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Understanding options to fund DHS and pass the SAVE America Act, the complexities of the Iran Conflict, foreign entanglements with U.S. Colleges, the rise of abortions, and free speech rights.
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In this video 0:00 Top Headlines: Iran War, Abortion Safeguards, and Shutdown Chaos10:47 Steube: Iran Defeat, Fair Sports, and Voter ID Fight21:54 Owens Exposes DHS Risks and Foreign Campus Infiltration32:04 Abortion Surge via Mail Pills: Demand FDA Reversal41:54 Finland Verdict: Bible Views Labeled Hate Speech
Top Headlines: Iran War, Abortion Safeguards, and Shutdown Chaos 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 elected0:11 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.0:26 Welcome to the Washington Stan news brief. I'm Casey Harper bringing you today's big stories. The world is watching to see if and when the US war in Iran will end. We've seen mixed reports on the progress0:38 in those negotiations so far as the Strait of Hormuz remains throttled and the US continues to decimate the Iranian military. During a cabinet meeting at the White House today, president Donald Trump addressed the0:50 negotiations, negotiations some Iranian leaders have denied are even happening.0:56 They're defeated. They can't make a comeback. We're free to roam over their cities and towns and destroy all of their crazy nuclear weapons and missiles and and1:08 drones that they're building, and we're doing that. They now have a chance to make a deal, but that's up to them. And they'll tell you we're not negotiating. We will not negotiate. Of course, they're negotiating. They've1:20
1:25 We'll see if we can make the right deal. And if they make the right deal, then the then the street will open up.
1:33 The president said he expected the war to take 4 to 6 weeks. But less than 4 weeks in, he says they're ahead of schedule. He also noted that Iran allowed 10 oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz
1:45 as a sign of goodwill, Adding that this is a mark they're negotiating with the right people. Meanwhile, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that their military had killed an IRGC
1:57 navy commander. Netanyahu added that this leader has a role in blocking the Strait of Hormuz where a fifth of the world's oil flows. Now closer to home, another vessel has
2:09 been struck by the US military in the Caribbean. New footage this week of another strike on an alleged drug trafficking vessel was made available here. US Southern Command said the vessel was using
2:21 known drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was, quote, engaged in narco trafficking operations. 4 people were killed in the strike. Now in other news, polling shows that
2:33 the majority of Americans support tighter regulations on the abortion pill, mifepristone. A new poll from CRC Research found that 70 percent of Americans said the Food and Drug Administration should
2:44 require an in person doctor's visit before getting the abortion pill. That includes 63 percent of Democrats and 68 percent of Independents who say, if a woman wants an abortion pill, you should make her see a
2:56 doctor. Makes sense, right? Well, that was actually the law of the land until the Biden administration removed those safety requirements. Now you can simply order 1 online even in pro life states.
3:08 And we're seeing the fallout from that policy now. Research from the Ethics and Public Policy Center found that almost 11 percent of women who take the pill have a serious adverse event often having to go to the
3:20 emergency room. On top of that, getting the pills online has led to some cases where men ordered the pills and secretly gave them to their pregnant girlfriends. Now many pro lifers
3:32 are calling on the president to reinstate the safety protocols he had in his first term. And now this polling shows that most Americans agree. Couple more stories here, and they're both good
3:44 news. First, the International Olympic Committee announced that men identifying as transgender women will not be able to compete against women in the 20 28 Olympic games in Los Angeles. Many
3:55 athletes immediately praised the decision saying it's long overdue. And lastly, Dallas is reportedly removing more than 30 rainbow crosswalks. That's right. The big
4:07 city in a Republican state is filled with gay pride streets or at least it was. That is until the Texas Department of Transportation said the painted crosswalks do not meet state guidelines.
4:19 Dallas fought back asking for an exception, but that request was denied by the state. Dallas has 90 days to comply. That is today's news. I'm Casey Harper. You can dive
4:31 deeper at the Washington Stand, which is Family Research Council's outlet for for news and commentary for my biblical worldview. As for us, we're back tomorrow with more stories that matter.
