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Fox News TV || Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., discusses Republican negotiations to pass the reconciliation bill and reacts to the fallout from the Biden audio recordings. #foxnews #news #politics #budgetbill #biden

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00:00Joining me now is North Carolina Republican Congressman, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Brad Knott.

00:04Congressman, welcome.

00:05Thank you so much, Mike. It's good to be here.

00:07So House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about a couple of the GOP holdouts on the Budget Committee.

00:12Let's play it. I'll get you to react.

00:15I appreciate Chip and Ralph. They're good friends. We've had lots of conversations. We'll have more today.

00:20The concern is what we're trying to work with is the ability of the states to retool their systems

00:24and ensure the verification process is to make sure that all the new laws and all the new safeguards that we're placing

00:30can actually be enforced. And so we're working through all those details and we'll get it done.

00:36So they've had all weekend to work on the details after the vote failed in the Budget Committee on Friday.

00:41Do you expect the Budget Committee will pass it out either tonight or tomorrow?

00:46I do, Mike. And the Republican conference has been unified in our efforts to get this bill done.

00:51And we also want to get the best possible deal done for the American people.

00:56Sure.

00:56And we're working hard to guard tax dollars, to do common sense things like get illegals off of the public dime

01:02in terms of health care, in terms of other benefits.

01:05And the negotiations have been furious and dizzying these last few days,

01:08but we're all united in trying to get this bill across the finish line.

01:12Speaker Johnson put a deadline of Memorial Day, passing it out of the House.

01:16Are you confident you guys will get it done this week?

01:18You know, I am. I'm optimistic.

01:20Again, when you look at this bill, there's 90 percent unification about what we need to have in this bill,

01:26maybe even more than that.

01:28We are really talking about the details on the edge.

01:31And from a very thematic standpoint, we all want to get this thing across,

01:35whether it's taxes, regulations, securing our border.

01:38We're united there.

01:39And some of these other details, especially as it relates to the back-ending of Medicaid

01:44and some of the tweaks, I think we can work those out.

01:47Because, again, from a political, ideological vantage point, we're united.

01:52We want to guard the dollars and make these programs better.

01:54This would make President Trump's legislative agenda permanent.

01:58Do you expect him to work the phones with some of the GOP holdouts to make it happen?

02:03Sure.

02:03One thing that this president is, is he's not shy.

02:06We all know what he wants, and he is willing to get into the room with us, so to speak,

02:11either at the White House or on the telephone, and to work through these things.

02:14And the president is a pragmatist.

02:16He knows how to make a deal.

02:18And he is very quick to get involved when he's needed.

02:21There's also the fallout from those Biden audio tapes.

02:25Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was asked about it today.

02:27I want to play that and get you to react.

02:28Sure.

02:30Joe Biden made the decision to give up the office of the presidency, the most powerful office

02:37in the world.

02:39And, you know, you can go back and try to rethink what should have happened in 2024,

02:44but my Virginians are talking to me about, can you get rid of the Trump economic chaos?

02:49Can you lift tariffs?

02:50Can you protect Medicaid and Social Security?

02:52They're not asking me to rethink what President Biden or his team did in 2024.

02:57How do you respond, Congressman?

02:59You know, I'm brand new to Congress, but I know an evasive answer when I see one.

03:03And Senator Kaine, he knows full well that there was an active deceit that was put upon

03:08the American people.

03:09The Biden White House worked in concert with the mainstream media to shield a very obvious

03:14truth.

03:15That's what is alarming to me, is they're trying to go back and say, oh, we were surprised

03:19by this.

03:20Everyone knew that Joe Biden was not functioning at a full capacity.

03:23Everyone knew that he was not at his peak form.

03:27But despite that, the media and his political allies were not truthful or straight with the

03:31American people.

03:32And that's a very concerning reality.

03:34You serve on the House Judiciary Committee.

03:36Do you expect hearings in that committee to dig into who was running the country at the

03:40time?

03:41Without going into too much detail about what we're planning on doing, I think that's a

03:45very real possibility.

03:47And it's a needed review on our part.

03:51Because if Joe Biden was as incoherent as we now know him to be, that's a real question.

03:58Who was behind the desk?

03:59Who was making the decisions?

04:01And why was it kept from the American people?

04:03Big week ahead.

04:04Congressman Brad Knott, grateful for your time.

04:06Yes, sir.

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