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He checked you in your gut because they got into a physical fight. Here's what went down. Play this clip. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary. How are you doing? So far, so good. Okay. I was just curious because I know Elon Musk body checked you at the White House. I just. No animosity to Elon Musk. Right. You know that? That's what I heard. So you believe. You believe what you read on Breitbart is what you're telling us, Congressman, I didn't know. If it's too sensitive for you, I won't ask that question. But let me move on. I will Take South Carolina over South Africa any day. Yeah, go for it. Just call out these people to their face. And I love Democratic Congressmember Tom Suozzi from New York's third Congressional District using his questioning to show that Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Donald Trump go against liter every single expert and economist in the United States and the world. This is how it's done with good cross examining. Play this clip. Now. You don't agree with the cbo. We've heard that several times. You also disagree with the Committee for Responsible Budget who said that there's going to be a $3 trillion deficit from this. You disagree with that also, right? And you disagree with the Yale Budget lab. You went to Yale. You don't agree with the Yale Budget Lab. They say it's going to be a $3 trillion deficit from this. You disagree with them also. There are a lot of things I disagree with Yale on these. You disagree with the Penn Wharton budget model who said there's going to be a $3 trillion deficit from this bill. Yes. You disagree with Elon Musk who you supposedly do get along with. Now it will massively increase the already gigantic deficit to 2.5 trillion and burden American citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt. Do you disagree with Mr. Musk on that issue? Yes. Do you disagree with Ray Dalio who said that this is unsustainable? I agree with Ray Dalio that we need to get our fiscal house in order. Do you disagree with Jamie Dimon who says it's going to cause a crack in the bond markets? I met with Mr. Dimon the other day and he wasn't necessarily referring to government finances. Well, he said there's going to be a crack that's going to take place in either six months or six years. And let's ask you, when do you think that's going to happen? I believe he was referring to market structure. Do you think that there's. Do you disagree with Mr. Fink from BlackRock who said this is gonna be unsustainable problem as well? Look, I believe that we have to get our fiscal house in order. Then you've got Democratic Congressmember Bayer just asking the question that I think we all wanna know. Like, aren't you just embarrassed with your life? Scott Besant, Treasury Secretary Besant, aren't you just embarrassed and shamed to just be you right now and have to come up here and lie and act like the GDP is doing great when it's actually we were in a contraction of our economy last quarter here Play this clip. The administration is in retreat from key policy areas. I want to say, given your successful past. Isn't this embarrassing? Is there a question there, sir? There's a question. Isn't this embarrassing? Oh, is it embarrassing? Well, I'm sorry, Congressman, but you. They seem not to have seen the economic data. The GDP growth has been quite substantial. Job growth is solid. GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir. The job growth is solid. And we had. Job growth is a third what it was all last year. No, no, no. And private sector job growth especially. And if you'd like to talk about inflation. Would you? The inflation has been coming down. You'll see inflation is good so far. We will see every economic thing I read which is much suggest the impact of the tariffs and not hit yet. Well, why don't, why don't we look at the data rather than the hysteria, which is how I made my career. So while the Democrats were doing that, you had the MAGA Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene delivering speeches like the following. Play this clip. He is now being charged on multiple felony counts for human trafficking. As a matter of fact, we're thrilled to bring him back and prosecute him and make you guys continue to own them. Remember, he's your Maryland man. Enough of that. Going back to the Democrats, here's Democratic Congresswoman Sowell and here she is questioning Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. And just watch what he does. And then she just is like, did I just hear what you said here? Play this clip. The last question that I was asked to ask you was when will we hit the debt ceiling? I know that this big beautiful bill also means a debt increase in the debt ceiling and frankly, I heard you say that that is something that's an imperative. I would agree with that. When do we foresee us hitting the debt ceiling? Congressman, I want to congratulate you. You have a very sophisticated constituency to ask questions like this. That the so called X date is a. With all due respect, just because you're poor doesn't mean you're ignorant. As I said, very sophisticated. Yeah, it