating these agencies or are we going to do what washington has always
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done in the past and i do believe that the structure of funding different priorities of the government
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expressed by congresswoman green is one that would actually lead us to a better place not lumping
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everything together so a very important argument there and let let us use this opportunity to call on
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the united states senate to take up our state and foreign ops bill that slashes funding for a lot
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of the weird stuff that we've been doing with foreign aid and i think focuses it appropriately i think that
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bill marks all the way back to 2014 spending levels so that shows you the extent to which republicans
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want to downscale foreign aid to other countries particularly when it's going for things like
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you know english language classes for transgender entrepreneur makeup artists in the country of
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nepal which by the way is an actual government program that is funded that you pay for just an
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example of the massive waste there our bill that cuts that waste should be taken up we should work
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with the senate to ensure that we're just not always funding what we've always funded whether it works
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or not great work uh they're explaining the nuance of that position by congresswoman green
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obama obama back in the news this report uh go ahead and put it on the screen there obama quietly tap
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i'm sorry biden quietly tapped obama to help shape his ai strategy so this piece in nbc news explores the
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role that former president barack obama has currently in the biden white house so if you're one of the people
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on the live stream and there are many of you who are frequently commenting on how former president
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obama is the puppet master of this biden white house you here you have no less than nbc news backing
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up that position on the particularly the issue of technology ai you've got barack obama literally doing
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zoom meetings and staff calls calling the shots as these critical features of domestic policy are being
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fine-tuned think about the position that puts white house staff in maybe there's the biden structure
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with a deputy chief of staff special advisors to the president president biden himself oh but then
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all of a sudden at 2 15 p.m you've got a zoom call with barack obama and that's your real boss that's
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who's actually telling you what to do i don't think there's a single major personnel decision made within
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the white house that barack obama and his team do not have some major influence over and how can you
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even call it his team anymore it's been fused we're living through barack obama's third term
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maybe with him not as the masthead you can go make his netflix money parade whatever's left of joe
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biden around in front of the country but on these fundamental policy questions it's obama weighing in
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it's him picking the personnel and don't ever forget it it's very critical to note as we as we move
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into the time to make our case about policy arguments and who ought to be governing this
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country and how those choices will impact quality of life uh one of the things that we also still
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continue to follow i i am incensed by the lawfare being used against president trump and it is a
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multi-vector plan and it is coordinated and we need to be doing more in the house judiciary committee
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to assert congress's equities for this election interference but i thought that one of president
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trump's lawyers alina haba gave a blistering and accurate depiction of what's going on just moments
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ago outside of a new york courthouse take a listen we are now over a month deep into the biggest waste
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of new york taxpayer dollars i've ever seen president trump's statement of financial condition was so
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undervalued but letitia james as you've seen will show up when it's a press day i said it yesterday on
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the news she hasn't been here for days but you know when she's going to come when the main event's here
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and that is trump she piggybacked on trump to get into office she didn't do it well enough to be a
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governor she was a failed gubernatorial candidate and now she's working on her politics again she shows up
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sits in the back when she should be doing real work because the city of new york has fallen apart
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if you are a business in new york pay attention you put your value if president trump wanted to
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inflate his net worth on a statement of financial condition his brand alone could double triple it
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it's basic it's basic this is a waste of time we heard testimony from an expert this week
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miss james wasn't here for that day because it wasn't good for her he's been paid by new york
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taxpayer dollars 450 000 in the past few months to come here and testify that's your money that's
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not my money it is a crime and now these children are being brought in away from their families for
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doing nothing wrong it's a great company it has always been a great company it's worth a lot more
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than the statements say and she just doesn't like it and now her politics don't allow her to back off or
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back down and it's unfortunate but this case should be done we are wasting our time thank you
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we're back live that was alina haba laying it down and of course the fusion of politics and law is a
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very dangerous thing because it starts it starts us down a road where the consequences and the outcomes
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in courtrooms cannot be relied upon or trusted because they're viewed as part of this broader
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political power struggle it's correct that the trump organization is world class and in fact has
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some of the greatest assets in the world when i saw that in this matter they had valued mar-a-lago at
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like 15 million dollars i was thinking to myself i'll take 10 of them mar-a-lago is unlike anything else on
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palm beach island i've had the privilege to go there and while i haven't been a been fortunate
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enough to experience or observe all of the trump organization's assets globally at least when it
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comes to florida it's a total joke what they're trying to do but here's why the civil matter in new
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york is of great consequence because it they can literally use civil remedies to try to steal i mean to
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take the trump families and the trump organization's assets i think i even saw don jr
