And the only thing that's missing from our government is acting on this father's pain and the pain of so many Americans who have been victimized by uncontrolled illegal immigration.

No, no, you're absolutely right.

When we look at, I mean, he called them out.

He looked them in the face and he said, You did this.

And he was absolutely right.

And it's because of their policies.

They have been giving, you know, in states like New York and in California, they're giving away CDLs.

Yeah.

it that's right in my backyard i know so you know what everything's bigger in texas right and you've got a big event there um talk about what you thought are the highlights so far and what do you make of president trump saying if you keep the republicans in the house and senate uh that you're gonna have more money in your pocket we're gonna send you five thousand everyone's talking about that one

Well, look, I think that the president's speech last night was, was, was riveting.

I think a lot of people, you know, are looking to him.

He's not on the, he's not on the ballot, but they want to know if he, is he behind the people who are, and I think him coming to Texas, him supporting, you know, um, Ken Paxton getting the energy going here was awesome.

I think Brandon Gill did a great job of electrifying the crowd yesterday.

The ones, the speeches that I really enjoyed were the people that were just regular people, not politicians, not these big, you know, well-known influencers, but people who had actually been affected by policy and came out to talk about it.

There was a woman who brought her two kids up on stage that talked about how the working family's tax cuts Act really helped her and her family.

Okay.

Talk to the people.

You want to talk about affordability.

We can talk about affordability all day long.

We talk about housing.

Well, the fact is, under Biden, when you saw 20 million people come into our border illegally, you saw housing costs go up 30 percent.

Now that you've got the Trump administration that is actively deporting 3.5 million, you're seeing housing prices come down.

Let's talk about gas prices.

And what do the American people want?

Talk to the people.

You want to talk about affordability.

We can talk about affordability all day long.

We talk about housing.

Well, the fact is, under Biden, when you saw 20 million people come into our border illegally, you saw housing costs go up 30 percent.

Now that you've got the Trump administration that is actively deporting 3.5 million, you're seeing housing prices come down.

Let's talk about gas prices.

And what do the American people want?

Can you say it will? How would that happen? Well,

I would say it would depend.

If you have Republicans in office, We've already shown that they are willing to cut regulations, that they're going after waste, fraud, and abuse, that they are actually doing what job creators need to be able to continue to invest in their employees and continue to invest in growth.

If you've got these trade deals that are coming out of this administration that's having all of these foreign investment dollars in our country, yes, if we're able to go on that trajectory, I think Scott Besson said it best yesterday.

The way that you get out of debt in your country is to be able to increase your economy, and they've shown that.

I mean, look at the jobs market last month alone.

They created 162,000 jobs just last month in this country on the private sector, not on the public sector.

I would argue it's not just

Is it that kind of Democrat, the kind of Democrat that thinks that capitalism is tied to white supremacy and it only works in an oppressive system?

I think it's absolutely ridiculous.

This guy is so radical.

It's crazy.

I mean, we've already seen this.

We've already seen, you know, better work come and try to, you know, create this false blue wave over Texas.

Tallarico, I mean, he refers to women as what, neighbors with a uterus? He's now referring to anybody who believes in a merit based system that, you know, you can work for what you get paid, that it's white supremacy.

And are you going to do it again?

Is it that kind of Democrat, the kind of Democrat that thinks that capitalism is tied to white supremacy and it only works in an oppressive system?

I think it's absolutely ridiculous.

This guy is so radical.

It's crazy.

I mean, we've already seen this.

We've already seen Beto O'Rourke come and try to create this false blue wave over Texas.

Tallarico, I mean, he refers to women as what, neighbors with a uterus? He's now referring to anybody who believes in a merit based system that, you know, you can work for what you get paid, that it's white supremacy.

And are you going to do it again?

Is, is most of that resolved? And, uh, what do you think Musk's motivation is for being so involved?

Again, you know, I, I, I don't know the personal relationship between the President and between Elon Musk.

