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Washington Watch today covers what is anticipated to be included in Reconciliation 2.0, President Trump’s rejection of Iran’s peace proposal, the status of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, a White House Initiative to provide help to expectant moms, the Virginia redistricting chaos, its ripple effect on other states, and the anticipated shifting of congressional Seats resulting from redistricting.
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Washington Watch today covers what is anticipated to be included in Reconciliation 2.0, President Trump’s rejection of Iran’s peace proposal, the status of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, a White House Initiative to provide help to expectant moms, the Virginia redistricting chaos, its ripple effect on other states, and the anticipated shifting of congressional Seats resulting from redistricting. ...more Show the full description Show less Washington Watch today covers what is anticipated to be included in Reconciliation 2.0, President Trump’s rejection of Iran’s peace proposal, the status of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, a White House Initiative to provide help to expectant moms, the Virginia redistricting chaos, its ripple effect on other states, and the anticipated shifting of congressional Seats resulting from redistricting.
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In this video 0:00 Iran Ceasefire on Life Support & Gas Price Spike11:45 Budget Reconciliation: Immigration Funding vs. Ballroom Drama19:02 Expert: Crush Iran's Parasitic Regime21:30 Freedom's Purpose & Moms.gov Lifeline33:30 Reconciliation 2, VA Maps Blocked, GOP Redistricting WinsComments No comments yet. Start the conversation.
Iran Ceasefire on Life Support & Gas Price Spike 0:00 Hello. I'm Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and host of Washington Watch. Thanks for tuning in. Every day, we offer a biblical perspective on the news as well as insightful interviews with elected0:12 leaders, newsmakers, and culture experts. We have a great program planned for you today, but first, get up to speed on the top headlines with Washington Stan's news brief.0:27 Welcome to the Washington Stan news brief. I'm Casey Harper bringing you today's big stories. Today, President Donald Trump all but killed hopes of a ceasefire with Iran. Yesterday, President Trump posted on True0:39 Social that he didn't like Iran's latest peace proposal. According to the latest reports, the US and Iran have been going back and forth over a 1 page memorandum of understanding. But after deliberations, the0:51 latest version of the memo left the president frustrated. Today, while speaking with reporters at the White House, president Trump said the ceasefire was nearly dead.1:00 What the decline means a ceasefire remains in its life?1:03 It it's unbelievably weak, I would say. I would call it the weakest right now after reading that piece of garbage they sent us. I didn't even finish reading it.1:15 They said, am I gonna waste my time reading it? I would say it's 1 of the weakest right now. It's on life support. They understand. These are all medical people. Doctor Oz, life support is not a good thing.
1:27 Do you agree? Diagnostic. I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support where the doctor walks in and says, sir, your loved 1 has approximately a
1:38 1 percent chance of living.
1:42 So what
1:42 was wrong with the proposal? Well, Iran demanded compensation for war damage and reasserted its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, but there was much more. They also called on the US to end its naval blockade and
1:54 guarantee no further attacks and also to lift sanctions and remove a ban on Iranian oil sales. Iran also demanded ending the war on all fronts which includes Israel's attacks in Lebanon. But the deal
2:06 breaker according to president Trump is that they changed their position on handing over the enriched uranium just days after saying the US could have it.
2:15 So in the story, these kind of agreements
2:17 agreed to allow the removal of all
2:19 their enriched uranium? Yeah. Yeah. Well, they did it 2 days ago. I they didn't okay. They did 2 days ago. They said you're gonna have to take it. We were gonna go with them, but
2:31 they changed their mind because they didn't put it in the paper. So when they sent us this document that we waited 4 days for that should have taken 10 minutes to do, look, very simple. We get that. They guarantee no
2:44 nuclear weapons for a very long period of time and a couple of other minor things, but they just can't get there. So they agree with us, and then they take it back.
2:53 The back and forth on hopes of a ceasefire has caused whiplash for the economy, especially oil prices. But the ongoing conflict and failure to open the Strait of Hormuz have spiked gas prices. In the
3:05 US, according to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline is at 4 dollars and 52 cents. That's up from 3 dollars and 13 cents a year ago. But in his talks with reporters
3:17 today, president Trump made an announcement to address those costs. He said he will suspend the 18 cent federal gas tax.
