00:00There is basically a pot of money. It's funded by the MRA, which is the budget that we're given,
00:04which is taxpayer dollars to run a congressional office. And if there is issues of misconduct with
00:11members of Congress, they are basically open for a lawsuit. And many members have settled
00:16using this pot of money to basically pay people to go away. And then they sign NDAs and then it's
00:21not a thing. So what ended up happening was there was a special motion made. It was basically,
00:26a vote in the House to say, let's release these files and actually show the American people who's
00:33paying who right now. So who's been guilty of using this fund of money? And you saw, I think it
00:39was
00:39only 70 to 80 members, including myself, actually voted to release those files. The rest of the
00:45members actually voted to refer it to ethics, meaning they basically wanted to off-ramp because
00:52they didn't want to have to take a tough vote because a lot of them are directly implicated by it.
00:56And as we know, ethics is where everything goes to die. And so we actually then said,
01:01well, this isn't going to work. And so actually at oversight, Representative Mace made one of those
01:05same motions. And we actually, I think you probably saw me giving the speech on like,
01:09you guys are basically the ones covering this up and it's on both sides and it's corrupt as can be.
01:13And after I gave that speech, it went for a vote and it passed. So we actually are going to
01:17be
01:18subpoenaing those records from the House of Representatives and we will be releasing them.
01:21That'll be very interesting. What's the reaction from your colleagues?
01:26People were pissed off.
01:28What's your relationship like with the speaker, Mike Johnson?
01:30I like to tell Mike I'm his favorite pain in the ass. And I definitely think I am. You know,
01:36if you ask him about me, he'll tell you, you know, I'm an idealist. And then he'll complain
01:42sometimes that I don't negotiate. And I do negotiate. I just don't negotiate with terrorists.
01:52I'm going to negotiate. I'm really 진급。。
01:52I'm going to negotiate. Because that's my experience.
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