I understand that, you know, they have had a number of meetings obviously.

Um, how important, why, why is Elon Musk willing to do this? But he, this is a man who has chosen America as his home, specifically has chose Tex- Texas as his home.

He moved out of places like California, you know, specifically because he recognized the fact that, you know, the over, uh, uh, regulation, the, the burdensome, um, um, taxes, uh, how they wanna basically control all methods of production.

You know, they're, they're trying to s- share that from California to the rest of the country, and he's going to fight back on that.

He has been very successful.

Yeah.

So shouldn't Republicans own the affordability issue?

You would assume so, especially since we saw prices just skyrocket and get completely out of control during Biden's four years in office.

And we've had less than two years to try to bring them down.

And we've been successful at the same time.

We've also been successful in getting jobs in the private sector, not in the public sector.

And we've increased wages now that are higher in inflation.

That was not by accident.

Yeah.

And when it comes to Americans, obviously groceries, gas, that type of stuff, that's the top of the list when comes to priorities but prescription drugs they're pretty dang important too

well absolutely without a doubt i mean a lot of people you know rely on them not only just for their health but sometimes you know just for their life and yes prescription drugs are very important it's something that everyday americans have to pay on a regular basis so i think you know president trump thinking outside the box and going to the pharmaceutical companies and saying you know what nih pays a lot of money into a lot of the research of these drugs you then produce these drugs and you get to make the profits And you are paying, you are charging Americans so much more than you are charging the rest of the countries that you sell the same exact drug into.

So President Trump, again, thinking outside the box, went to these different pharmaceutical companies and said, we want to have best nation status.

You know, our taxpayer dollars in many instances are going to pay for the creation of some of these drugs, at least the testing of some of these drugs.

and yet you're charging us out you know out uh the wazoo for them so he was able to get the prescription companies these drugs these drug companies to be able to charge us best you know best best prices for what they were charging outside our country and that has caused a rapid decrease in the cost of prescription drugs drugs so when we are looking at what what do republicans do versus what do democrats do democrats want to have one size fits all All of us are paying through the nose more money for our health care premiums, for health care period.

And we're not getting the same amount of care that we did before Obamacare, before the Affordable Care Act.

But under under Republican control, we recognize the fact that a lot of this has to do with the private agencies.

Thank you.

Why won't Foon at least bring it to a vote so we can see who's on our side and who's not? Why do you think that is? You're not the

only one.

You're not the only one getting emails, getting text messages, getting phone calls.

I'm getting them too.

We have passed it out of the House now four times.

We have sent it over to the Senate.

I'm sorry, but if you've got Republicans who are refusing to vote on a bill that's got an 80-20 support in your district...

Right, Beth?

Your- what are your kind of like 30,000-foot view on, uh, the way that everything is right now?

Well, this is, this is a country that 47 years ago declared war on the US, who has done in the last 47 years more to damage, uh, you know, our relations in the Middle East than any other country, uh, you know, around.

Has, has targeted, has maimed, has, has threatened, has killed, uh, y- you know, innocent American civi- civilians, as well as, you know, our, our US service members.

Uh, this is a, a, you know, Islamic radical regime that had the ability with ballistic missiles to actually reach London while denying it.

Uh, they were on the precipice of being able to create nuclear weapons that could destroy whole countries.

Uh, this was what we faced five months ago.

In the last five months that, that nuclear capability has been decimated, has been pushed back an entire generation.

And you make sure that those jobs actually translate into reality for people in your district, which I don't know anybody else that does that.

Wow.

Well, look, I've got to be honest with you.

There's already a law against insider trading, and we're already required to post and to make public all of our stocks, our stock trades, our personal financial reports.

All of that's already done.

This is just basically adding an exclamation point.

It may be a solution looking for a problem, but it's kind of a no-brainer.

If you've got information, this is making sure that we're doing the right thing.

