00:00On your decisions will come in from the Senate.
00:02You okay with that or not?
00:04I'm not happy that they're honoring.
00:06Hold on.
00:07Wait for everybody.
00:08Okay, start again.
00:09Yeah, I mean, it's disappointing that we're, you know, $37 trillion in debt.
00:16This, to me, was low-hanging fruit.
00:19We saw how Doge exposed a lot of this misuse of funds.
00:24It's disappointing that the Senate took it out.
00:26Yeah, but does that mean you can support it?
00:28I mean, at some cost.
00:30I mean, at the end of the day, I'll take a base hit, right?
00:34It's better than nothing.
00:36So I think that at least we're able to make some spending reductions.
00:42Do you have any concerns about the fact that we've heard from Pam Bondi, the attorney general,
00:48now that there's probably nothing further coming on Epstein?
00:52Do you share those concerns from some of your fellow conservatives that if there are files that they want them released?
00:57Yeah, I do.
00:59Look, this is a really touchy issue.
01:08The American people deserve to know the answers on this and a number of things.
01:12And I think that this is kind of highlighting the frustration that the American people have where they feel like their government is – they can't trust their government, right?
01:23And so to me, because this is such a horrible issue and the fact that you have all these victims, hundreds of victims, they deserve to have their voice heard.
01:37And justice needs to be done.
01:40So I think that at the end of the day, this is a question of does this government belong to the people or do the people belong to this government?
01:49The president.
01:49And so I did – I have co-sponsored Massey's – with great reservation because I don't want to – I'm not doing this because I'm trying to be difficult.
02:02I just morally cannot stand by and let this not be transparent.
02:09Forgive my interruption, Congressman, but the president said today that Republicans who are still pushing on the Epstein matter are foolish is the word he used.
02:16Is he wrong to say that?
02:18I don't know.
02:19He probably has more information than I do.
02:21But if he does, then at least get that information out.
02:25Let us know.
02:25If there's information about that all the content was created kind of like the Russian hopes and that kind of stuff, okay, then show us.
02:35Release that content.
02:36Then the American people can get mad at the people that were creating the false narratives, right?
02:41But at the end of the day, I work for the district.
02:45I work for my constituents and the American people.
02:48And I think we owe it to the American people to remind – to stand up and let them, you know, make clear that they own this government, not the other way around.
02:58So do you think the president is handling this the right way?
03:01You know, I think that the president is doing an amazing job.
03:06He's got so much going on.
03:09And so for him, I think that this is probably – it seems minuscule.
03:14But I think that while it might not be a top priority for him, it certainly is a top priority for a lot of people.
03:22Can I ask you just quickly, do you hear from constituents on this?
03:25Like, do people care that people are calling?
03:27Number one – it's the number one thing that people are calling my office on.
03:30Really?
03:30For how many days now?
03:32For a week.
03:33Okay.
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