3:24 It's a, you know, it's a small percentage but it's a, you know, it's still money.
3:28 The president didn't say for how long the suspension would occur, but waiving the tax would require congress to pass legislation. US senator Josh Hawley said on x that he's introducing legislation today to
3:40 suspend the gas tax. And there could be bipartisan support. In March, some Democrats including Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona proposed suspending that same tax until October. Now US states
3:52 also tax gasoline in some cases and some have made similar moves with Indiana, Kentucky and Georgia working to make cuts to give Americans some relief at the pump. But President Trump was also asked today
4:04 about funding for Planned Parenthood. The 1 big beautiful bill last year mostly defunded the abortionist organization, but those tax payer dollars start flowing again on July fourth of this year unless
4:16 congress intervenes. Many conservatives have called for extending the defunding through reconciliation, saying that refunding planned parenthood is no way to celebrate America's 200 and fiftieth birthday, to say the
4:27 least. The president said negotiations were ongoing, but when asked again, president Trump would not say definitively if he supports or opposes defunding planned parenthood via reconciliation. Well, that's
4:39 today's news. Check-in next time for more stories that matter.
4:50 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and soundbites into conversations with our nation's leaders and
5:02 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now. You
5:08 know, it's unbelievably weak, I would say. I would call it the weakest right now after reading that piece of garbage they sent us. I didn't even finish reading it.
5:20 They said, am I gonna waste my time reading it? I would say it's 1 of the weakest right now. It's on life support. They understand. These are all medical people. Doctor Oz, life support is not a good thing.
5:32 Do you agree? Diagnostic. I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support.
5:39 That was president Donald Trump earlier today discussing the ceasefire with Iran and expressing his frustrations. Welcome to this Monday, May eleventh edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins.
5:51 Thanks for joining us. Well, coming up, doctor David Wormser from the Center for Security Policy joins us with a look at where the increasingly fragile cease fire with Iran could lead. Plus, the Department of Health
6:03 and Human Services has launched a new website offering resources for expectant and new mothers. Doctor Stephanie Herodopoulos, chief of staff and senior advisor at HHS, joins us to explain
6:15 how families can use it. All of that and more straight ahead. Well, president Trump is now saying that the fragile
6:27 ceasefire with Iran is on life support after the US rejected Tehran's latest counterproposal. This latest description by president Trump is raising fears of renewed fighting in the 10 week
6:38 old war, which has already disrupted global energy supplies, pushing oil prices higher. Standoff centers on control of the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief, and Iran's nuclear
6:50 program. With this backdrop of global uncertainty, president Trump heads to Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping later this week. Joining us now to discuss the results of, the
7:02 the the response rather is Washington stand reporter Casey Harper. Casey, where do the, the negotiations stand right now?
7:11 Yeah. Thanks, Tony. Well, you don't have to be doctor Oz to know that life support is not a good sign for the negotiations and the president's feeling about them. He even used the word garbage, saying it's the weakest
7:21 proposal that he's seen yet clearly, showing, as you said, a lot of frustration. I mean, Iran had a long list of demands. They want, of course, an end to the war. They want sanctions relief. They wanna get those frozen
7:31 assets back. They wanna basically get guarantees of regional security that the US is not gonna interfere anymore, and they wanna, control the Strait of Hormuz. Now their control so far in their attacks and
7:43 really restricting the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz has pushed price of oil over 100 dollars a barrel, and gas prices in the US, are of around 4 dollars and 50 cents and much higher in the rest of the world.
7:55 Now this is all setting, you know, a pretty pessimistic outlook for those negotiations, but it's also interesting timing because as you said, president Trump is heading to meet with, the Chinese president Xi Jinping, and
8:06 Iran is gonna be top of the list for those discussions.
8:09 I won't, we'll visit with, doctor Wormser about that a little bit later. Alright. Let's shift to, the news here at home. What are, Republicans working on this week as they, come back to DC?
