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  • HOUSE.

  • BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WASHINGTON.

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN YESTERDAY

  • DISCUSSED THE REACTION TO HOUSE

  • SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT TO

  • TAIWAN LAST WEEK.

  • >> MR. PRESIDENT, HOW WORRIED

  • ARE YOU ABOUT THE SITUATION IN

  • TAIWAN?

  • BECAUSE CHINA IS -- THEY'RE KIND

  • OF KEEPING A BIT OF A GRIP

  • AROUND THE WHOLE ISLAND NOW.

  • >> I AMWORRIED, BUT

  • I'M CONCERNED THEY'RE MOVING AS

  • MUCH AS THEY ARE.

  • BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING

  • TO DO ANYTHING MORE.

  • >> WAS IT A MISTAKE FOR THE

  • SPEAKER TO GO TO TAIWAN?

  • >> IT WAS HER DECISION.

  • >> TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND

  • ITS ISLAND NEIGHBOR ESCALATED IN

  • RECENT DAYS, WITH CHINA

  • ANNOUNCING IT WOULD EXTEND

  • MILITARY DRILLS IN THE REGION.

  • AND THE HOUSE SPEAKER JOINS US

  • NOW.

  • WE'LL GET TO THE VERY IMPORTANT

  • QUESTIONS SURROUNDING WHAT'S

  • HAPPENING IN TAIWAN IN JUST A

  • MOMENT.

  • BUT FIRST, GOOD MORNING.

  • WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO GET

  • YOUR REACTION, MADAME SPEAKER,

  • TO THE SEARCH OF FORMER

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ESTATE,

  • MAR-A-LAGO DOWN IN FLORIDA.

  • >> GOOD MORNING.

  • I HAVE -- ALL I KNOW ABOUT THAT

  • IS WHAT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

  • I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT FLASHED

  • ON MY PHONE LAST EVENING.

  • I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO

  • SAY, EXCEPT THAT TO HAVE A VISIT

  • LIKE THAT, YOU NEED A WARRANT.

  • TO HAVE A WARRANT, YOU NEED

  • JUSTIFICATION.

  • AND IT SAYS THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE

  • THE LAW, NOT EVEN A FORMER

  • PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • BUT ALL OF THIS WILL, I'M SURE,

  • BE MADE KNOWN TO US OVER TIME,

  • BUT I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT.

  • I DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN

  • CHATTER, MORE THAN CHATTER,

  • ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL --

  • PRESIDENT'S DOCUMENTS AND HOW

  • THEY MUST BE PRESERVED FOR

  • HISTORY.

  • WE'LL SEE WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION

  • WAS FOR THE RAID.

  • I JUST DON'T KNOW.

  • I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SURPRISED

  • BY IT.

  • >> YEAH, YEAH.

  • MADAME SPEAKER, IT'S

  • FASCINATING, I WENT TO TAIWAN

  • WITH A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF

  • CONGRESS TO SEE THE INAUGURATION

  • OF PRESIDENT LEE BACK IN THE

  • 1990s.

  • OF COURSE, ANOTHER HOUSE SPEAKER

  • WENT TO TAIWAN.

  • NOBODY REALLY SAID MUCH ABOUT IT

  • AT ALL.

  • AMBASSADORS GO TO TAIWAN.

  • AMERICANS GO TO TAIWAN.

  • I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, WHAT IS

  • THE DIFFERENCE WHEN I DO IT,

  • WHEN GINGRICH DOES IT, WHEN

  • AMBASSADORS DO IT, AND THEN

  • SUDDENLY WHEN YOU DO IT?

  • SUDDENLY, THIS IS LIKE A WORLD

  • CRISIS.

  • WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WELL, IT

  • MORNING, JOE.

  • I MIGHT EVEN ADD THAT, JUST A

  • SHORT WHILE AGO, A NUMBER OF

  • SENATORS, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF

  • SENATORS WENT, INCLUDING THE

  • CHAIR OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS

  • COMMITTEE, MR. MENENDEZ.

  • DID ANYBODY MAKE A FUSS?

  • I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT OF

  • CHINA SHOULD CONTROL THE

  • SCHEDULES OF MEMBERS OF

  • CONGRESS, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO

  • WANTS TO VISIT TAIWAN.

