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Jersey GOP Congressman Jeff Andrew joins us now with more Congressman. Thank you for being here. Tell us about how that call went and what you think the president needs to do on his messaging. Oh, the call went great. It's always good to speak with the president. You know, I guess it's going to be going on seven years that I changed and became a Republican. And always since that time he was great and we've developed a friendship. I am so happy that he's going out there. He is a president of the people. He loves working people. Let me be clear. Washington, D.C. is not the culture of America. Washington, D.C. is an incubator for political dysfunction and disease. I don't know how else to say it. And you've got to work there and you get the job done there and you get the bills passed. But then you've got to get out on the street and talk to real people, the doctors, the pipe fitters, the ironworkers, the teachers, just what really makes America move and makes America happen. That's what he does so well. We all remember the amazing rallies and when he went to bodegas and fast food restaurants. I love to see him out there. He does so well with that. I'm so glad to see him in Pennsylvania, a neighboring state to me in New Jersey. And I'm really looking forward to seeing him go around the country and sell what is a real plan for the future of America. What would you say is the most important thing that Republicans need to be focused on right now to actually improve things for for people who obviously we've got an inflation down, but the problem is you've got to catch up with with salaries. What can what do Republicans need to focus on? Well, remember one thing, the Biden disaster, what he did to this country, this doesn't get fixed in a day. This has been about nine months when all the work that we've done kicks in next year. It's going to be amazing. You know, no taxes on tips or lower taxes on tips, lower taxes on overtime. Eighty five percent of seniors not paying any tax on Social Security. When you go and buy a new American car, you're able to write off your taxes, the interest rate. All that is going to be huge. We're going to have a good year. All the good things we did with businesses. But here's what we must remember. Don't argue with each other. Stop being selfish. Make sure that people understand we're with them and health care. I've talked about this before. We have to give people that bridge. Obamacare is horrible. The ACA has been horrible and awful. But if we're not able to immediately get rid of it for a very short period of time, continue with it while we come up with a much better, comprehensive plan. People cannot afford to have huge increases in their health care. That will be a mistake. I've spoken out about that and I'm going to continue to do so. We have to take care of the American people. You know, Congressman, I love that you brought that up because I think that the silver lining of that terrible shutdown that we just went through was people were finally able to see the truth about Obamacare, that it's being completely held up by all these subsidies. It's not affordable. And hopefully it is, as you say, an impetus for the Republicans to come up with a better plan that makes more sense. And I love the idea of the president going out into the country. He's a people person. He needs to tell that story. I mean, you bring such a good point about, you know, when the economy was was cranking, it was under the first term of President Trump. It did take about a year and a half before we started feeling the effects of that. So there's that. But I mean, I still remember Congressman right before COVID hit where it was a year before, you know, a little less than a year before the election. People thought he was absolutely unbeatable because the economy was so amazing. Why can't he do that again? Of course he can, right? He can do it again. We've just he's got and he will. He's excited. He loves people and people really do love him. It's so much fun when you get it out there, but it's also good. We can talk about what the real issues are and what's really going on. We were on a path to destruction four years ago with President Biden in charge. This is just so much better. We can really do this thing. We can win. We shouldn't give up. We have to come together and really, again, make America great again. We're going to be we're going to do it. We can do it. Congressman, we love that you have the stockings hung and the nutcrackers out in the Christmas spirit. Merry Christmas and thank you for taking time. Thank you. I'm ready for it. Thank you. Thanks, Harrison.

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I just want to talk to you America guys history is being made in real time There are hundreds of people here. Tell me why did you want to be out here? Well, okay before I begin I just want to I just want to talk to you America And I hope you have your coffee when I tell you this, but these are great news all eyes on Venezuela These are historical news. This is history in the making. I mean my chest it feels like it's gonna explode with joy like president Donald Trump and my Just created an opportunity for us to begin working harder than ever because that's what we have always been doing But now we will be working in our country But you know we also have worked so hard here in the United States to build so much things I just want to thank you America. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to work Yeah, come celebrate with us. We love everybody because you America has loved us so much so much Thank you, America.

