FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT
AT
THE
% LATEST ON
THE
EXPECTED
% IMPEACHMENT
OF
PRESIDENT DONALD
% TRUMP.
% TODAY,
THE
HOUSE
JUDICIARY
% COMMITTEE
VOTED
ALONG
PARTY
% LINES
T
O
FORWARD
TWO ARTICLES
OF
% IMPEACHMENT
FOR A
FULL
VOTE.
% THE
FIRST
CHARGES
HIM
WITH
ABUSE
% OF
POWER,
THE
SECOND
WITH
% OBSTRUCTION OF
CONGRESS.
% THERE
IS
SOMETHING
CONGRESS
% AGREES
ON ACROSS
THE
PARTISAN% DIVIDE AND THAT IS
THE
NEW
% NAFTA,
THE
U.S./MEXICO/CANADA% AGREEMENT.
% THE
TRADE
DEAL
COULD
GET A
% THUMBS-UP VOTE
FROM
THE U.S.
% HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN
% COMING
DAYS.
% WISCONSIN
DAIRY
FARMERS
ARE
% HOPING
FOR
SWIFT
PASSAGE.
% WISCONSIN
3rd
DISTRICT
U.S.
% REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRAT RON KIND
% IS A
MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE
WAYS
% AND
COMMITTEE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
% TRADE AND
ROLLED
UP
HIS
SLEEVES% TO
GET
THIS
PACT UP
TO
SNUFF
FOR
% DEMOCRATS.
% HE
JOINS
US
NOW
FROM
LA CROSSE
% AND
CONGRESSMAN,
THANKS
VERY
% MUCH FOR
DOING
SO.
% >>
MERRY
CHRISTMAS,
FREDERICA.% >> THANK
YOU.
% FIRST,
YOUR
REACTION
AND% RESPONSE
TO
THE
TWO ARTICLES
OF
% IMPEACHMENT HOUSE
DEMOCRATS ARE
% LODGING
AGAINST
PRESIDENT
TRUMP.% >>
WELL,
FRED,
WE
KNEW
THESE
% WERE
VERY
SERIOUS
ALLEGATIONS.
% AND
AS A
FORMER
SPECIAL
% PROSECUTOR I
WANTED
THIS TO
BE
% FACT
AND
EVIDENCE-BASED.
% BUT
I
ALSO
WANT
BORN HERE
IN
% THIS COUNTRY
BELIEVING
NO
PERSON
% IS ABOVE
THE
LAW,
INCLUDING
THE
% PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES,
% AND
THE
ALLEGATIONS
ARE
SERIOUS,
% THAT HE
WAS
WITHHOLDING
$400
% MILLION
WORTH
OF
MILL
!
MILITARY
AID
% FROM ONE OF
OUR
ALLIES
IN
ORDER% TO GET
THEM
TO
DO A
POLITICAL
% INVESTIGATION FOR
HIS
OWN% BENEFIT IN
THE
2020
CAMPAIGN.
% HE
WAS
ALSO
WITHHOLDING
WHITE
% HOUSE PHONE
CONVERSATIONS
AND A
% WHITE
HOUSE
MEETING
WITH
THE
% NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT.
% IT'S
ILLEGAL
TO
SOLICIT
FOREIGN
% COUNTRIES' HELP
F
OR
YOUR
OWN
% BENEFIT
IN AN
ELECTION.
% IT'S
ALSO AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
% ABUSE OF POWER.
% BUT
HERE'S
THE
POINT.
% WE'VE
BEEN
ASKING
THIS
PRESIDENT
% AND
HIS
ADMINISTRATION
IF
THEY
% HAD
ANY
OTHER
EVIDENCE,
ANY
% OTHER
FACTS
THAT
COULD
SHOW
THAT
% THEY'RE INNOCENT IN
THESE
% ALLEGATIONS TO
COME
FORWARD.
% BUT
INSTEAD
OF
DOING
THAT,
% THEY'VE
DONE
JUST
THE
OPPOSITE.
% THEY BLOCKED
PEOPLE
FROM
% TESTIFYING.
% THEY
BLOCKED
RECORDS
AND
% DOCUMENTS FROM
BEING
TURNED OVER
% BASED
ON
VALID
SUBPOENA
% REQUESTS.
% AND
THAT'S
BEEN
UNFORTUNATE.
% AND NOW
WE'RE
MOVING
FORWARD.% >>
HOW
WILL
YOU
VOTE
WHEN
IT
% COMES
TO
THE
FLOOR
NEXT
WEEK?
% >>
WELL,
THE
PRESIDENT STILL
HAS% A
FEW
DAYS
TO
OFFER
ANY
% INFORMATION
TO
SHOW THAT
HE
IS
% NOT
GUILTY
OF
THESE
ALLEGATIONS,
% THAT
HE
WASN'T
WITHHOLDING
$400
% MILLION WORTH
OF
MILITARY
AID TO
% GET A
FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT TO
% METTLE IN
OUR
ELECTION PROCESS.