4:52 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and
5:03 newsmakers, all from a biblical world view. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heiss.
5:10 Seems that Democrats have no interest in reaching an agreement. Many of them are perfectly willing to leave the Department of Homeland Security unfunded for the long term. They claim that they
5:22 want to fund the department. They claim that they're concerned about TSA officers and other working without pay. But, mister president, talk is
5:35 cheap, and their actions belie their words.
5:41 That was senate majority leader John Thune earlier today as the senate remains now at an impasse over a deal to fund what is now the second longest government shutdown in
5:53 US history. Welcome to this March 20 sixth edition of Washington Watch. I'm your guest host, Jody Heise, filling in today for Tony, and thank you so much for joining us. Alright.
6:04 Coming up today, we'll discuss the latest on the battle to fund the Department of Homeland Security as well as the challenges facing the aviation industry. We'll be joined a little later in the program
6:16 by congressman Burgess Owens from Utah. He's a member of the Transportation Committee. Plus, Finland's Supreme Court has delivered a verdict in what
6:28 has been known as the bible tweet case, involving Finnish parliamentarian, Paivi Roshanen. We'll discuss the decision and its potential implications when we're joined by
6:40 Sean Nelson of Alliance Defending Freedom International. Also in that discussion, we'll be joined by Texas congressman Chip Roy. So all that and more is coming your way.
6:59 Reports of long lines at airports certainly continue as nearly 500 TSA officers have now quit their jobs since the start of the partial government shutdown. Today is, in
7:11 fact, day 41 that the DHS has, gone without funding. And joining me now to discuss this further is Washington State reporter Casey Harper. Casey,
7:22 thanks for joining me. What's the latest on the shutdown?
7:26 Thanks, Jody. Well, 50000 TSA officers are working without pay, and officers are there's an increase in quitting and just not showing up to work, which is leading to long lines at many airports.
7:38 Now some hard numbers here. Over 11 percent of TSA officers didn't show up for work yesterday. That's more than 3100 agents. Tomorrow, things make it even worse because TSA employees are scheduled to miss
7:49 their second paycheck. Right now, there's even it's even compounded because there's a travel surge in airports because of spring break. Travel volume is up 5 percent from last year even as
8:01 TSA agents are walking off the job. Now hundreds of ICE officers have been sent to help with security screenings at 14 different airports, and president Trump has even said he could deploy the National Guard to help with
8:13 security. And the president also says his administration will take, quote, very drastic measures if the DHS shut shutdown doesn't end immediately. Here's a clip of what he said during his cabinet meeting today.
8:24 We're now on day 41 of the disgraceful Democrat shutdown of Mark Wayne's department. Congratulations. You came into a department that shut down. It was shut down by the
8:36 radical Democrats. But, Democrats are really punishing the American people. They need to end the shutdown immediately or we'll have to
8:45 take some very drastic measures.
8:48 We're curious to see what those drastic measures are, Jody, but it's not just TSA. FEMA, border patrol, and the US Coast Guard are all funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
9:00 Alright, Casey. Thank you for that update. And, you know, right here closer to home on Capitol Hill continues the battle over the Save America Act. It's now in its second week of debate on the
9:11 senate floor. Any updates on what's happening on that discussion?
9:16 Well, some our senate Republicans are continuing to make their case on passing the Save America Act, which is, of course, a legislation that would require citizens to show a valid ID when showing up to vote at polling
9:27 stations. It would, clamp down on mail in ballots among other things. Now senator Mike Lee, he has been a leader on this. He's vowed to continue debating over the bill as long as it takes. We got a clip here.
9:38 This is about the fact that when you allow noncitizens to vote, you are robbing something from the American people, from each individual American citizen, something which is distinctively, rightfully theirs.
9:51 You cannot take that away. You are taking it away when you allow somebody else to cast a vote that will cancel out yours. That, mister president, is unfair. It is unacceptable. It is un American. It is
10:02 illegal. We must not tolerate it, and we will not.