8:20 Yeah. Republicans are busy. They're pushing a DHS funding package focused on focused on immigration enforcement that totals about 72000000000 dollars. This is that long awaited funding for ICE and border patrol. And it
8:31 uses the budget reconciliation process to bypass the 60 senate vote, threshold for other measures because Democrats have shown they're simply not willing to vote for border security anymore. Now all of this,
8:44 has been pretty well received by most voters. There's 1 provision that's a little more controversial, and it's 1000000000 dollars in funding for Secret Service security tied to president Trump's east wing, new ballroom
8:55 project. Now that is possibly gonna complicate the Republican unity on getting this reconciliation across the finish line. They've set a deadline for June first to get this thing passed, but a lot of conservatives
9:07 are also asking, hey. Wait a minute. If we're adding things to reconciliation, why don't we, say, defund Planned Parenthood?
9:26 Sorry about that, Casey. I lost my voice.
9:28 I missed you. I'm glad you're back.
9:29 Yeah. I'm back. I lost my voice for a moment. So I think that really complicates things when people are paying so much for gasoline, that there's discussion about 1000000000 dollars for a
9:41 ballroom. You mentioned Planned Parenthood. President Trump was asked whether defunding Planned Parenthood, which expires on July the fourth, this 1 year suspension of funding
9:53 for planned parenthood. That expires on July fourth, which means funding for them would be renewed. The president was asked about that today. What did he say?
10:03 Yeah. That's right. I I reported on that press conference. And to be honest, it was a bit of an an awkward moment. The president, was a bit cagey. He was asked by a reporter. In fact, we have a clip of that exchange,
10:14 right here.
10:15 Would you like congress to use reconciliation? See what happens.
10:18 Congress is now negotiating. We've been, very good for the people that want it, for the people that are here, and, we'll see how that goes. It's been a very thorny to put it to
10:30 put it mildly, it's been a very thorny issue. It's under it's all under negotiation right now.
10:36 There's an interesting point. Later on, the president Trump, he was asked expressly again, so do you support it or not? And he he wouldn't answer and he moved on. So it's clearly didn't wanna give a straight answer on
10:46 that. And the timing is interesting because just today, the Supreme Court extended that temporary pause on the lower court ruling that would have restricted access to the abortion pill, Mephyr Pristone, which basically
10:56 gives the Supreme Court until Thursday to continue, deliberating on mail in abortion nationwide, Tony.
11:03 That means they must be wrestling with that, decision. Casey, thanks so much for, for the update. Thanks. Alright. I wanna go back, to what president said earlier today. The president said earlier today about the
11:15 ceasefire in Iran being, in Iran being on life support. Now this comes after the US rejected Tehran's latest proposal, which includes, some nuclear concessions, but not enough.
11:26 Meanwhile, president Trump is considering restarting, Project Freedom, the operation aimed at helping ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a part of a larger larger military operation. Joining me now for analysis
11:39 on the, kind of the shaky ceasefire in the current situation is, doctor David Wormser. He is a senior analyst for the Middle East affairs at the Center for Security Policy.
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11:50 Doctor Wernsor, thanks so much for joining us. Welcome back to Washington Watch.
11:55 Well, thanks for having me. It's an honor.
11:57 So let me ask you, just your reaction to the latest rejection of the peace proposal.
12:06 Not terribly surprising the Iranian regime has, in its entire existence, pursued a nuclear program. At times, it even if it had just
12:17 held its fire a little bit, it could have crossed the threshold. For example, the JCPOA with with, president Obama, if they had just waited 2 or 3 more years with some
12:29 of the things they did, they would have crossed the threshold. And and and yet they couldn't hold back because it's so central to who they are. So I'm not surprised that they turned it down. And the other thing is that
12:40 the pressure's on Iran. The Iranian regime is not a normal regime. We have to understand it's a bit like a parasite to a host. They look at Iran as a stepping stone or as a vehicle for their
12:52 ideological, pursuit of of global Islamic, conquest and so forth. So they're not really all that sensitive to some of the pain that the Iranian people
13:04 themselves feel. So we have a regime that simply is not going to compromise, and that's what we're seeing. They're just rearranging the terms of their counteroffer, but it always winds up
13:16 in the same place, which is the United States essentially has to give up on the war, has to stop the war, guarantee that it won't restart it, open the Strait of Hormuz for them, and essentially allow
13:28 them to do what they want, to pursue a weapon, and to rebuild their military threat to the world and so forth. So they're they're demanding unconditional surrender at this point, basically.
