My pay today, Jeff, is exactly the same as it was-

was-Back in 2009.

So an absolute lie, and then all this foolishness about, you know, my, my financial condition and s- you know, my parents passed away, my in-laws passed away.

Listen, I, I'd much rather have them here than have their inheritance, but that's what it is.

And I tell people, "Go, go look at our financial records." It's all public record.

They're absolutely lying about that, and that tells you that they don't want to talk about issues, 'cause they don't have anything to say about issues.

Uh, Shannon Taylor's running away from her horrible, barbaric record as a prosecutor in Henrico County, uh, where she has sided with criminals, where she has not defended victims or the citizens in the county that she was sworn to protect.

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Mm-hmm

... and things that we're working on in the long term, like rebuilding this nation's energy infrastructure so we can make sure that we're not reliant on other countries for not just oil, but gasoline and diesel fuel, rebuilding our capacity here to refine.

We're producing more oil than ever in the United States, but we don't have the refining capacity.

So that means we have these pressures on diesel fuel and gasoline prices, and especially when other producers around the world now have their production interrupted, places like Russia.

Although we don't buy from Russia, Russia's supply affects the rest of the world because everybody else is trying to buy a limited supply, so that pushes prices up.

And then things we're doing to bring down housing costs, to reduce the amount of regulation, uh, that, that has to be put in place in order to get a home built.

Listen, we want to make sure that things are safe and that we're environmentally responsible, and those things are there.

Tell me, I, I, I don't, I don't know in all the time you've been there, have you ever been in that position, and does that change your, your mindset or your plan in any way?

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... and things that we're working on in the long term, like rebuilding this nation's energy infrastructure so we can make sure that we're not reliant on other countries for not just oil, but gasoline and diesel fuel, rebuilding our capacity here to refine.

We're producing more oil than ever in the United States, but we don't have the refining capacity, so that means we have these pressures on diesel fuel and gasoline prices, and especially when other producers around the world now have their production interrupted, places like Russia.

Although we don't buy from Russia, Russia's supply affects the rest of the world because everybody else is trying to buy a limited supply, so that pushes prices up.

And then things we're doing to bring down housing costs, to reduce the amount of regulation, uh, that, that has to be put in place in order to get a home built.

Listen, we want to make sure that things are safe and that we're environmentally responsible, and those things are there, but much of what's happening right now is just adding to, uh, multiple levels of government that have nothing to do with value to the consumer and everything to do about the growth of government.

So we're doing those things as well as things to reform the healthcare system to make sure patients and providers are more in charge of making decisions about their resources and not the insurance companies and others that tend to drive the cost of healthcare up.

or your mindset or your plan in any way?

Um, did you think that the, this was gonna be the sum total of what the US came away with at, at the end of the summit?

Well, it's good to have those discussions, Jake, and we wanna make sure we figure out where can we reach agreement.

I'd liked, obviously, to achieve more, but having those discussions and at least opening that door, I think is positive.

It should lead to further discussions to hopefully, uh, open up more of China's economy to the United States.

Also, to address unfair trade practices by China.

That's what deeply concerns me, is making sure that, that we are on a level playing field with, uh, China.

China doesn't play by the rules, and when they don't, it hurts the United States.

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Uh, if you look at the way the ground game looks for tomorrow, because at the end of the day, it's an off, uh, election moment, um, uh, how does it look, and do you think we n-- uh, that Republicans can get enough people to the polls to win this?

this?Oh, John, I do.

You know, I've been tracking the numbers on a daily basis, was out across the district on Saturday, a heavy turnout there on Saturday.

The good news is the turnout in Republican counties has just been off the charts.

I was speaking with the White House yesterday and James Blair, and we were going through the numbers, and, and it's just been, it's been off the charts.

I mean, exceeding twenty-four and twenty-five as far as turnout in these Republican counties.

So I feel really good about where we are.

What are we to take away from the, the, the, the beginning of, uh, this year and the military's extraordinary operations, and what work still needs to be done to make sure that, uh, the War Department has exactly the right footing for the future?

Is Virginia kind of be- starting to look like New York and California to you?

Well, John, it's very perplexing.

You know, Governor Spanberger ran as a former law enforcement officer, and listen, she promised to keep Virginia safe.

Uh, but then one of her first actions was to discourage cooperation between state and federal law enforcement.

And we know when state and federal law enforcement cooperates, we're able to get these, these violent criminals off the street, and especially those that are here illegally.

Uh, and it's tragic that Stephanie Minner, a forty-one-year-old Fredericksburg mom, was stabbed at a Fairfax bus station.

It's just heartbreaking, and it reminds us that, you know, we have a lot to do to make sure we're protecting citizens.

How important is this, and how much have we learned about China's [chuckles] aggression to roll up this market and keep us from having, uh, the capability to have these minerals?