10:06 Now senate majority leader John Thune, Jody, he's facing immense pressure to advance the act, even from the president who is saying we should they should get rid of the filibuster. Now they do have a, deadline coming up
10:16 here because the senate is set to leave for a 2 week 2 week recess at the end of this month, but some republicans are pressuring Thune to cancel that and keep the senate working, maybe even through Easter. But president
10:28 Trump has said save the Save America Act is a top priority, and he's not gonna pass or sign anything else until this gets done, Jody. It
10:37 is
10:37 a major piece of legislation, and, boy, it does make it difficult to go on break when you have something of that magnitude before you. Casey, thank you so much for joining us as always. I wanna go now to Capitol Hill and
Steube: Iran Defeat, Fair Sports, and Voter ID Fight
10:49 get a congressional perspective on some of the latest developments, both domestically as well as internationally. And joining me now to discuss this, congressman Greg Stuve. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee
11:01 as well as the, permanent select committee on intelligence. He represents the seventeenth congressional district of Florida. Congressman Stubbe, great to see you. Welcome back to Washington Washington. Glad to have you.
11:11 Yeah. Thanks for having me.
11:13 Alright. Yvette, let's let's start off with a report, if if we can internationally, coming out of Israel today that, evidently, all of the key commanders of the Islamic revolutionary
11:25 revolutionary guard corps, Navy have been killed in an air strike, including the commander of the IRGC Navy. He was the 1 responsible for mining and blocking the Strait of
11:36 Hormuz. What what what are we what are we hearing right now? What do you think, is is Iran getting the message through all of this, do you think?
11:47 Well, it doesn't sound like they are because they're not willing to to come to the president with a deal with the parameters that the president and the administration has put in place, which is unfortunate for them
11:56 because the hostilities will continue, if they're not willing to cut some type of deal that's, that that are in the parameters, like not not not having a nuclear warhead, not committing terrorism across the
12:08 globe, all these different things that the president and the administration and the department of war has laid out. So, yeah, I think you're gonna continue to see the upper echelons of the leadership targeted by the
12:18 Israelis and targeted, the military pieces targeted by the United States. And, until either they're taken out and the Iranian people rise up and take their country
12:30 back, or they're willing to come to the table and actually talk about peace, I think you're gonna see those targets continue to be, analyzed.
12:39 Do you see any hope of them coming to the table to talk about peace? Is there any hope in your estimation from what you're seeing for a diplomatic solution to this?
12:48 I mean, the leaders of their theocracy are very hard line, you know, very entrenched in their positions. You know, these are the people that that chant death to America and
13:00 obviously don't think that the state of Israel should even exist as a state. So I think that's going to be very challenging, which is why obviously the Israelis have continued to target the upper echelons of their
13:11 leadership, which now, I mean, I I I made a comment today. I'm not sure who in the Trump's administration, who they're actually talking to over there, obviously, through different diplomatic ties because each of their
13:23 leaderships, peep keep getting taken out. So, I I don't think they will, but I think as you get down and their capabilities are debilitated to a point where they have no other choice, kinda
13:35 what happened in Venezuela after Maduro was was taken away and we had done a blockade on all their oil experts, economic economically, their economy was crippled. So I could see at
13:47 some point they won't have any other choice but to negotiate with us.
13:51 Yeah. You certainly think that. Let me shift over to some other international news. The International Olympic Committee, the IOC, announced today that it's adopting a new policy that will ensure that only
14:02 biological females compete in, women's competitions. I know this is an issue that you have been very vocal and involved with. What was your reaction to the, news from the IOC
14:14 today?
14:15 Yeah. It's great news. It took a president like president Trump to to do executive orders on this issue. We passed my bill that I've championed that doesn't allow biological men and women's sports for years. We passed
14:25 that the last 2 years. And, of course, is sitting in the senate because, Thune refuses to do away with the filibuster, so you need 7 Democrats to vote for it. And, obviously, that's never gonna happen. So, I it's a
14:37 great decision, but that would not have happened but for the leadership of president Trump, and the administration taking a very, common sense stance. This is an 80 percent issue. I mean, if you poll democratic
14:49 moms, if they want biological men in their, daughter's locker rooms, they don't agree with that. And, it's it's really good to see finally the international community coming around to the fact of reality and
15:01 the fact of science.