13:39 So so their tactics of negotiations do not seem to change. It's usually delay, delay, delay, thinking that American, Americans will finally just kinda lose interest, move on,
13:51 or the political pressure here at home, will just prevent us from taking definitive action.
13:57 Absolutely. I think you nailed it. The the Iran is very good at essentially giving you just enough so that you think, okay, okay, we we got a little bit. Let's keep going. Maybe there's a little more,
14:08 maybe a little more, and it's never there. They will never come to the right place. But they will always give you just enough to leave your appetite. So that is their negotiating strategy. And the other negotiating
14:20 strategy is while all that's happening is to write the context, the narrative that some people would like to describe it, that they won, that they're powerful, that they have all the cards. And as a result, it's only
14:31 it's only inevitable that the United States has to give in, that the United States doesn't have the will to restart the war, president Trump doesn't have the will, and America is done as a superpower. That's sort of the
14:43 narrative they're banking on and that they're trying to create a momentum to not only convince their own troops, but also to convince all those people around the
14:54 world and some in the United States that that's the case. And we're seeing the effect of that. So their strategy is exactly like what you sent in, and it goes back 47 years, delay and change the narrative
15:06 surrounding what they're what they're facing.
15:09 Doctor Warrens, are you have been advise an adviser in the West Wing before? What would be your advice to, to president Trump at this point?
15:18 Well, my advice would be you can continue with negotiations if they help you, politically to essentially clear the deck. Make it clear to everybody you're doing every last thing you can to try to
15:30 avoid a war because in the west, we don't we don't choose wars. We usually only go to war when it's an absolute necessity. So I would continue with that, but what I would do is begin to arm the Iranian
15:42 opposition. I would begin to, respond to the Iranian violations of the ceasefire by hitting the Iranians not tit for tat, but in places that
15:53 really hurt. For example, hitting their, IRGC concentrations, checkpoints. I would let the Israelis also do that. And, moreover, I would
16:05 eventually, perhaps we're at the eve of this now, is start hitting the regime where it really hurts. Strip it of its of its oil facilities. They need gas to run
16:17 their suppressive mechanisms from their technical pickup trucks to the generators that run their buildings. They need oil and and gas. And they if we start taking out some of these
16:29 structures, hopefully, in ways that don't permanently damage, Iran's long term economic prospects, if we can essentially begin to hit them where it hurts,
16:41 and and put this pressure on the regime that leads these these killers, and they are killers, all of them up top, to start fighting among themselves, then that gives the Iranian people a shot at taking over.
16:53 The other thing we have to do is look at China and Russia and the external support they're giving Iran, and they are. They're probably sending, weaponry right now. I would be afraid of them sending
17:05 weapons that in the month and a half of war, the Iranians decided might be useful. For example, anti aircraft MANPADS, which we did have a problem with. That's what shot down our airplane and then
17:17 shot down the Warthog that tried to provide cover. So I would imagine that there are imports from China right now through Pakistan, the border areas. And I would also, by the way, seal the border areas
17:28 violently if necessary, with Pakistan, with Turkmenistan, with with Turkey. Unfortunately, Turkey's not playing a good role here. And with Iraq, and and that way, isolate Iran,
17:40 but most importantly, stop these weapons from flowing in. They could be game changers if the war restarts. We we don't want 2 or 3 or 4 aircraft shot down in the first day of the war.
17:51 But but back to your bottom line, it is like a parasite on a host. They're not gonna give up. I've never seen a tick waving a white flag, on the back of a dog. And and they we're going to have to
18:03 remove them in order to bring about a resolution because of the ideology. 40 seconds left.
18:09 Oh, absolutely. The ideology and by the way, it is an apocalyptic ideology, except unlike many of us who might believe in, say, the second coming of of Christ and so forth, they believe that
18:21 humans pushing it to the point of apocalypse, namely triggering an apocalyptic war, is an imperative in order to bring about their their apocalyptic moments. So they are after
18:33 a a con conflagration. They don't the that that they're they're the agents of rapture, not
18:40 not Right. The con It it it is a mere reflection of the, Christian eschatology. Doctor Wormser, thank you. Stick with us, folks.
