00:00We're going to introduce legislation that would authorize $400 million to be spent to secure, to build a presidential ballroom.
00:11Underneath there will be a lot of military stuff.
00:14There will be a Secret Service annex, and we've paid for it by offsetting it with custom fees.
00:22But the estimate is $332 million.
00:25We're going to do $400 million because I think it's probably going to take more.
00:28Private donations can be used, but I think they should be used for buying China and stuff like that.
00:35Underneath this ballroom will be infrastructure that is national security centric.
00:41The ballroom itself will avoid the dilemma of having to leave the White House grounds with future presidents and dispresidents
00:48to go downtown in a place that's less secure.
00:52President Trump said to me this morning, excuse me, yesterday, we need the ballroom not just for me but for
01:01future presidents.
01:02He literally could have left his bedroom, walked out the back of the White House, and been at the ballroom.
01:10That's what needs to happen when you have 1,000 or 2,000 people gathered in a day's environment.
01:17And the sooner we get the ballroom built, the more hardened it is, the better for the country.
01:24So I hope and pray that most people in the Senate after Saturday night will support this bill.