was a. Just. Can you answer the question? I'm in the habit. I'd like to know whether or not I'm in the habit of saying thank you to compliments that the so called X date is a moving target. So when do you for. I mean you're the Secretary of Trench. So tell me, when do you predict given where we are right now, when we hit the ceiling? Some point in the middle to late summer. Is that August? July again? It is imprecise. Well, sir, I just think that it is. It is an abomination that we are actually giving bigger tax cuts. The wealthiest Americans who don't need a tax, gentleman's tax. Meanwhile, we're taking away food assistance and health care from people who desperately. Gentlemen, thank you. And I yield back. So you have that taking place then meanwhile, you have Marjorie Taylor Greene on the House floor doing this. Play this clip. Take for example their favorite MS.13 gang member, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This MS.13 gang member, wife beater was deported to El Salvador for countless violations of our laws. Democrats labeled him wrongfully deported. Maryland man. Oh, boo hoo. And they flew to El Salvador to meet with him. Thank you. And Democrats couldn't wait to go on vacation to go down and pretend like they cared about this MS.13 gang member, like they really actually do. No more of that. Democratic congresswoman Plaskett said the following to treasury secretary Scott Besant when he tried to talk over her. Play this clip. We have seen since January 20 that the stark market overall has gone down 1.3% and gas has gone up. Ma' am, that's incorrect. Excuse me. Let me get something straight with you first here. I've seen you interrupt everyone when you come to someone's house. You respect their rules. And in this house, we don't interrupt individuals. And you're not going to interrupt my time. I'm going to give you time to respond. You may want to jot down some notes about things that you don't agree with me on so that you can respond to them at that time. But while I'm speaking as the person holding this time, you will refrain from speaking, sir, until I am done. I look forward to that. Until I'm done. And then I will give you time to speak. Okay. Look forward to facts. Thank you. I look forward to your response, whether they're factual or incorrect, either. Back to Democratic congressmember Gomez. Let's play it the big billionaire bill because it benefits mainly billionaires at the expense working people. You're cutting their health care. You're making sure that they're. They're going to be paying more than 20 billion over the next 10 years. If you're making 30,000 or less and you guys are don't care. And I think you don't care. Well, because your net worth is $521 million. Okay. That would be a false. That would be a false assumption. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back. That would be a false assumption. I think the people who didn't care were the Biden administration who wiped out working families and lost a massive referendum on November 5th. I would like to remind the committee that this is the Ways and Means Committee and have discussions on policies, not personalities. And don't call another member out by their name. If you're referring to another member, you say what state they're from. That is the roles of this committee. Thank you. And then here we have Treasury Secretary Scott Besant admitting that Trump will likely extend the pause on his tariffs past the July 90 day tariff deadline. Remember, 90 days. That's it. 90 deals in 90 days. Watch what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen says. Play this clip. He gave an answer that was frankly all over the place and difficult to understand. We're less than a month away from Liberation Day Part 2. Very few of the trade deals have been announced yet. I think most people in Congress and around the world would like to know what's going on. Should America be preparing for Liberation Day 2.0? What do we plan for January, July 9 and July 2? I would say, as I have repeatedly said, that there are 18 important trading partners we are working for deal toward deals on those. 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Here's his questioning of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant. Brilliant. Play this clip. Treasury and State were rolling out new sanctions designations every few weeks much of last year. How many new Russian entities have you designated under your sanctions authority since January? I will get back to you with that number. The answer is zero. How many entities worldwide have you sanctioned for doing business with Russian companies in ways that undermine our sanctions and export controls? I'll get back to you with that number. I believe the answer is zero. I hope I'm wrong. I'd love it if you'd get back to me and tell me I'm wrong. But the PRC is helping Russia's defense industry by providing dual use components and advanced technologies. Last week, Chancellor Mertz briefed a bipartisan group of us on Russia's alarming rearmament with help from China, Iran and North Korea. How many Chinese firms have been designated for doing work directly with Russia's defense