  • HE'S TRYING TO ISOLATE TAIWAN.

  • YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T JOIN W.H.O.

  • OR THEY COULD MAKE A VALUABLE

  • CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF GLOBAL

  • HEALTH OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

  • HE MAY TRY TO KEEP THEM FROM

  • ATTENDING MEETINGS.

  • BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO KEEP

  • MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM

  • VISITING TAIWAN.

  • WE WILL NOT BE ACCOMPLICES TO

  • HIS ISOLATION OF TAIWAN.

  • >> WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM CHINA

  • OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS?

  • OBVIOUSLY, PRESIDENT XI HAS

  • TAKEN THE COUNTRY IN AN EVEN

  • MORE AUTOCRATIC DIRECTION OVER

  • THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

  • >> YES.

  • >> WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED BY HIS

  • OVERREACTION TO A MEMBER OF

  • CONGRESS' VISIT TO TAIWAN?

  • >> WELL, I THINK THAT HE IS IN A

  • FRAGILE PLACE.

  • HIS PROBLEMS WITH HIS ECONOMY.

  • HE IS ACTING LIKE A SCARED

  • BULLY.

  • AND THIS IS WHAT -- BEFORE THE

  • MEETING WHERE HE WILL WANT TO BE

  • RE-ELECTED.

  • WE DIDN'T GO THERE TO TALK ABOUT

  • CHINA.

  • WE WENT THERE TO TALK ABOUT

  • TAIWAN.

  • WE WENT THERE, THE BIGGER

  • PICTURE, TAIWAN ECLIPSED

  • EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DID.

  • THE PRESIDENT HAS INITIATED AN

  • ASIA PACIFIC POLICY.

  • HE HAS INSTITUTED THE

  • INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK.

  • WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE

  • LEADERS OF THE THOSE COUNTRIES

  • ACCEPTING THEIR INVITATIONS TO

  • VISIT.

  • AGAIN, EMPHASIZING PARLIAMENT --

  • INTER-PARLIAMENTARY INTERACTIONS

  • IMPORTANT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.

  • WE WENT WITH HUMILITY TO LEARN

  • WHAT THEY ARE THINKING SO THEY

  • AREN'T THINKING, HERE IS WHAT WE

  • WANT TO DO AND YOU FOLLOW US.

  • NO.

  • LET'S DO THIS WORKING TOGETHER.

  • AGAIN, JUST IN SOME OTHER

  • ISSUES, TALKED TO THEM ALL --

  • AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR

  • STRONG POSITIONS THEY TOOK

  • AGAINST RUSSIA FOR THE INVASION

  • OF UKRAINE.

  • WE THANKED THOSE ON THE ASEAN,

  • SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES OF

  • SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA FOR THE

  • ACTIONS THEY TOOK AGAINST BURMA

  • FOR WHAT BURMA HAS DONE,

  • EXECUTING ADVOCATES FOR

  • DEMOCRACY IN BURMA.

  • SO WE -- OUR PURPOSE ALWAYS,

  • WHEN WE GO ON A TRIP, IS

  • SECURITY, ECONOMICS AND -- THE

  • ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE.

  • IN TERMS OF SECURITY, WE HAD

  • GOOD CHATS, LISTENING TO THEM

  • ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER FOR

  • GLOBAL SECURITY.

  • IN TERMS OF ECONOMY, I MENTIONED

  • THE PRESIDENT'S INDO-PACIFIC

  • ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK AND LISTENING

  • TO HOW THEY THOUGHT WE COULD

  • WORK TOGETHER.

  • THEY ARE URGING US TO DO ANOTHER

  • TRADE BILL.

  • WE WILL SEE HOW WE CAN WORK

  • TOGETHER.

  • I WILL TALK TO MY FRIENDS IN

  • LABOR AND MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT

  • THAT.

  • THIRD, IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE,

  • IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I

  • SAID, WHETHER IT'S COVID,

  • WHETHER IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE,

  • WHETHER IT'S HUMAN RIGHTS, AS

  • THEY HAVE REACTED TO WHAT IS

  • HAPPENING IN BURMA.

  • SO IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE

  • TRIP.