% HE
HAS
TIME
TO
SUBMIT
THAT
% DURING A
SENATE
TRIAL
TOO
IF
IT
% COMES
TO
THAT
POINT
AND
WE'RE
% ASKING HIM
TO
PARTICIPATE
AND
% OFFER
INFORMATION THAT MIGHT
% SHOW HIS
INNOCENCE
IN
THIS
% MATTER.
% BUT,
AGAIN,
THEY'VE
BEEN
% STONEWALLING,
BLOCKING,
% OBSTRUCTING A LEGITIMATE
REQUEST
% BY
CONGRESS TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM
% OF ALL
THIS.% >>
SO ARE
YOU
SAYING THAT
YOU
% ARE AS
YET
UNDEHE
!
UNDECIDED
AS
TO
HOW
% YOU WILL
VOTE?
% >>
UNLESS
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
% CHANGE, THIS
LOOKS
PRETTY
% PROBLEMATIC FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
% THEY'VE
OFFERED
NOTHING
TO
% REFUTE
THE
MULTITUDE
OF
% WITNESSES WHO
HAVE
COME
FORWARD,
% HONORING A VALID
CONGRESSIONAL
% SUBPOENA, AND
CORROBORATING
THE
% WHISTLE-BLOWER REPORT THAT
CAME% OUT OF THE
WHITE
HOUSE.
% DEMOCRATS
DIDN'T INITIATE
THIS.
% THIS WAS
BASED
ON A
NONPARTISAN
% CAREER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
% WORKING IN
THE
WHITE
HOUSE,
% WORKING
FOR
THIS
PRESIDENT,
WHO
% SAW
HIM
ABUSING
THIS
POWER
AND
% THEREFORE
FILED A
WHISTLE-BLOWER% REPORT.
% THAT HAD TO BE
TURNED
OVER
TO
% CONGRESS AND WE
HAD
TO
LOOK
INTO
% IT.
% THEY'VE
HAD A
LOT
OF
OPPORTUNITY
% TO
REFUTE
THE
ALLEGATIONS BEHIND
% THESE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT% BUT
HE
HAS
CHOSEN
NOT
T
O
DO
THAT
% AND
INSTEAD
CREATE
POLITICAL% WARFARE
IN
OUR
COUNTRY OVER
IT
% >>
.
% THE
LATEST
WISCONSIN
POLLING
% SHOWS
BY A
12-POINT
MARGIN
THIS
% WEEK
MOST
PEOPLE
DON'T
SUPPORT
% THIS.%>> LET
ME
SAY
THIS.
% I'M
THE
ONLY
MEMBER
OF CONGRESS
% IN THE
HISTORY
O
F
OUR
COUNTRY
% THAT
DID
SUPPORT
TWO
IMPEACHMENT
% INQUIRIES, ONE
AGAINST PRESIDENT
% CLINTON AND
NOW
ONE
WITH
% PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE
I
DO
% TAKE
MY
ARTICLE
ONE
% CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY%
SERIOUSLY.
% CONGRESS
IS
THE
ONLY
INSTITUTION% THAT
CAN
STAND UP TO
THE
% EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SHES
THE
,
THE
PRESIDENT,
% ARCHED
!
AND
HOLD
HIM
ACCOUNTABLE.
% WE HAVE
TO
CHOOSE AT
THE END OF
% THE
DAY
DO
WE
WANT
TO LIVE
IN
% THAT
DEMOCRACY OR
DO
WE
WANT
% SOMEONE
WHO
LIVES
ABOVE
THE
RULE
% OF LAW.
% WHAT
TYPE
OF
DEMOCRACY DO
W
E
% WANT AT
THE
END OF
THE
DAY?
% >>
HOW
WILL
YOU
VOTE?
% >> UNLESS
THE
PRESIDENT
COMES
% FORWARD
WITH
FACTS
THAT
WOULD
% CHANGE
THE
EVIDENCE
THAT'S
% BEFORE US RIGHT
NOW,
I
THINK
WE
% AS AN
INSTITUTION,
CONGRESS, HAS
% TO
HOLD
HIM
ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE
% UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ABUSE OF
POWER,
% THE
UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES
IN
% TRYING
TO
SOLICIT A FOREIGN
% GOVERNMENT TO
METTLE
IN
OUR
% ELECTION.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST
ABOUT DONALD
% TRUMP.
% IT'S
ABOUT
FUTURE
PRESIDENTS TOO
% AND WHAT
TYPE
OF
SIGNAL
WE
SEND
% THAT'S
ACCEPTABLE
IN
OUR
% DEMOCRACY.
% AND IT
MAY
BE A
DEMOCRATIC
% PRESIDENT THE
NEXT
TIME
TRYING
% TO ABUSE
THAT
OFFICE.% >>
LET'S
MOVE
TO
TRADE.
% I DON'T HAVE TO
TELL
YOU THERE
% IS A
DEAL
BETWEEN
THE
% ADMINISTRATION AND
DEMOCRATS IN
% THE
USMCA.