industry? I will get back to you on that. I will tell you that we have sanctioned numerous Chinese companies for receiving Iranian oil and we have been working on the shadow fleets are not independent. Now back to the House of Representative, Democratic Congresswoman Sanchez. Here's what she had to say. I was alarmed to hear this morning that Trump said that the US China deal was done and after just two days of talks in London. Mr. Secretary, the press release on this so called deal looks more like a framework. Congress, who has the constitutional authority over trade, needs the details of this supposed deal. So I'm asking if you will provide this committee with the actual details of this deal because there has been, unlike what was said earlier, there has been no consultation with our side of the aisle, at least on the China negotiation. Will you commit to giving us the specifics of that deal? The details the Congresswoman I flew back at 4am this morning to be here this morning and we are a simple yes or no question. No, it is not a simple yes or no question. We are in the midst of constructing it. And back to your question. China has Proven an unreliable partner in strategic. Will you commit to consulting with us on trade deal with China? Gentlewoman's time is expired. I would ask the witness to answer that last time. Gentleman's time has expired. I never asked. It's a yes or no question. It's very simple. Representative, I raised many of your concerns to the Chinese delegation and it will be a longer process. The trade deal today or last night was for a specific goal and it will be a much longer process. And I will note that the previous administration did nothing but. Excuse me. Mr. Arrington is now recognizing Gentlewoman's time. Mr. Arrington's time. Here's Congresswoman Sanchez again to best and let's play it so believe that the President's tariffs are going to be a one time price adjustment for American families. If. If prices go up. They will be one time. Okay. Well, unfortunately you appear to be talking out of both sides of your mouth because you yourself have admitted after conversations with Walmart that some tariff costs are going to get passed on to consumers. And in fact, we've already seen that prices are rising on many everyday goods. Congresswoman, please don't interrupt me. The time is mine. Please don't interrupt me. I will ask you questions and I will grant you an opportunity to answer them, but please don't interrupt me during my time. With pleasure. I know I'm a woman, but please try to limit yourself to answering my questions. No, I'm sorry, but we get talked over all the time and I. And I don't want that to happen at this hearing. I would remind members the gentlelady is recognized. Please proceed. Thank you. The time is mine. Now. I love this moment when Democratic Senator Reid from Rhode island cross examining Pete Hegseth, the former Fox host who's now somehow the Secretary of Defense. Let's play it. There's a general understanding that you have taken possession of this Qatari aircraft, the 747. But there are public reports that Qataris have not yet signed a memorandum of understanding which would specify that the agreement was initiated by the Trump administration and Qatar is not responsible for any future transference transfers the plane's ownership. Are you in possession of the Qatari airplane now? Any specifics about future aircraft that could be Air Force One can't be discussed here, but sure, there is a conversation about a memorandum of understanding. A memorandum understanding remains to be signed. Senator, you have signed a contract with a company to reconfigure the aircraft. What is the price of that contract? That cannot be revealed in this setting. Why can't it be revealed in the sense. This is the appropriation committee of the United States Senate. We appropriate the money that you will spend after it's authorized by my committee. And you cannot tell us how much the contract is for. You will have that number, Senator. It just can't be talked about. You want it now? The contract has been signed, correct? The contract has been signed. The memorandum of understanding is not. I'm talking about the contract with the American contractor. Is it been signed? It's nothing. Nothing on that front that I'm aware of is being executed. Well, that's contrary to what we've all heard. Second thing, what's the delivery time in the contract again? The delivery time of anything of that sensitive nature is not for public consumption. Can you tell me the delivery time for the Boeing aircraft that were being prepared for Air Force One? Was that in the contract? One of the problems is that the way we actually procure aircraft in this country takes so long. Oh, yeah, it's ordered. It's 7, 8, 9, 10 years late. Requiring the necessity for a stopgap alternative. Well, no. What you've just said is that the Boeing information was public knowledge. The delivery date, the course. The course overruns. But this is not. Because this is not only a bad deal for the American public, it is just a grat. It's gratifying the President's ego. That's all it is. Thank you. Here he is again questioning Hegseth about what the hell