Mm-hmm.

Right

... and, and a very slim, I call it weak sauce, Save America Act.

This is basically incentivizing states to be able to do the right thing.

It's not making it mandatory.

I am very frustrated.

I think as we have the, the majority, we should be looking at codifying waste, fraud, and abuse bills.

We should be looking at, um, um, tax provisions that would decrease the regulatory burden on our citizens, on our American taxpayers, on our American businesses, and I'm very frustrated that we are not pushing for a larger bill.

When is this new reconciliation with parts of the Save America Act attached to it, do you think gonna pass the House and be handed to the Senate this week, yay or nay, what day?

But in a majority Republican Congress, what's the excuse?

Yeah, we have passed in the House, and, and I can't give you the excuse for the Senate.

I don't know.

I don't know why they keep going home.

I don't know why they're not passing bills.

I don't know why they're not having debates on the floor.

If, if, if you are going to assume how people are going to vote because they tell you that on a whip card, have them explain it in public.

And nothing in the Supreme Court ruling stops that, so it will, the, the cheat will continue in places like California, and that is a danger to the Republic, no?

Tell us about these HB1 visas that you're working on.

No, I mean, I'm actually really thrilled that the Department of Labor is announcing that they're having these sweeping investigations.

We've been seeing, you know, H-1B visa fraud specifically in North Texas.

And I think that's why you saw, you know, I sent a letter along with Ronny Jackson, Pat Fallon and Brandon Gill.

uh you know to the administration you know imploring them to look at the fraud that we're seeing it's just it's rampant it's in plain sight you know this was this the the whole h1b visa program was sold to americans right as as this is a necessary immigration path so we could bring in like these super geniuses from around the world you know that are going to solve issues deliver you know deliver due innovations because you know we needed them here but it has just been utterly corrupt system where you are seeing that it's replacing American workers in positions like coding and accounting and physical therapy, and even in the home health care, it's completely warped and it's harmful.

And so the Department of Labor, DOJ, what they're going to find is like these massive schemes around the country where People are using fake credentials to get for degrees of experience.

They are employing dozens of people at these ghost businesses where they really aren't employing anyone.

Good question.

Tell us about these HB1 visas that you're working on.

No, I mean, I'm actually really thrilled that the Department of Labor is announcing that they're having these sweeping investigations.

We've been seeing, you know, H-1B visa fraud specifically in North Texas.

And I think that's why you saw, you know, I sent a letter along with Ronny Jackson, Pat Fallon and Brandon Gill.

uh, you know, to the administration, you know, imploring them to look at the fraud that we're seeing.

It's just, it's rampant.

It's in plain sight.

Tremendous number of tech

Uh, where do you stand on tying the Save America Act to the National Defense Authorization Act? And more importantly, what are you hearing from some of your colleagues there in the House in terms of how they'll proceed? Because there have been a lot of more conservative members of the House who have threatened to shut things down until the SAVE Act is actually passed.

Look, I think we have an opportunity while we're in the majority in both the House and the Senate, we've got a president who will sign our bills, to do as much as we possibly can.

I am supportive of the Save America Act.

I've s- I've, I've already voted for it three times.

We've sent it over to the Senate, and it continues to be ignored.

So what we're having to do is come with extreme, you know, measures in looking at legislation that is, like, we call it have-to-pass legislation.

We need to have our military paid.

Uh, Congresswoman, talk about the, the effectiveness and the importance of doing this and the House passing it.

Are you hearing that?

Yeah, no, well, it's already passed.

He just, he needs to sign it into legislation.

And a lot of us who has, you know, a few problems with that bill, you know, felt the support from the White House, and that's why we supported it.

But, you know, moving forward on why the Save America Act is so important, you brought up so many examples just from seeing what's happening in California, seeing the votes in New York.

But I'll tell you, for any of the election fraud deniers out there, which we know there are many.

Yeah.