15:03 Absolutely. If I can, bring our discussion back a little bit closer to Capitol Hill, we've got a couple of big fights to, fund the DHS and also the effort to pass the Save America Act over in the
15:15 senate. Both of these seem to have become largely intertwined as there's, chatter about potentially advancing key provisions of the Save America Act in a second reconciliation
15:27 bill, but I know there's some, that is not receiving that idea very well. But what do you make of that idea?
15:33 Well, I think in order for it to actually pass, it's gonna have to be amended to something. But, again, the only way that it passes is if John Thune, the leader of the senate, nukes the filibuster and passes it with a
15:44 majority vote. You will never get 60 senators to vote to only allow citizens to vote in our elections because Democrats aren't going to allow that to happen. So the only way to pass
15:56 it is to pass it through some sort of bill that only requires a majority. If you wanna talk about reconciliation, anything through reconciliation has has to be budgetary in nature and has to pass what we
16:08 call the bird bath over on the senate side, which is a rules based approach that the parliamentarian takes that looks at the bill to ensure that there's no policy provisions in it. It's only budgetary in nature.
16:20 There is no way that a Harry Reid parliamentarian, he was she was appointed by Harry Reid, is going to agree for a voting rights bill to be on a budgetary
16:32 reconciliation bill in the senate. It's not gonna pass the birdbath test over there. The parliamentarian is not gonna allow it to be included. So for Thune to even give this, kind of inclination that, oh, we'll
16:43 just, let's go ahead and fund DHS now, part of it that we can, that the Democrats agreed to that they're holding hostage all of this to we'll do save America under reconciliation. He knows darn well just like I do
16:55 that the parliamentarian over there is not gonna allow that to be attached to any type of reconciliation bill. The only way that these type of provisions become law is if he nukes the filibuster and passes all these
17:06 great conservative reforms.
17:08 Yeah. I I think that's the whole issue. There's so much hesitation with the reconciliation bill with the Save America Act, but the 2 just don't fit. So, putting the Save America Act aside
17:21 from that, what do you think the likelihood is that we might see a second reconciliation bill?
17:28 Well, first, I would say if I was speaker Mike Johnson that you've sent it need to send us a bill first because if we walk through this process on the house side, we have a very very very narrow
17:40 margin. Massey is probably going to be a no, which gives us 1 person, 1 vote margin to pass a very challenging bill. And if we were able to do that, it's gonna go to the senate and
17:51 get marked up into 1000 different pieces and cut up into a whole bunch of different pieces and sent back, and it won't be something that will be palatable, to conservatives. So the senate, if they wanna do it, they need
18:01 to send a bill over, but it is a very challenging vote environment in the house with only a 2 vote majority.
18:09 It certainly is. I tell you, Florida congressman Greg Stubey, you've got your hands full. And, as I can say, many of us here at FRC and our audience from all across the country have
18:21 each of you in prayers that god would grant you wisdom and favor as you're dealing with so many critical issues. Thank you so much for joining us on Washington Watch. Always great to have you.
18:31 Thank you.
18:33 Alright. Coming up, we'll go further into the fight to end the partial government shutdown and at the same time to fund the Department of Homeland Security, a major piece of legislation.
18:45 Utah congressman Burgess Owens will be joining me right after the break, so don't go anywhere. We'll be back.
