Rep. LaLota ‘Bullish’ on Bipartisan Lame-Duck Deals
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[0:00] You will now be led by Jim Jordan for the next two years.
[0:03] I'm not sure if that's how you voted on the secret ballot, but what should we
[0:06] expect of this minority over that period?
[0:09] So, you know, I came back this week to Washington the first week after an
[0:12] election day where we suffered some tough losses, and I thought it was going
[0:15] to be maybe like a four day week where a lot of my colleagues might be wallowing
[0:19] in some of their sorrow. But that's not what the that's not what
[0:22] the feeling is. There's a lot of energy right now.
[0:24] We know what our mission is. Our mission is right now to provide a
[0:27] contrast between what the Democrats are likely to propose and what our style of
[0:32] governance is. And we took some losses on Tuesday.
[0:35] We need to work on regaining America's trust back as a party.
[0:39] If my Democratic colleagues are focused on things like affordability, lowering
[0:43] the price of health care and groceries and everything in between, they'll
[0:47] probably find some good allies in that. But if they use their positions to just
[0:52] bring upon, you know, impeachments, frivolous investigations and partisan
[0:56] retaliation, you can expect Leader Jim Jordan and the entire Republican
[1:00] conference to tell the American people that America is better off on a better
[1:05] track. Does the fact that Jim Jordan, one
[1:07] signal that your party thinks it's more likely that it will be fighting