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I want to hit another subject before I end my opening statement. And that's Iran. What if we got the greatest deal ever from Iran? They're going to give up their nukes. They're going to give up their ballistic missiles. They're going to become boy scouts and girl scouts. No more terrorism. That's right. They're going to reject their own Islamist ideology of the seventh century that they've used to indoctrinate others, that they preach every single day. That's right. Khomeini's going to become Mahatma Gandhi and the world is going to have peace forever. Yeah, we'll sign that deal. Sure, we'll sign it. Now, why would they sign such a deal? What if it's the greatest deal of all deals ever? Why would they sign it? You see, the problem is, ladies and gentlemen, it's not a matter of a deal, a negotiation, or diplomacy, or playing this thing out. Khomeini, the Islamist Nazis, have told us what they're going to do. And they believe this is directed by God. And they have slaughtered tens of thousands of their own people in the last few weeks, over the years, in order to advance this agenda. Do you think signing a deal is going to stop anything? Do you think they're going to honor the deal? The issue isn't whether we negotiate. The question is, why do we negotiate? The question is, why do we think some deal is going to keep these people under control? It's not. No, it might temporarily. They may pull back temporarily exactly what North Korea did. Oh, they pulled back. They pulled back for a few years and all of a sudden, "Hey, guess what? We have a few nukes." They will play this game. They look at long ball. And even if they were to pull back during the Trump presidency, that's three more years. What about after that? What if we get a Biden or an Obama? Or what if we get some weak Republican? The only president to actually take forceful action against Iran is President today, Donald Trump. What happens when he leaves? Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot, as our generation, leave it to the next generation, our children and grandchildren, to deal with this. We must deal with this. Or they'll have tens of thousands of ballistic missiles, they'll have scores of nuclear warheads, and they will be able to reach our country. And since they've been willing to slaughter their own people by the tens of thousands, you better believe that they will use those nuclear warheads against our children and grandchildren. They're weaker than ever before. They're not going to be this weak ever again. And they do not follow agreements. When we pulled out of that Obama deal in 2018, they immediately began violating the deal that was still in place with Europe. Systematic breaches. Iran intentionally reduced its compliance with the agreement in a phased manner, leading to multiple ongoing violations rather than a single event. Enrichment levels. Iran increased its uranium enrichment to 60 percent, significantly higher than the 3.67 percent limit set by the agreement. Stockpile limits. By late 2019, Iran breached the 300-kilogram limit on enriched uranium, later exceeded permitted stockpiles by 30 times. Centrifuge usage. Iran installed and operated advanced centrifuges prohibited by the deal. Monitoring suspensions. Since February 2021, Iran restricted the International Atomic Energy Agency of the UN from fully monitoring its nuclear facilities. Formal termination. They announced it in October 2025. You think our envoys, or somebody else's envoys, or signing an agreement is going to change the mindset of a terrorist regime that is slaughtering its people as I speak, that is already trying to build new nukes? We signed a paper. Peace in our time? No. The problem isn't negotiations. The problem isn't they won't agree to this or that, or we can get the best deal in world history. The problem is them. The West needs to understand what we're dealing with. For 47 years, I don't know what it's going to take, but we need to comprehend what we're dealing with. That regime needs to be eliminated to save our children and grandchildren from having to deal with it, and to save the people of Iran who are, as I speak, being slaughtered.

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If Republicans don't win this midterm election, the Democrats will spend the entire time trying to impeach the president, investigate the president, do what they do, maybe they'll bring out the Oswald files, now that they brought out the Epstein files, you never know. Maybe they'll bring out the Wilkes Booth files. I don't know what they'll do, but they're certainly not interested in the best interests of the country. They're moving radical Marxist-Islamist left. And I was thinking about healthcare proposals, and I went back and looked, because I remember, we have all kinds of fantastic proposals out there, including this administration. I think we ought to start talking about them. You don't have to pass them immediately, but when you're asked by a reporter, do you have a proposal? You should have it right in your pocket, I sure as hell do. It's right here, and this is what we want to do. Now, key conservative plans over the years have market-based reforms, allowing insurance plans to be sold across state lines to increase competition, expanding the use of association health plans, which allows small businesses to band together to form effectively their own insurance groups, promoting and expanding health savings accounts through credits, through tax incentives and so forth, so you put money aside, like you do for your pension, and that money is available to use, Medicaid and state flexibility, giving states more control over their Medicaid programs and marketplaces, potentially cutting federal spending on Medicaid, but allowing flexibility with the states, introducing work requirements for Medicaid. The president did this, the Republicans did this, God forbid, if somebody has to work 20 hours a week, even volunteer 20 hours a week for Medicaid, I don't want to, the system's against me. What was it? Get off your butt and do something, so the people who are off their butt doing something don't have to pay for you on the dole, too. And addressing preexisting conditions, all the plans, using state-based high-risk pools or reinsurance programs to cover individual preexisting conditions, so you take cases that are the most difficult, expensive, and you specifically try and help those people, but it doesn't mean all healthy people, all young people, should have the same plan when they don't need the same plan. You know, the Heartland Institute had a great plan several years ago, I looked, Justin Haskins writing in The Hill, this is four, five years old, he said, "The key to fixing the health care system is to provide greater access to all people while making key structural reforms that utilize the power of market economics and personal choice." Not socialism or Marxism, Bernie, no, rather than impose top-down mandates that respect consumer freedom. So they come up with a plan, and the proposal is HOA's, our Health Savings Account, so we just talked about, what else? Those who get employer-provided health insurance, like 160 million Americans, would receive the money from the employers directly so they can purchase their own insurance plans instead of being forced to settle for whatever those plans are, and lower-income Americans, those with disabilities and kids, now enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program chip, would receive the government funds directly. This is what the president's talking about when he says, "Why are we funneling this through these bureaucracies, through these insurance companies?" Give the money to the people to make their own decisions. Have their saving account, or small businesses can get together, set up their own consolidated type insurance plans. There's so many opportunities. We throw so much money at the bureaucracy, so much money at insurance companies. Give it to the people. We will help people directly with preexisting conditions. We can do that, and there are many plans out there that Republicans themselves have come up with. How about promoting them and talking about them when the Democrats keep talking about a Soviet-style health care program like Obamacare? It is a complete and utter disaster.

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It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strongman stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasts, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those whole or intended souls who neither know victory nor death.

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