Members of Congress in Washington, DC spent their first week back after the US election facing announcements for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments, which the Senate must confirm.
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00:00Excellent, thank you so much.
00:25The elections are over and the American people have spoken.
00:37The former President Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States of
00:42America and House Democrats have fallen a few seats short of reclaiming the majority.
00:49House Democrats in the new Congress will work to find bipartisan common ground whenever
00:55and wherever possible with the incoming administration in a manner consistent with our values but
01:03at the same time always push back whenever necessary against far-right extremism that
01:13will hurt the American people.
01:16The President Trump has made his selections, has made his picks, and I think the Senate
01:20should do everything they possibly can to approve those and to nominate them and get
01:25them through the confirmation process.
01:27Simple.
01:28Plain and simple.
01:29Do you think there's going to be more unity among House Republicans next Congress?
01:33I do.
01:34I believe.
01:35I believe we have the leader of our party, the mandate, you've heard these words over
01:39the last, what, ten days now since the election.
01:41So I think there's a lot of people, there's a lot of Republicans in our conference that
01:45truly understand if it weren't for Donald Trump we probably wouldn't still have the
01:49gavel.
01:51I think we could have lost the House, we would have lost the House, the Senate would have
01:54been very, very difficult without having Donald J. Trump at the top of the ticket.
01:57So we owe it all, Congress, both chambers owe it all to Donald J. Trump.
02:03So now let's just go out there and accomplish his goals and objectives, whatever they are.
02:09And in this instance, the confirmation process, the Senate has a constitutional requirement
02:14for advice and consent.
02:16And I think it's important for them to have all critical information that they need to
02:20make an intelligent decision on that basis.
02:22You might support sharing this with the Senate?
02:26I certainly don't, I certainly understand why they want the information.
02:30I'll say it that way.
02:31Do you trust RFK Jr. on public health?
02:34Absolutely.
02:35I'm an organic gardener, I own a farm, 60 acres, I mean Roger Williams' drain field
02:41is bigger than my farm, but we don't use any chemicals on it.
02:44I think we really should address that.
02:46I think big pharma, big food are literally killing people.
02:52What are you asking about vaccines and their impact?
02:55Well, he's not going to have a final say over it.
02:58There is a process that's done.
03:00So what would the House and the Senate be able to do?
03:03Well, of course, if we had some guts, we would control their funding.
03:08And if they get out of line, we cut those departments.
03:13Well, the entire government is going to serve him and him alone.
03:17It's not going to serve the country.
03:19You know, he's already talked about basically purging the Department of Defense of anyone
03:25who's not loyal.
03:26That seems to be the number one biggest priority.
03:30Okay, I mean, Donald Trump told us for four years what he was going to do, and he's doing
03:34it.
03:35Of course they're not doing background checks.
03:36Look, I mean, part of the reason they can move so fast is they've got the easiest vetting
03:41process in the world right now, which is it consists of one question.
03:44Will you be absolutely loyal to Donald Trump and do whatever he asks you to do when he
03:50asks you to do it?
03:51And if the answer is yes, you're vetted.