  • AGAIN, EMPHASIZING OUR INTER --

  • WE MET WITH HEADS OF STATE OR

  • HAD DISCUSSED WITH THEM, WE MET

  • WITH EVERY SPEAKER IN ALL FIVE

  • COUNTRIES AND THEIR MEMBERS OF

  • PARLIAMENT.

  • IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

  • IN TERMS OF TAIWAN, WE WERE NOT

  • GOING TO TAKE TAIWAN OFF OUR

  • LIST BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT

  • HAS INVITED US, THE PRESIDENT OF

  • CHINA DOES NOT DO OUR SCHEDULE.

  • >> THERE YOU GO.

  • MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD LOVE TO

  • ASK YOU ABOUT THE INFLATION

  • REDUCTION ACT.

  • THE POLITICS OF IT -- WILL THIS

  • BE A COMPONENT OF THE DEMS'

  • MESSAGING LEADING UP TO THE

  • MID-TERMS?

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN SFRUG ENN STRUGG

  • LOW APPROVAL RATINGS.

  • WILL THIS VALLEY SUPPORT AND

  • VOTES FOR DEMOCRATS LEADING UP

  • TO THE MID-TERMS?

  • WHAT DO YOU THINK?

  • >> YOU HAVE TO SEE IT IN THE

  • CONTEXT OF WHAT THIS PRESIDENT

  • HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEAR AND

  • A HALF OR LITTLE MORE THAN A

  • YEAR AND A HALF HE HAS BEEN

  • PRESIDENT.

  • WE DID THE RESCUE PACKAGE, MONEY

  • IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS,

  • VACCINATIONS IN THEIR ARMS,

  • CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL, PEOPLE

  • SAFELY BACK TO WORK.

  • THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO

  • BUILD, BUILD, BUILD AMERICA IN A

  • WAY THAT HAS EQUITY AND FAIRNESS

  • AND PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT.

  • THEN TODAY WE WILL GO TO THE

  • WHITE HOUSE FOR SIGNING THE

  • CHIPS AND SCIENCE BILL WHICH

  • WILL MAKE AMERICAN MORE

  • SELF-RELIANT IN TERMS OF SUPPLY

  • CHAIN AND THE REST.

  • THAT WILL HELP BRING DOWN THE

  • COST OF THINGS, IT'S ALSO

  • HELPFUL IN FIGHTING INFLATION.

  • NOW THIS LEGISLATION -- I LIKE

  • TO TALK ABOUT IT STARTING AT

  • AMERICA'S KITCHEN TABLE.

  • LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS WITH THE

  • SUBSIDIES.

  • LOWERING THE COST OF

  • PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WHICH IS

  • HISTORIC.

  • THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE

  • HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A

  • SECRETARY -- WE HAVE BEEN

  • WORKING ON THIS FOR DECADES.

  • FIRST TIME TO HAVE THE SECRETARY

  • NEGOTIATE FOR LOWER PRICES.

  • THIS IS A BLOW TO THE

  • PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

  • THEY HAVE SAID THE DEMOCRATS ARE

  • GOING TO PAY A PRICE FOR DOING

  • THIS.

  • FOR LOWERING THE COST TO

  • AMERICANS FOR PRESCRIPTION

  • DRUGS.

  • THIS IS ABOUT A FULLER AGENDA OF

  • HEALTH CARE, MAKING HEALTH CARE

  • MORE AFFORDABLE, MAKING JOBS --

  • HIGHER WAGES AND GOOD-PAYING

  • JOBS AS WELL AS SAVING AND

  • PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.

  • IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

  • WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE CONTEXT

  • OF ALL THE OTHER LEGISLATION AND

  • TOMORROW SIGNING THE ACT TO

  • PROTECT OUR VETERANS, IT HAS AN

  • INTEGRITY TO IT.

  • YES, IT IS ABOUT MEETING THE

  • NEEDS OF AMERICA'S WORKING

  • FAMILIES, FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT

  • POLITICS.

  • THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING

  • ABOUT IN THE ELECTION.

  • >> AND YET REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY

  • WANT PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO

  • BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PRICE

  • GOUGING.

  • INSULIN PATIENTS, IT'S

  • REMARKABLE, STUNNING.

  • I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT

  • GETTING THIS DEAL DONE.

  • WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING

  • PROGRESSIVES AND MODERATES

  • DEBATING EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF

  • CAMERAS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.

  • I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY DRIVEN YOU

  • AND A LOT OF OTHER PROFESSIONALS

  • CRAZY.

  • IT'S LIKE, COME ON.

  • JOE MANCHIN AND OTHERS SAY THEY

  • HAVE BEEN QUIETLY TALKING TO YOU

  • FOR -- THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE

  • PROCESS.

  • I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW

  • MESSY IT CAN BE AT TIMES.

  • BUT ASK, HOW DID WE GET TO WHERE

  • WE GOT?

  • THIS IS, BY ANY STANDARD --

  • IDEOLOGY ASIDE, IN A 50/50 SPLIT

  • SENATE, A CLOSELY DIVIDED HOUSE,

  • THIS IS A REMARKABLE POLITICAL

  • ACHIEVEMENT.

  • HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

  • >> WELL, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES

  • IN OUR PARTY.

  • GOD BLESS US ALL FOR THE

  • EXUBERANCES WE BRING TO THE

  • TABLE.

  • BUT WHAT UNIFIES IS WE ARE THERE

  • TO WORK FOR AMERICA'S WORKING

  • FAMILIES.

  • WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING THEIR

  • HEALTH CARE COSTS OR CREATING

  • BETTER PAYING JOBS, AGAIN,

  • HAVING CLEAN, SAFE PLACES FOR

  • OUR CHILDREN AND SAVING THE

  • PLANET FOR THE FUTURE, WE ARE

  • UNITED ON ALL OF THAT.

  • BUT LEGISLATION, AS YOU KNOW, AS

  • A FORMER LEGISLATOR, IS -- IT'S

  • DIFFICULT.

  • WE ALL WANT EVERYTHING.

  • AS I SAY DO MEMBERS, YOU CANNOT

  • JUDGE A BILL FOR WHAT IT DOES

  • NOT DO.

  • YOU RESPECT IT FOR WHAT IT DOES

  • DO AND WHAT THIS BILL DOES DO IS

  • QUITE REMARKABLE.

  • DID WE WANT MORE?

  • OF COURSE.

  • BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK FOR

  • MORE, OF COURSE.

  • BUT WE CANNOT -- WE HAVE TO SHOW

  • OUR UNITY TO THE AMERICAN

  • PEOPLE, WHICH WE DID LAST WEEK

  • ON THE CHIPS BILL.

  • I WAS VERY PROUD.

  • THERE WAS NOT ANY NO VOTE ON THE

  • DEMOCRATIC SIDE, EVEN THOUGH THE

  • REPUBLICANS WERE WHIPPING

  • ACROSS -- AGAINST THE CHIPS AND

  • SCIENCE BILL.

  • WHEN THEY SAW THAT WE HAD ONE NO

  • VOTE, THEN SOME OF THEM CAME

  • AROUND AND JOINED US IN DEFIANCE

  • OF THEIR LEADERSHIP.

  • AGAIN, IT'S A SLIM MAJORITY.

  • WE HOPE TO INCREASE IT.

  • THAT'S THE PLAN.

  • HOPEFULLY, GET TWO MORE

  • SENATORS.

  • BECAUSE IF WE CAN DO THAT, TWO

  • WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO PULL

  • BACK THE FILIBUSTER, THEN WE CAN

  • GET MUCH MORE DONE IN THE UNITED

  • STATES SENATE WITH OUR VOTING

  • RIGHTS ACT AND VOTING

  • PROTECTIONS AND THE LIST GOES

  • ON, A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

  • AND THE REST.

  • WE'RE OPTIMISTIC.

  • WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN READY FOR

  • VICTORY.

  • NOW THINGS HAVE TURNED OUR WAY.

  • THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR PRESIDENT

  • HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS TO GET THESE

  • BILLS DONE.

  • THEY ARE HISTORIC IN THEIR

  • NATURE.

  • THEY WILL MAKE US MORE

  • COMPETITIVE IN THE WORLD.

  • OUR PRE-EMINENCE WILL BE EVEN

  • MORE CLEAR TO THE WORLD.

  • WE THANK JOE BIDEN FOR HIS

  • LEADERSHIP.

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