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19:20 Exodus chapter 9 verse 1 says, thus says the lord god of the Hebrews, let my people go that they may serve me. You see, America has freedom for a
19:32 purpose. The question is, are we living by that purpose today? In scripture, deliverance and
19:44 freedom is never an end in itself. It is a liberation unto obedience, to worship, and to a covenantal relationship. God's demand to
19:56 pharaoh was not freedom for freedom's sake, but freedom so his people could identify with and belong to and serve him. Freedom that is not used to
20:07 serve God will not endure. 1 of the founders actually echoed a similar warning. Thomas Jefferson wrote, indeed, I tremble for my country.
20:25 For we as a nation would be accountable to God for what he had granted to us. They sought freedom
20:37 for a purpose, and that freedom was given to us as a nation for that same purpose to serve God, to honor him, and to live as a people under
20:49 his authority. In this 200 and fiftieth anniversary year, we must ask the question, are we living by that purpose
21:01 today as a nation? Lord, we thank you for the godly foundation and heritage of our states. Lord, we would return to an understanding
21:13 of the freedom that you've granted to us, that freedom has a name. His name is Jesus. And freedom has a purpose. It is to honor and glorify you. And I pray that our nation would
21:25 return to that understanding of the purpose of the freedom that you have granted to us. We thank you, father. By faith, we pray that we
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21:36 would return to that purpose. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
21:51 Welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us on this Monday. I'm pleased to share today for the first time that Patriot Mobile is now an underwriter of Washington Watch. Patriot Mobile is a
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22:15 human life. To learn more about Patriot Mobile Service and underwriting Washington Watch, go to tony perkins dot com. It's all right there. Yesterday was, Mother's Day. I hope you,
22:27 if you I mean, we all have a mother. And if your mother is still living, I hope you, you expressed your appreciation to your mother. And and what better way to celebrate, Mother's
22:39 Day than a launch on Sunday by the Trump administration of a new initiative, moms dot gov? What resources does this website have to, offer to expectant and new
22:50 moms? Well, joining me now to share more is the chief of staff and senior advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services, doctor Stephanie Herodopoulos. Doctor Herodopoulos, welcome to Washington Watch.
23:02 Thanks so much for, joining us today.
23:05 My pleasure, Tony. Thank you for having me.
23:08 Well, this is, this is long in coming, that we see the government actually helping mothers. Number 1, those that find themselves in crisis pregnancies or in difficult situations to make the
23:20 right choices, but then to help them along the way. So so explain what was behind this launch and what it
23:28 provides. I wanna just tell you, I'm a family medicine doctor that, handles the whole lifespan and also a proud mother of 3. So this has been incredible to be part of this project. During
23:40 the National Women's Health Week on the heels of Mother's Day, I can't even imagine doing anything greater than really consolidating what was once a piecemealed,
23:52 you know, information system that has resources all in 1 place, moms dot gov. And you heard the president announce that today with our HHS
24:03 leadership. But what it does is it gives you information on where to find the support services from the federally, qualified health care centers and
24:15 pregnancy resource centers. And there's about almost 4000 in the United States. So you put your ZIP code in and you can find out where the closest place is and get that help. It also gives you nutritional
24:27 facts so you could be the healthiest you can during or before pregnancy with pre concept conceptual counseling. It gives you links to Trump accounts which can invest in your child's future. Also gives you
24:39 links to Trump RX, which makes medicine affordable. And also, you know, breast is best. We talk about breastfeeding and how to do that, and it's all consolidated into
24:51 1 adoption services, mental health, you name it. It is a 1 stop shop.
24:58 Doctor Herodopoulos, I I just wanna say I am, I am so grateful for this because it's something that we've been advocating for years and years and years, especially including the care pregnancy centers. I serve on the
25:09 board of 1 of those who've been working to help promote those for for decades, and and here they are, the government partnering with them. This is something this is what we would call force multiplication because
25:21 these are funded by private entities, but they're a resource for communities. And so I I applaud you for including those in there. Now as a father of 5 myself, of course, mine are older now,
25:33 dads are important in the process. What, what resources does this site provide for fathers?
