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Rep. Lisa McClain on govt shutdown_ Lets pay the people while we negotiate · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: We are joined now by Republican representative from Michigan, Lisa McLain,
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  Speaker 1: who is also chairwoman of the House Republican Conference. Representative
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  Speaker 1: maclan it is good to have you here on Prime.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. I want to jump right in
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  Speaker 1: because we have a lot to talk about because TSA
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  Speaker 1: workers haven't been paid now in six weeks, and travelers
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  Speaker 1: are really frustrated by hours long lines at airports. Republican
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  Speaker 1: senators appeared happy with the bill to fund all parts
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  Speaker 1: of DHS except for ICE and parts of Customs and
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  Speaker 1: Border Patrol. Why do you think that wasn't good enough
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  Speaker 1: for you and the other House Republicans.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let me just correct your statement and the senators
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  Speaker 2: with facts.
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  Speaker 3: This isn't an opinion.
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  Speaker 2: This is what's in the bill, and I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: read what's in the bill. On page two, line fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: border security operations under the heading US Customs and Border
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  Speaker 2: Protection shall have no force, effect or purpose for this Act.
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  Speaker 2: So number one, they are saying US Border Patrol and custom.
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  Speaker 3: Have zero enforcement. Okay, that's not positive.
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  Speaker 2: Second, they doubled down on page three, line one, US
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  Speaker 2: Immigration and Custom Enforcement in the Department of Homeland Securities
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  Speaker 2: at twenty six table shall.
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  Speaker 3: Have zero dollars.
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  Speaker 2: So not only do US customs and enforcements and border
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  Speaker 2: patrol agents that we funded in the one Big Beautiful Bill,
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  Speaker 2: we'll have zero enforcement under this Senate bill, but they
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  Speaker 2: will also have zero dollars. Americans spoke in the twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty four elections and American wants America wants us to
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  Speaker 2: keep them safe and.
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  Speaker 3: Have our borders closed.
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  Speaker 2: This bill that they sent over from the Senate does
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  Speaker 2: anything but that. So don't try, and you know, don't
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  Speaker 2: don't try and give us this and say, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: well it's funded.
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  Speaker 3: It's not. It does the exact opposite. Read the bill.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, but you're pointing out it's not funded in this bill.
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  Speaker 1: But I do want to point out those agents.
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  Speaker 3: But let me point this out.
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  Speaker 1: Those agencies were actually fully funded already by the President's
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  Speaker 1: Big Beautiful Bill, with ICE and CBP getting tens of
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  Speaker 1: billions of dollars. So they're funded right now. Is there
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  Speaker 1: another reason House Republicans aren't considering the bill.
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  Speaker 2: You are right, they're funded right now. If we would
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  Speaker 2: have passed the bill, the Department of Homeland Securities at
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  Speaker 2: table shall go to zero zero means we had it funded.
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  Speaker 2: Zero means the new number is zero, so it's not funded.
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  Speaker 1: So you're saying it would the funding would completely stop.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not saying it. That's what they sent over.
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  Speaker 2: Zero dollars. Zero doesn't mean that it's funded. Zero means
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  Speaker 2: there are zero dollars to fund it.
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  Speaker 3: That's what zero means.
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  Speaker 1: Was there ever a thought that you could pass the legislation,
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  Speaker 1: take a beat, go back, fight for more funding for
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  Speaker 1: ICE and parts of CBP, and even for the Save Act.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of options on the table,
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  Speaker 2: but the American people don't want to gamble.
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  Speaker 3: With open borders.
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  Speaker 2: We did that with twenty million Americans coming through, so
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  Speaker 2: we really don't want to gamble.
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  Speaker 3: Here's the play. We passed through the House.
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  Speaker 2: Three times now fully funding of DHS. If you want
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  Speaker 2: to secure your house, you lock all the doors, not
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  Speaker 2: just the front door, and leave the back door open. Now,
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  Speaker 2: when we pass this bill this week, we got four
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  Speaker 2: Democrats to come with us.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, that's movement, right.
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  Speaker 2: We got four Democrats to actually compromise and get common sense. Also,
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  Speaker 2: the Senate said, hey, we're willing to negotiate. Great, let's negotiate.
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  Speaker 2: We got four Democrats in the House that voted to
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  Speaker 2: fully fund. We got the Democrats that wanted to negotiate.
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  Speaker 3: Here's our proposal.
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  Speaker 2: How about we pay the people who go to work
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  Speaker 2: every day while we negotiate.
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  Speaker 3: Doesn't that sound fair?
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  Speaker 1: We know how Republicans are going to move forward with
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  Speaker 1: a stopgap proposal, but that will be dead on arrival
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  Speaker 1: in the Senate, so this will likely just prolong things.
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  Speaker 1: What is the solution in your opinion here?
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  Speaker 2: The solution is to keep Americans safe and make sure
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  Speaker 2: that our borders are secure.
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  Speaker 3: That's the solution. But how do you get there? You
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  Speaker 3: get there.
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  Speaker 2: By common sense. You saw four Democrats get there this week,
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  Speaker 2: which nobody thought would get there, and you see the
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  Speaker 2: Senate open to negotiations. So what I'm saying is, let's
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  Speaker 2: pay the people while we negotiate. Let's stop taking TSA
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  Speaker 2: agents and FEMA and CVP agents hostage while we continue
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  Speaker 2: to negotiate. I don't believe in taking hostages. I guess
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  Speaker 2: the Senate Democrats do, right.
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  Speaker 1: Representative Lisa McLean, thank you so much for your time.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you