At a House Judiciary Committee hearing before the Congressional recess, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) refuted Democratic lawmakers’ perspectives on immigration.
00:08It was interesting, you know, all the back and forth.
00:10And I do have to say this, and it's partially complimentary,
00:13and it's just an observation.
00:15I do have to admit my friends to the left of me,
00:18both geographically and also politically, they're good.
00:22They're really good at it.
00:24And Mr. Raskin, both of you are, I mean, all of you are, actually.
00:28Mr. Raskin, particularly good at conflating and blurring.
00:33He mentioned immigration.
00:34I always bring this up through other hearings as well.
00:37There is a difference between legal and illegal immigration.
00:42There's a difference.
00:43And nobody on this side has any problem with legal immigration.
00:49That's what makes America.
00:51And let's be clear about it.
00:52Illegal immigration, and in some cases where we had people
00:55on the terror watch list that were in this country,
00:57and people that were convicted or indicted of crimes,
01:01either on their country of origin or here.
01:03Yeah, we're against that.
01:04Absolutely.
01:05I think we'll all say it proudly.
01:06We're against it.
01:08Also, Mr. Raskin, and I think Ms. Crockett as well,
01:12had brought up, you know, that there's nothing illegal.
01:15I agree.
01:16The purpose of the hearing is this wasn't talking about the legality.
01:21We don't know, maybe there is, but we don't know of illegal activity.
01:25But the point is, it's distasteful.
01:28It's disturbing.
01:29It's disgusting.
01:30And if people, if the American public had to sit through this today
01:35and other hearings we've had, they would be very deeply upset
01:39where their money is going.
01:41Mr. Raskin called this a loser hearing.
01:44You know who's losing?
01:45The taxpayers, the union members, when their money gets drained away
01:50to go for these things that the vast majority of them do not believe in.
01:56You know, Mr. Soros is good at this, and that's why we're doing this.
02:01We're not doing, we didn't say we should take him to jail tomorrow,
02:04but he's good at it.
02:06He establishes, he helps to establish these NGOs, these not-for-profits,
02:11and then they make sure that millions and millions of dollars
02:15flow to them from the taxpayer.
02:18It's a pretty ingenious idea.
02:20He's making money on his investment, and we think it's wrong,
02:23and we don't think it should happen.
02:25So, I just wanted to clear the air on that, but these guys are good.
02:31Mr. Walter, can you explain why Soros' model is far more dangerous
02:42to public policy and democratic accountability than people realize?
02:48Certainly.
02:50And by the way, I'm happy to give the ranking member an example of illegality.
02:54There are documents from Soros' own 501c3 non-profits that show that money was being spent
03:02to influence elections to the European Parliament, and of course, that's a violation of 501c3 limitations on political activity.
03:10I'd be happy to provide the documents to you if you'd like.
03:12Were they charged with that?
03:14Excuse me?
03:15Were they charged?
03:16Were there criminal charges brought?
03:17Sadly, no.
03:18Nor was there ever a hearing in Congress about it.
03:20But there's also the question of our next report on the Soros is going to show over $80 million going to non-profits that support terrorism.
03:32And again, that is debatably not kosher under 501c3 laws.
03:39But the way that the network operates is you have, you know, in the case of Soros, dozens, even hundreds of things.
03:46There's an open society Macedonia, there's an open society Prague, on and on.
03:51Many of these entities getting federal tax dollars as well as Mr. Soros' private monies.
03:57And as Ms. Gonzalez was explaining, you know, they are willing to go up to and including regime change as well as trying to change who's elected the European Parliament.
04:07Mr. Walter, and I assume that's why you would think this is dangerous.
04:10Am I right, Mr. Walter?
04:11Yes.
04:12I mean, this is a dangerous situation.
04:14And, you know, you even bring a good point.
04:16Some of it very well may be illegal.
04:19But at the very, very least, it's disturbing, distasteful, of concern.
04:24And that's why we're having the hearing.
04:26The American people, I know, and I wish millions are watching this.
04:30Quite frankly, they're not disturbed, deserve to know about this disturbing information.
04:37That's the point of this.
04:38One of the quick thing, too, by the way.
04:40Please quickly, because I have another question.
04:42Ambassador DeBaca has been a hero in fighting human trafficking.
04:47Soros, on the other hand, is one of the greatest pushers of decriminalizing prostitution throughout the entire world,
04:53which is one of the engines of human trafficking.
04:55There's a journal article on precisely that.
04:57Thank you, Mr. Walter.
04:59To all of you, for each of you, very briefly, is there one reform Congress should pursue to stop the hijacking of federal dollars for activism that is this extreme?
05:10Like in 10 seconds each.
05:12We'll start with you, Mr. Walter.
05:13One reform.
05:14What is it?
05:16Forcing greater transparency on where the federal tax dollars go, including the grantees of the grantees.
05:22I agree.
05:23That's right.
05:24Do a thorough audit of who, what these programs are, who the main implementer is in each country.
05:31This is really necessary.
05:34Mr. O'Neill.
05:35Stop funding groups that also lobby the federal government.
05:41And Mr.
05:43I'm sorry.
05:44Ambassador DeBaca.
05:45Restore USAID so that it can actually do these grants and protect the integrity of these grants and release the files about Jeffrey Epstein.
05:57I don't have time.
05:58My time is up.
05:59But I would debate that with you for a long period of time, sir.
06:04With that, that concludes today's hearing.
06:07I've got a UC.
06:08Without objection.
06:09Okay.
06:10IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates.
06:14And for the record, churches are 501s most of the time.
06:20I'm not going to comment.
06:22I have feelings on that, too.
06:23Mr. Chairman, I've got one, too, if that's all right.
06:25Yes.
06:26This is public's heiress-backed January 6th group.
06:30Spent $180,000 on the rally.
06:32Without objection.
06:35That concludes today's hearing.
06:36We thank our witnesses for appearing before this subcommittee today.
06:40We really do mean it.
06:41Time is treasure.
06:42We appreciate it.
06:43Without objection, all members will have five legislative days to submit additional written questions for the witnesses or additional materials for the record.
06:51Without objection, this hearing is adjourned.
