00:00So I think a lot of people out there, they did vote for change, they feel that, right?
00:04A lot of people who are coming in have expressed an openness to different leadership at the top in the
00:10Senate.
00:10But for those who are looking at the priorities and they're wondering,
00:14what is the difference between having you as the majority leader and Chuck Schumer?
00:19For people out there who aren't living in Washington, who aren't attuned to all of the leadership elections, what's the
00:24difference?
00:24Sure. I think there are a number of differences.
00:26One is I believe that we should use our full power in the United States Senate to respond to the
00:33calls of the American people.
00:34So, for example, the war in Iran. This is an illegal and senseless war.
00:40I believe we need to end it now, immediately, to use all our power to do that.
00:45That means not one more penny spent on this war so that we can bring prices down right away.
00:51I mean, gas prices are up, diesel prices are up.
00:54We're going into a winter where home heating oil prices are up.
00:58We should end this war and bring down costs now.
01:01And what would you do that is different from how Leader Schumer would approach that particular issue?
01:07Well, he hasn't taken a position on this.
01:09Well, for people who are, you know, they haven't tuned in to exactly the differences.
01:13So tell them the differences.
01:14Yeah, look, well, the difference is I believe we need to be firm.
01:17I think that we heard loud and clear from the American people that they want to end the war in
01:22Iran and bring down prices.
01:23Like 75 percent of voters who went to the polls said end the war, bring down prices.
01:30We should do it now.
01:31We shouldn't say we're going to wait till January when we have the power to do it on December 11th.
01:37And so this should not be a finger in the wind issue.
01:40This should not be sort of frittering around.
01:42This should not be a question of timidity.
01:43We need to answer the call of the American people, end the war, bring down prices, do it now.
01:49Not a penny, not a penny to fuel this war.
01:53So it's about funding for the war.
01:55And it's about keeping the Democrats together once they're in the majority to oppose any additional funding.
02:02That's one example.
02:03I mean, that's an example of immediately using the power that we have, all of the power we have,
02:08to answer the call of the American people, which was overwhelming, end the war, bring down costs.
02:14And you think that would prompt the president of the United States, he would be forced to end the war,
02:19is your point?
02:20You think that's the approach that would force him to end the war?
02:22Because Congress can't do it unilaterally.
02:23Right.
02:24The president would be given a choice, right?
02:26Does he say to the American people that I'm going to shut down the United States government?
02:30Am I going to shut down all the agencies of the U.S. government to keep the legal war in
02:36Iran going
02:36and to keep prices high when we could do it now?
02:40So the president would have a choice.
02:42He could choose to completely ignore the will of the American people and shut down the government.
02:48But my view is it's our job to do what we think is best for the country.