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Owens Exposes DHS Risks and Foreign Campus Infiltration
21:54 Alright. Welcome back to Washington Watch. I'm Jody Hice. An honor today to be filling in for Tony, and thank you so much for joining us. Alright. As the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security
22:06 continues to drag on and on, no doubt pressure is mounting for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reach a deal to put an end to what is now the second longest shutdown in
22:18 government history, US history. In fact, yesterday, there was a coalition of nearly 50 air travel related companies and organizations that issued a statement. They sent it to congress
22:29 basically to say congress needs to act now before our system breaks. Well, unfortunately, Congress did not act yesterday. In fact, Republicans and Democrats alike
22:41 in the senate each formally rejected each other's latest proposals. So what does this mean? I mean, congress is getting near what is a 2 week recess just around the
22:53 corner. Well, joining me out to discuss this and more is congressman Burgess Owens. He's a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, including the committees on aviation, the
23:04 subcommittee there. He represents the fourth congressional district, the great state of Utah. Congressman Owens, welcome back to Washington, Watts. Always good to see you, my friend.
23:14 Cody, thank you so much. I'm looking forward to having chatting with you. Absolutely.
23:18 Absolutely. On this side too. Listen. Before I get into to those things, the the aviation issues, you serve on the house education workforce committee as well, which had a
23:30 hearing today regarding the threats posed by foreign actors on US college campuses. Very interesting hearing. How serious are those threats?
23:41 Well, they're very, very serious because we have an enemy, that has knows no knows no bounds. And I think the problem we're having, Jody, is, you know, my dad was a World War 2 vet. They grew up and I grew up in a time
23:52 where something the word traitor meant something, and we've kind of lost that meaning. So not only do we have a, a very aggressive, enemy, and that's China, that would that would love to do everything they can to to
24:04 disrupt and destroy our system, our our system of freedom here. But we have people in our country that don't mind for greed and and and and prominence and power to, allowing them to to take advantage of our our system,
24:16 our school system here. So that's what we're really dealing with. And and we've had a remarkable amount of attacks against our system during the Biden administration. I'm thankful now that we have a president who
24:25 understands it. And, this year was remarkable because we had a chance to really hear from colleges that are that are addressing it correctly, and some colleges are still lagging in our process. But this is where we have
24:35 to draw a line. Our colleges should be for Americans and for those who who love our system. And those, those countries do not abide by what we're doing. We need to start looking at maybe not having them come here at all
24:46 for sure. So it is a very good conversation. Glad we started off for sure.
24:50 I'm glad you started that conversation as well. And speaking of threats, be it on college campuses or whatever, I mean, the shutdown of DHS is certainly raising all sorts of alarms and potential threats here in our own
25:02 country. During a hearing yesterday, the TSA's acting administrator said that nearly 500 airport screeners have now quit since the shutdown started. And and then she
25:14 went on to warn that officers of the agency and people that they hire in the coming months are not going to be ready to work checkpoint lanes during the upcoming FIFA
25:26 World Cup this summer. You know, and that's just a small piece. I mean, how vulnerable has this shutdown made America?
25:34 It's made us vulnerable, but I think it also, it it really helps to find the 2 parties. And I wanna bring a little bit different context. I just I saw Greg Subion a few minutes ago. He have some remarkable speakers of
25:45 people that are talking about this this issue in different ways. My my experience is very simple is I know how the Democratic Party works. I've been dealing with these people, this party for 60 years. I grew up in a time
25:57 where the black community that was segregated was just like every other community in terms of pride of what they were doing, strong business ownership, very faithful families. And and that was what I grew up in. So I
26:08 know it's not hypothetical the greatness of our my race and our country. But what's happened the last 6 years is we have a party that does not believe in loyalty. It does not believe in in love for anyone that believes
26:19 in them. They're very transactional, and they deal with paying for power. Now what's happened right now is they they've worked a long, long time to get to this point where they've invaded our country. They they feel they
26:29 have a way now of of changing the, everything that we can do in terms of people voting and and sending people to congress. They understand that. And what president Trump did is they were on a 5 yard line, and we're
26:40 pushing them back the other way. Well, this is an existential threat for them, what we're doing right now. Everything from the say back, to right now, making sure we can deport deport bad bad people. This
26:52 to them is the end of their power if if they can't stop it. So we're not talking about common sense, and, unfortunately, we would sit sit with people trying to find a win win situation. It'd be a totally different
27:03 process. We're dealing with with a party that does not mind destroying our country because they want to keep their power for all me at all means.
