00:00with his air traffic officials as they wait on Democrats to reopen the government and deliver
00:04the federal funds they need to expand that region's critical air travel infrastructure
00:08and here in Washington the work has gone on in earnest as well people keep commenting to me you
00:14look so tired on TV I am so tired because we're not sleeping a lot we're working overtime here in
00:21Washington our house committees have continued to conference together and do all the work we can to
00:25ensure legislation is ready for the floor for action as soon as we get back to legislative
00:31session the house also continues to carry out its essential oversight duties and you'll be reporting
00:37on this all day but the oversight chairman James Comer released a blockbuster report now on the
00:45Biden auto pen presidency and this report includes 47 hours worth of transcripts and testimony revealing
00:51that every executive action signed by the auto pen without written authorization from President Biden
00:58should be voided this is an unprecedented situation in American politics and government
01:05the the actions of President Biden simply were not all his own actions and there are major
01:12implications to that including all the pardons that he signed but don't get me started okay on Friday
01:17the energy and commerce chairman Brett Guthrie all these are all Republican actions he launched a
01:24bipartisan investigation into the NBA's handling of betting and illegal gambling allegations following
01:29the recent shocking reports that raised questions and integrity concerns and as we covered last week
01:35the House Oversight Committee also delivered its third batch of files from the Epstein investigation now
01:41totaling 43,000 pages and documents pieces of evidence including personal flight logs financial
01:47ledgers daily calendars and diaries of Epstein himself Republicans are here in Washington and we're
01:55out in our district fans out across the country doing good work on behalf of the people we serve and
01:59represent and what are the Democrats doing you've seen it they're posting tick tock videos they're
02:05bragging about using the American people's pain as their political leverage and House Republicans are taking this day
02:11by day just like the rest of the country we have our House Republicans on a 48 hour return notice so that
02:17get back understanding that some flights may well be delayed but to get everybody back here as soon
02:23as possible as soon as the Democrats decide to do the right thing and reopen the government we will get
02:28back to immediate and urgent and necessary business on the House floor itself we're anxious to get back to
02:34that but we cannot have a regular legislative session until the Democrats do their most basic responsibility to
02:42reopen the government and get this moving again so today we're fortunate to be joined by
02:47uh several of our good friends and colleagues here uh all members of the Republican study committee and the
02:53chairman of of that committee the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress is uh Representative August
02:59Pflueger from Texas and we're glad to have him as well he's going to share a little bit about the reckless
03:05decision of the Democrats and and what that means for military readiness and families all across this
03:11country we are so grateful for these uh great members and their leadership August will reference
03:16who's here and uh and then we'll take some questions so chairman Pflueger thank you sure
03:22Speaker you're doing a great job and I think we all know that today's Democrat party is not the party
03:28of JFK who once famously said ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for
03:33your country instead today Democrats under Schumer and Clark and Mondami are saying ask not what you
03:41can do for your country but what you but who you can leverage for your radical agenda ask not what you
03:48can do for your country but who you can leverage for your radical agenda I'm August Pflueger I'm chairman
03:53of the Republican study committee we have some great members including Burgess Owen Stephanie Bice Harriet
03:57Hageman and Craig Goldman who are with me and you know it's really sad to think about what Catherine
04:05Clark said last week she said of course there will be families that are going to suffer but this is one
04:12of the few leverage times we have my colleagues stand for families the Republican Party stands for
04:19families because we believe you know we know that our greatest asset in this country is the American
04:26family that our country rests on the shoulders of fan
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