are you doing with the Marines in Los Angeles. Play this clip. The more accountable you are, the higher your standards are. All makes you more lethal. So the mission in Los Angeles, as you know well sir, is not about lethality. It's about maintaining law and order on behalf of law enforcement agents who deserve to do their job with without being attacked by mobs of people. Very proud that the National Guard and the Marines are on the streets defending the ICE agents and they will continue. Law and order is a civil function under the Constitution of the United States. Civil enforcement, law enforcement authorities, not the US Military. And there's plenty of precedent for the US Military supporting law enforcement officers. What your military is doing right now is laying constitution in Trenawaya. Guarding buildings, maintaining vehicles for other services. This is not only, I think, illegal, but also a diminution of the readiness and the focus of the military. I thought this was great questioning by Democratic Senator Schatz. Here he is questioning the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kaine, play this clip. I'll start with General Kaine. Is the United States being invaded by a foreign nation. Sir, thanks for your question. I think at this point in time I don't see any foreign state sponsored folks invading. But I'll be mindful of the fact that there has been some border issues throughout time and defer to you to dhs who handles the border along the nation's contiguous altitude line. Is there a rebellion somewhere in the United States, Sir? I, I think there's, there's definitely some, some frustrated folks out there. I mean it frustrated folks were a rebellion. Here he is again questioning Hegseth Play this clip. And I guess that goes to my question for the Secretary. Two things. There should be some sort of paper flow that the committee, the Congress, the public can look at in invoking Title 10, Section 12, 406. So can you give us some clarification on whether the orders that were issued apply to specifically Los Angeles to California generally, or is this a nationwide order? The orders that have been issued, which are publicly available and known, relate to an ongoing situation in Los Angeles which could expand to other places. But it's quite easy to point out that there has been an invasion of 21 million illegals in our country under the previous administration. This administration was elected to get a hold of that. And when you have ICE officers being attacked with concrete blocks, Secretary, they should be allowed to do their job. Secretary, I'd really like to not try to create a viral moment for either of us. I'm actually trying to understand kind of the scope of this order. And then finally we have Democratic Senator Murray, I think, just summing it all up in her questioning to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Let's play it. Secretary Hegseth, you oversee one of the largest and most important organizations on planet Earth. More than anything, the Department of Defense needs stable, competent and strategic leadership. And much as I had feared back in January, is not what we are seeing. Under your leadership, in a matter of months, you have lost top aides and reportedly struggled to hire new ones. You have fired highly respected top military officials. You shared highly sensitive attack plans over signal and apparently with people in your own personal circles. And you've not taken responsibility for those mistakes. All the while, the security challenges we face have grown larger, not smaller. And then in the face of these challenges, you've taken a series of actions that weaken our posture. For example, in my home state of Washington, which is home to many DoD installations critical to our Indo Pacific strategy, you have pushed out almost 2,000 highly trained civilian employees, including at Puget sound naval shipyard. Mr. Secretary, you talk about returning the department to its mission of war fighting. But I am repeatedly hearing that your policy and personnel changes at the Pentagon are undermining, not strengthening, our military's preparedness to protect our country. You are deploying the American military to police the American people. You're sending the National Guard into California without the governor's request, sending the Marines not after foreign threats, but after American protesters. And now President Trump is promising heavy force against peaceful protesters at his D.C. military parade. Those sorts of actions and that sort of rhetoric from a president of the United States should stop every one of us cold. Threatening to use our own troops on our own citizens at such scale is unprecedented. It is unconstitutional, and it is downright un American. We should all be speaking out against this and demanding accountability. Yeah, Powerful questioning indeed. This is what I want to see. I want to see Democrats go on the offense like this. It's good to see want to see them fight? Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe let's get to 5 million subscribers and thank you so much for watching new Midas Merch Drop. 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