27:12 Wow. Well said. So, look, according to reports, at least 40 different airports across the United States are seeing extremely long lines, and
27:24 all this now is, second longest shutdown that would that we've ever had. So so what do you think? I mean, yesterday, we had 50 different air travel companies
27:36 and organizations basically saying, congress, you've got to fix this or our entire system is going to break. Is that is the message making any ground
27:47 in congress?
27:49 Well, you know, what's what's interesting, Jody, is what we're seeing is what's very visible and what people feel every single day. You see these long lines. Just keep in mind, with this with this shutdown, they also
27:59 deal with the coast guard. They deal with certain secret service.
28:02 Right.
28:02 FEMA. I mean, so the things that we don't see are impacted just as much or more than things we do see. So just understand that with with this is the iceberg, the tip of the iceberg we're seeing right now at these
28:13 airports, and the Democratic party does not care. Just like I'd as a congressman understands the threat, the, the the the things that we're up against, the the the the pain that people are going through, so does so do
28:25 democratic senate senators and and, and congresspeople. But yet, they will not move because at the end of the day, again, I mentioned, this is a existential threat that if they cannot stop
28:36 ICE, if they cannot stop, the the the voting of their their folks, and and illegals at at these polls, then they're they're gonna have an issue with American people not voting for them. And they they they can't see that
28:48 as a way that's, that's reasonable for them. Wow.
28:52 Strong words. Any and we just got literally second. Any prediction as how long this thing's going to continue to carry out?
29:00 I I will say this. The the most important things American people can do is stand up. If this is their time and remember, Democrats and Republicans are being hurt at this point. It doesn't matter what what party you're
29:11 part of. So put as much pressure, as the American people have to step up this point because it the things we cannot cannot sway here in in congress is gonna be the threat of them losing their seats. Only thing they can
29:22 do, if they lose their seats, then they might come to to the plate and, and and act like they have some common sense.
29:28 Utah congressman Burgess Owens, thank you so much as always. Great to have you on with us. And you heard him just say we gotta put pressure on these folks. You can let your voice be heard as well.
29:40 Text DHS to 6 7 7 4 2. Alright. News on abortion coming up after the break. Stay with
29:51 us.
29:53 For over 4000 years, the Jewish people have had legal, historical, and biblical ties to the land of Israel, especially the heart land of Israel, Judea and Samaria, which much of the world still calls the West Bank.
30:05 To Israelis, Judea and Samaria is far more than a name. It's the center of their ancestral homeland where nearly 80 percent of the Bible's events took place. Abraham purchased property in Hebron, Jacob in
30:17 Shechem. Joshua made an altar on Mount Ebal and led the Israelites into a covenant before God. On Mount Gerizim overlooking Shechem, Jesus talked talked to the Samaritan woman at the well about worshiping neither on
30:28 Mount Gerizim nor in Jerusalem, but in spirit and in truth. Judea and Samaria is nearly a quarter of Israel's current land mass, not a small strip of land on the Jordan River, but a
30:40 vital and strategic part of the nation's identity. The October seventh massacre launched from Gaza shattered the illusion that giving away territory brings peace. Gaza, which was once
30:52 seen as the cornerstone of a 2 state solution, became a launchpad for terror. Today, only 21 percent of Israelis support a Palestinian state. Trust in a 2 state solution has
31:04 all but collapsed. The Middle East is changing. Iran's grip is weakening. New alliances are forming, but western countries and some US officials still chase the mirage of a 2 state solution.
31:16 History speaks clearly. The 2005 Gaza withdrawal backed by the US led not to peace but to a terrorist regime. Judea and Samaria are 24 times larger than Gaza,
31:28 deeply woven into Israel's geographic and spiritual fabric. To surrender them would not bring peace. It would invite conflict and existential danger. Family Research Council stands with Israel's
31:40 rightful claim to sovereignty. It's time for America to do the same for history, for justice, and for lasting security in the Middle East.
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