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commenting that even the hunting cabin that he has is held in an llc and they're trying to seek the
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acquisition and dissolution of those assets as well so it's full scale it's economic it's civil it's
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criminal and you know what it's not working and we can't go into that uh too much but we do feel
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where the energy of the country is and it cannot and should not politically reward this lawfare that's
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the end of the national news we're covering but i have an exciting matter that will be of great
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interest to my fellow floridians to those who vacation in the destine florida okaloosa
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okaloosa island area it's a segment we call the florida man spotlight
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crab island is a delightful place in northwest florida and there was an effort by the department
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of the interior to take this uh this jurisdictional sandbar and limit the ability of mom and pop
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companies to be able to sell hot dogs or peanuts to those who might be enjoying crab island
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recreationally so because we had a single subject spending bill on the department of the interior
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last night i took to the floor to make the case that our state and local governments were best
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prepared to manage crab island not the federal department of the interior here's that amendment debate
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thank you mr speaker there is an eclectic attraction in my district in northwest florida it's called crab
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island but it's actually not an island at all it's a sandbar where people go and enjoy swimming snorkeling
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fishing maybe a refreshment or even a hot dog or boiled peanuts right now we have a system with our
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local governments and our state government working in concert to manage crab island it's all going really
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well and my amendment would prohibit the department of interior for playing perhaps an excessive role
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in the management of commercial services it's a wonderful place and as we say in the south
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y'all come i reserve i appreciate the uh my colleagues invitation for us all to come visit i'm sure it is a
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wonderful place uh and of course being from maine we like anything that has the word crab in the title
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uh but unfortunately this amendment blocks the national park service from complying with the 1998
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concessions act which sets up the framework for evaluating commercial services in parks
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it stops the park service being being able to complete its existing process to remain in compliance with
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the act the amendment would effectively grandfather in all permit holders from the prior year regardless of
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whether the services are necessary and appropriate the amendment also limits the national park services
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ability to ensure public safety of commercial services currently all vendors undergo public health
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fire and permit condition inspections throughout an operating season these inspections have documented
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significant concerns such as food being cooked held or served at temperatures or conditions that do not
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meet public health standards standards refueling processes that place workers and patrons at risk
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lack of basic safety and fire protection and operating in violation of permit conditions the amendment
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eliminates the ability to manage the issuance of a permit based on current or past performance which
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creates conditions that place workers visitors and park resources at risk from some commercial services
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i urge my colleagues to reject this amendment and i yield back my time i appreciate the gentlelady's
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great interest in what's going on in florida though we don't know each other well i can only assume that if
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there were a small patch of land in maine i would be highly deferential as to what a local community in
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that congressional district might think about it and i would inform the house that i have the resolution from
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the city of destine where they speak to some of these concerns but but instead reflect on the value of the
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existing state and local cooperation to achieve those safer objectives and with all due respect to the
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concessions act of 1998 which i'm sure we would never want to violate the sanctity of the result of
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what the department of interior is trying to do in my community is going to put a lot of mom and pop local
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businesses out of business and instead it's going to constrain this to a federal contracting requirement
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that isn't that no one in our community believes is going to enhance safety but instead is going to
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limit the ability of folks to be able to enjoy the park in the manner in which they're doing safely
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now so that's why i would ask for adoption the amendment i would yield back the balance of my time
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the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida those in favor say aye
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those opposed say no in opinion of the chair the ayes have it the amendment is agreed to
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we are back live cg miller on youtube says that these podcasts and video updates are important and
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that all representatives should do them i agree i think it's nice to have direct interaction without
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the filter of the media cynthia on facebook says keep the federal government out of florida
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it's a sentiment i generally strongly agree with but for our military of course we love our military in
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florida and particularly in northwest florida tanya on facebook says she loves crab island and and on
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facebook says no offense but there are more important things to be dealing with than crab
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island maybe so but to the dozens of small businesses who work there rent paddle boards and jet skis
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means everything because federal intervention could mean that their family income could dissipate last
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time i was out on crab island i bought a uh an ice cream bar from a young man who had used the
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proceeds from his small business he ran out of a john boat in order to pay for college at the university
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of alabama and while we're no fans of roll tide we certainly are fans of entrepreneurism and so often
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even though this crab island issue is one little issue in my district so often we see excessive federal
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regulations not service the goal of enhancing small business but oftentimes putting barriers in the way
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of of those entrepreneurial endeavors that we want to nurture and enjoy for a great economy also a great
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quality of life so thank you all so much for joining us on this episode of firebrand we'll be here next