% DONALD
TRUMP
CAMPAIGNED ON
% RIPPING
UP
NAFTA.
% IS THIS
THEN A
WIN/WIN?
% >>
I
THINK IT
IS.
% THIS
IS A
GOOD
TRADE
AGREEMENT.
% I WAS
INVOLVED
INTIMATELY
IN
THE
% NEGOTIATIONS.%IT WAS
HARD
NEGOTIATIONS
THE
% LAST FEW
MONTHS.
% BUT
I
THINK
WE
GOT A
GOOD
TRADE
% AGREEMENT AND
IT'S
IMPORTANT.
% MEXICO, CANADA
ARE
OUR
TWO
% BIGGEST EXPORT
MARKETS.
% WHAT
THIS
WILL
MEAN
FOR
% WISCONSIN FARMERS,
WE'RE
GOING% TO
GET
GREATER
DAIRY
ACCESS TO
% THE
CANADIAN
MARKET.
% WE
TIGHTENED
UP
SANITARY
% STANDARDS SO
CANADA
AND
MEXICO
% CAN'T
BLOCK
OUR
PRODUCTS LIKE% THEY HAVE IN
THE
PAST.
% I THINK WE
HAVE A STRONG
WORKER
% RIGHTS
CHAPTER IN
IT,
% UNPRECEDENTED, AND
EL
!
ELEVATED% ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS T
O
LEVEL
% THE
PLAYING FIELD
SO WE
CAN
% COMPETE.
% PERHAPS MOST
IMPORTANTLY, A
% STRONG
ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER
NOW
% SO
IF
CANADA
AND
MEXICO
CHOOSES
% NOT
TO
ABIDE, WE
CAN
PERHAPS HIT
% THEM
WITH
SANCTIONS
FOR
ANY
% VIOLATIONS O
F
THIS
AGREEMENT.
% AND THAT
WAS
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE
% YOU COULD
HAVE A
GREAT
TRADE
% AGREEMENT ON
PAPER
BUT
UNLESS
% YOU
CAN ENFORCE
IT,
IT'S
% MEANINGLESS.
% I'M
EXPECTING
STRONG
BIPARTISAN
% SUPPORT.
% WE'RE
HOPING TO
BRING
THIS
UP
% NEXT
WEEK
IN
CONGRESS
AND
THEN
% SEND IT
TO
THE
SENATE
FOR
THEIR
% CONSIDERATION.%>>
WHAT
WILL
IT
MEAN
% SPECIFICALLY
FOR
STATE
DAIRY
% FARMERS?%>>
WELL,
THEY'RE
GOING TO
HAVE
% GREATER
CLASS
SEVEN
ACCESS
IN% CANADA RIGHT
NOW.
% CANADA WAS
BLOCKING
THE
ULTRA
% FILTERED
MILK
UP
THERE.
% THERE WILL
BE A
SLIGHT
% IMPROVEMENT
FOR
THAT
AND
I
THINK
% THAT'S
IMPORTANT.
% ALSO
THE
SPS
STANDARDS
I TALKED
% ABOUT ARE
IMPORTANT.
% IT
HAS TO
BE
BASED
ON
SOUND
% SCIENCE
AND
NOT
ARBITRARY
% BLOCKING OF
OUR
EXPORTS.% >>
HOW
WILL
ANY
BENEFITS
BE
FELT
% BY WISCONSIN
FARMERS A YEAR FROM
% NOW?
% >>
HOPEFULLY THROUGH
INCREASED
% EXPORTS WE CAN
CLEAR
SOME OF
THE
% SURPLUS
THAT
EXISTS
THAT'S
% DRIVING
PRICES DOWN.
% LISTEN,
MEXICO,
CANADA
ALONE
% CAN'T
SOLVE
THE
FARM
CRISIS.
% THE PRESIDENT
HAS
DECLARED A
% TRADE
WAR
AGAINST
EVERYONE% ACROSS THE GLOBE.
% THAT MEANS
WE'RE
LOOKING
MARKET
% ACCESS
WITH
AGRICULTURE,
% MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS.
% THAT
NEEDS TO BE
RESOLVED,
TOO.
% I'M
IN
CONSTANT COMMUNICATION% WITH
THE
TRADE
TEAM
TO
FIND A
% LANDING
ZONE
FOR
THIS
TRADE
WAR
% WITH
CHINA
AND
OTHER
COUNTRIES% ACROSS THE GLOBE
THAT'S
HURTING
% OUR FARMERS
AND
MANUFACTURERS,
% BUT ALSO
DRIVING UP
PRICES
FOR
% US
CONSUMERS.
% BECAUSE
TARIFFS
ARE
TAXES ON
THE
% AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
% FOR SOME
REASON,
THE
PRESIDENT
% CAN'T
FIGURE THAT
OUT.
% AND IT'S
INCREASING OUR
COSTS
% WHEN WE HAVE
TO
PURCHASE
% SOMETHING.%>>
CONGRESSMAN RON