Democrats want to add more debt for things that have nothing to do with coronavirus, Republican House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise says.
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We have six hundred dollars.
They have a two hundred dollars proposal which
does not meet the needs of
Americas working families.
There is obviously a need to
support workers support the
economy.
On the other hand, we have to be
careful about not piling on
enormous amounts of debt for
future generations.
Negotiations set to resume on
Capitol Hill today, as the dead
lock continues between the White
House and Democrats over
extending unemployment benefits.
So will they reach a compromise
on covid relief? Any time soon
lets ask House Minority WHIP
Steve Scalise,
sir. Thank you for joining the
program this morning,
very different views of you who
we provide relief to the
american people right now. Of
course, Democrats put forth the
Heros ACT and three dollars trillion
its got: money for the Post
office,
money for mailout ballots,
money for blue states and
pension funds. You are focused
on a more tailored version.
Where are we right now
right?
Clearly, we are very far apart.
You know you just mentioned
Speaker Pelosis. You can call it.
No liberal cause left behind act
that they filed says you where
they really want to go.
Our focus has been on helping
people get back on their feet,
helping schools and businesses
safely reopen
what theyre talking about. I
mean over a trillion dollars
now they want to use to bailout
states that were failing before
covid.
You are talking about mailing
ballots, election ballots to
people illegally on voter roles,
thats. What does that have to
do with Covid first of all, but
it shows their priorities
very big difference between the
sides.
We really can be doing a lot of
things
by the way over five hundred dollars billion of
existing money that we already
spent in the Cares act that
hasnt been spent. That can be
more flexibly used for states to
help schools reopen safely
buying supplies like masks and
hand sanitizer to help small
businesses get back on their
feet
to help people that are
struggling.
All of that is still unspent
money.
Why do they need to add another
three dollars trillion of debt? To do all of
these things that have nothing
to do with Covid
PETE said one dollar and fifty cents trillion still
five hundred dollars billion
PETE five hundred billion out there. That
could be used.
This is turning into a blame
game, though representative.
They want to make it look like
Republicans dont care. Yet
there has been an attempt to
temporarily extend this
unemployment benefit, while
negotiations are ongoing.
How do you effectively cut
through that blame game and
provide a contrast of vision
between the parties?
Did you go back to looking at
the actual legislation that the
both sides have filed and you
look at every bill that they
filed has included again
mailing ballots election
ballots to people illegally on
roles?
The green new deal kind of thing
where you are telling airplanes
what kind of carbon emissions
they have to have?
Every airplane I have felony on
in the last few weeks, is barely
half full
theythey are struggling to stay
alive.
This we dick Columbus stuff
focus on helping families
helping small businesses
along parents. Dont want to be
home coolers again for another
semester, when there are clear
guidelines from CMS Cdc, as
well as from the American
Academy of Pediatrics thousand
safely reopen schools.
They also talk about the damage
you are doing to kids by not
reopening
and if a school system doesnt
want to safely reopen how about
you, let the money follow the child, so the that patient has
child, so the that patient has
otherparent has otherchoices whe
educate your child. That should
be a fair debate to put on the
table as well
as this goes on.
Representative working class
people are feeling the pinch.
There is pain involved here
you gte the sense that pain is
the leverage that Democrats have
and ultimately their guide post
is November. Third,
do you get the sense that this
is all very political,
well, its blatantly
political by the Democrats,
and you saw them block again on
the Senate floor, the ability
just to bring up a bill for
debate because they want to
squeeze that leverage as tight
as possible on working families
who are struggling.
People are sick and tired of
those kind of games.
If you have differences on a
bill and its up there for
debate in the Senate, then bring
up the bill and debate it
thats. What Senate was there to
do to debate legislation
instead? Chuck Schumer continues
to block every piece of
legislation while adding up the
price of any kind of bill that
he wants to bring. The bailout
failed states to do all of these
things that have nothing to do
with covid
people. I think people are
watching and are sick of it.
They at least appreciate that
President Trump is trying to
negotiate. While is he also
taking decisive action to keep
people safe
to come out with more
guidelines?
Again, you look at the new
guidelines. This Trump
administration has come out with,
for things like how to safely
reopen schools
showing how you can do it
by the way. Most school systems
are following those guidelines
and then have you got some
teachers unions saying they
would rather be out protesting p
than teaching kids in the
classroom ten feet apart with
masks on which is completely
safe,
PETE. We shall see.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-04.