25:41 Yeah. They play a significant role in preconceptual counseling, making sure that you are as healthy as you can be when you're planning on conceiving. That means, you know, quitting
25:52 certain, environmental toxins that could, affect, the health of the baby, like smoking and alcohol or or drugs. Also, you know, making sure that, you know, you're,
26:05 supporting the your either your spouse or your partner throughout the process. So the a lot of these, resource centers also do counseling not only for the woman but for the
26:17 man, getting ready for the birth to try to be the best father that they can be. There's also screening and treating for sexually transmitted diseases at these centers. So the
26:28 pregnancy resource centers have a wonderful complimentary, resources to the federally qualified health care centers that are more clinically oriented.
26:39 So this is really kind of, a merger of, you know, kind of the pro life community, but also with the, make health make America healthy again Yeah. That that approach, which I'm all
26:51 about, good nutrition because that solves I've got a daughter that's in health care. And a lot of what we see today is driven by poor nutrition.
27:02 That's right. You saw the dietary guidelines for America. The new pyramid got flipped upside down back in January 20 26, putting a a high emphasis on, eat real
27:14 food and less ultra processed food. So we know we're all about prevention of disease. So if we are going to live the healthiest, the pillars of health, sleep, nutrition, and exercise,
27:26 we're gonna teach you how to do that. And I don't know if you saw last week the presidential fitness test launch to, helping our children, of course, get healthy and, of course, decrease our obesity
27:38 rates. We know these chronic diseases are driving up our, you know, health care expenditures and take a lion's share chunk of the GDP at 18 percent, but yet have poor outcomes
27:50 than other developed nations. So we we could do better, and this is the start of doing that.
27:55 Yeah. I think that's great. I was having conversation with someone in the education field last week. I remember when when I was a kid, now that's been a while back, but we had, we had the presidential fitness test. We
28:06 had the in PE, we actually had to do things. It wasn't just walking or playing kickball. It was actually doing things that made us a little, more healthy. And and, you know, there's I think kids sent too spend too
28:18 much time behind computers and screens. We we need to get physically active because the benefits of that are not just short term. They're long term as well.
28:29 Yes. There are, a lot of harms from excessive screen use that we will be delineating very soon coming out of, HHS. So that is very true.
28:41 It affects relationships as well and cognitive development and can increase mental health crisis that we're seeing in our nation. So you are so right. That is coming down the pike.
28:53 You know, I just wanna pause and say every day, I I pray before I come into work and I say, god, do what do you want me to do to make a greater impact for our nation in improving our health?
29:05 And with a purpose driven life, this is why I'm here with, I believe, god given talents to make a difference. And I can't imagine doing this any other time than with secretary Kennedy and president Trump.
29:16 Well, doctor Herodopoulos, we are grateful that you were there, and, we will be praying for your success as you, help mothers and families be healthier. Thanks so much for joining us today.
29:29 Thank you, Johnny.
29:30 Alright. Some good news. I mean, this is, this is the kind of stuff we wanna see, government partnering with nonprofit organizations that are helping women make good decisions. Alright. Coming up,
29:41 deja vu all over again. Reconciliation 2 is on the congressional agenda this week. We talk about it next.
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32:28 we wanna get a preview of what the buzz in Washington will be, specifically focused on reconciliation 2. Joining us now to discuss this by phone, congressman Josh Brienne. He
32:40 is a member of the House Homeland Security Committee as well as the House Budget Committee. Congressman Ekreen Bikin, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for, joining us.
32:51 Thank you, Tony. Always an honor to be with you.
32:53 Alright. How are things in Oklahoma before we get to, the DC issues?
32:58 Well, raining yesterday and 80 degrees hot today.
33:03 That's Oklahoma. Weather changes. If you don't like it 5 minutes, just wait. It'll change. Alright. Let's talk about the to do list for for not for Oklahoma, for congress this week. Reconciliation,
33:15 you're gonna be involved in both because reconciliation is about funding for homeland security. What do we know?
33:23 Well, this will be reconciliation 2. The first 1, of course, the working families tax got the 1 big beautiful bill. We are going to move forward. The senate will initiate a markup onShow more
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