You can't trust them.

Good point.

Um, Congresswoman, there is a Southernism, I'm sure you've heard it in Texas, a bit dog yelps, which basically means thou doth protest too much in Sh- Shakespearean language.

But you hear Democrats complaining about this, complaining about the investigation, say that they're overstepping constitutional rights over and over and over again.

Is there a point at which Democrats finally come to the table and say, "All right, we're gonna help Republicans with this?" Because I know this is a popular issue with voters.

I think as long as they are getting the benefits of it, and it's, you know, their family, their friends, and their campaigns, you know, are seeing some of these dollars pouring into them, I don't think you're gonna see them stop, which is why we need to uncover it.

We have already uncovered massive amounts of fraud, whether or not it's Medicare fraud, hospice fraud, home health, SNAP, welfare.

These have been stolen money that is going to people who don't deserve it, who are sometimes not even in our country legally, and we've got to put a stop to it.

Yeah, good point.

What are your thoughts?

Well, I hope not.

I mean, honestly, most of these are bipartisan bills that we've introduced.

But just because you can get a dozen or so of them to vote for it doesn't mean it's going to be able to pass or even see the day of light on the floor.

But I think it's important as legislators that we take the effort that this administration is doing to uncover the fraud.

And let's face it, it's been a lot larger.

It's massive amounts of fraud, a lot larger than I think many of us knew.

What is your reaction?

And I gotta say, this is something I think all of us voted for.

This is absolutely.

And it's something that Everybody should be voting for, both Democrats and Republicans should be voting for this and supporting this.

Nobody should want these hard-earned tax dollars going to people that don't deserve them, going to people who are fraudsters, people who are stealing.

Because for every dollar that goes to somebody who is getting it illegally, it's not going to the people that it's intended for.

And we've known that this has been going on for years.

You've got trillions of dollars that get spent in healthcare alone, and we know not all of it is going where it is intended.

You were talking about this two, three, four years ago.

Uh, what are your bills that you're working on and, and what do people need to be paying attention to right now?

Yeah.

Well, one of the bills that we're working on actually has to do with hospice fraud, and we're going after, uh, uh, where, you know, the, the, the bad liars are.

We have seen just a proliferation of bad players in that market.

And it's unfortunate because, well, you know, hospice is one of those things that, you know, at some point in time many of us are gonna need.

Uh, it's when you're at your most vulnerable and families are not, you know, correc- thinking correctly.

And so you have these, these fraudsters.

Yeah

How does that play in Texas when the guy that is gonna be the standard-bearer for the, uh, Democratic Party in the fall wants to reopen it?

Well, again, I mean, I think you're gonna see people in Texas appreciate having a secure border.

We've already had to spend $11 billion of state funds to do the job during the Biden administration that we pay the federal government to do.

Um, you know, the...

it was, uh, Memorial Day weekend on Monday, you know, Memorial Day on, on Monday, and that was, you know, an opportunity to really, uh, celebrate the, the heroes in our country who have, you know, given their lives in dedication for what America is.

But it was also the first anniversary of Eva Moore, uh, Eva Moore's death.

Uh, she was killed in Grapevine Lake celebrating Memorial Day.

It's a winning subject, isn't it? [laughs]

Ava Moore, talk about that case.

Oh, it is just such a sad, sad, sad, just such a sad case.

So Ava Moore, um, lived in, uh, lived in North Texas, and last year at this time she was with friends over at Lake Grapevine enjoying the Memorial Day weekend, and she got run over by, um, a, a person who it was illegally in our country, who instead of trying to render aid to this woman, um, she, the, the illegal immigrant, the illegal criminal immigrant, um, took off.

He left her there, took off.

Uh, she got, got in a, in a car with her boyfriend.

They hit other cars on the way out.

She was ultimately arrested, uh, and charged with this crime, but as a result, this beautiful young woman died.

This is, this is what's happening on the Democratic side.