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One thing that the Senate has accomplished today, and we're not sure exactly how much else will be accomplished before they get out of town is the passage of the Lindsey Graham Russia sanctions bill. This was a massive bipartisan vote. 86 to 11 would allow the president to put tariffs on countries that are buyers of Russian oil. This is now headed to your chamber. And I wonder if you are planning to vote for this legislation.

If you expect the majority of your Democratic colleagues will, knowing that it does hand some tariff authority back to the president? Yeah. You know, the president has decided to do what he wants to do with the tariffs. I think Congress has to rein in the larger, uh, tariff authority that the president seems to think he has. It's been terrible for our economy. I haven't met a single business owner in my district that has benefited from these tariffs.

Everyone has struggled from these tariffs as it relates to the Russian sanctions bill. You know, it's a it's a big step forward in terms of holding Putin accountable for what he's done and continues to do in Ukraine. You know, he has caused so much bloodshed and cost, uh, the global community so much money because of this invasion. And it's important for the, the world, certainly with the United States leadership, to push him back.

Well, with that said, we're talking sanctions on a lot of other issues this evening in the Senate. Uh, Congressman, and I'm sure that you've been following the bouncing ball from home in Ohio. There's a very good chance that there will be a timing deal. We just spoke with Senator Chris Coons that will allow votes on a continuing resolution, among several other items. We've got the sanctions, uh, taken care of earlier today.

If there is a continuing resolution that is passed here that requires House votes, if it comes back with changes, would you be on board or could we be facing a shutdown at the end of next month? Yeah, I'm more likely to to support it. Um, based on the vote outcome in the Senate, uh, though I have not read the CR and haven't been briefed on it, but it was it was a overwhelmingly bipartisan bill to keep the government open through, I believe, November, if not parts of December.

Yeah, yeah. December 11th is what the Senate uh, CR is, uh, dated. I'd like to ask you, Congressman, about something that we've been told at least could happen more immediately than that. It relates to geopolitics, as Iran has suggested for days now, that they are close to finalizing an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. And I ask you this with your seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, if it seems acceptable to you that Iran not are going to be able to work out some system to allow for the passage of, uh, commercial vessels through the waterway, get more energy flowing once again, if it does mean that they will get to exercise a degree of control.

Yeah. I mean, it's it's a problem. Um, and it's a problem of the, uh, the president's, uh, making, you know, the the initial strikes, uh, could have made sense if they if it was sort of an in and out kind of situation. They did this in June when they had, uh, they struck the enrichment facilities, uh, in and out. Uh, and there was some discussion at the beginning that that's what they were going to do here. Uh, but the weapon shield that was being built up around the enrichment facilities.

So, you know, some key weapons depot and maybe some of the naval vessels, uh, but he has, uh, found himself in a protracted conflict and has been very reckless in terms of his rhetoric. And he doesn't have what's necessary to deal with something like this one, the support of the American people. There's there's very little by in and in large part because he didn't make the pitch, he didn't make the case, uh, to, uh, no support from Congress.

I mean, there are folks who are voting against the War Powers Resolutions. Uh, but he has not gotten a vote from Congress. And then three, there's no coalition. Uh, he did not bring, uh, on board the Arab countries, uh, the Gulf states, Europe, All of which would be necessary to, you know, handle the situation in the straight. Ultimately, you know, their blockade, his blockade, Trump's blockade is about regime change, which is a mistake.

And, you know, had they not done it, the international community would have put pressure on Iran to open up the strait without something like this. You know, I know you signed on to, uh, some war powers votes, and there will likely be more in both chambers. And I bring it up because margins could be changing congressmen. And it could start in your state of Ohio. Based on what we're hearing here about Max Miller, there is a call for him to step down based on domestic abuse allegations.

Of course, we saw a congressman from North Carolina announced plans in Greg Murphy to step down. Uh, I'm sorry, Congressman Murphy from, uh, at Chuck Edwards. Is the congressman resigning neighboring district is Greg Murphy. Thankfully, Kailey Leinz is with me to keep my names straight. If we're in a world where margins start to drop because of, for instance, someone like Max Miller bowing out, does that make it more likely for war powers to pass?

Yeah, I would, I would think so. I mean, I suspect that, you know, the War Powers Resolutions that are passing the House now, uh, to hold this administration accountable will pass the Senate. Uh, you know, they seem to be on a new timetable over there in the Senate. Uh, so it's only a matter of time. The question is whether or not, uh, Trump will listen to Congress. Uh, he obviously has to legally, uh, and, uh, you know, I suspect the courts will put pressure on him, but the the idea that we have a president that ignores Congress repeatedly is a huge problem in terms of the democracy that has worked for the last 250 years.

I'd like to correct myself as well. It's been a long week for both Joe and I. Chuck Edwards will still be your colleague in the House of Representatives. He is just not seeking re-election, but he has not actually resigned his seat. We're now all clear on that. Max Miller also has not resigned his seat, and he has not ended his re-election bid. And I wonder, Congressman, if you believe, if he does decide to stay in his race, if if that affects the outcome on the statewide races that we are also watching, obviously there is a crucial Senate seat up for grabs in your state that Sherrod Brown is running for.

There's a gubernatorial race as well. Is this all advantageous to Democrats? I don't know. I think voters in Ohio are more concerned about, uh, the economy and how reckless the tariffs have been. The fact that Republicans have enabled this president, uh, I think they're pissed about the corruption. You know, they're seeing this president and the folks close to him lining their pockets, uh, making billions while they're struggling to pay their bills.

They're frustrated about the health care cuts. They you know, they know that John Houston had voted, uh, to pay for tax cuts by cutting health care for 500,000 Ohioans. And they're angry about the data centers and the fact that these folks have been passing out tax cuts to these data centers, uh, while the rest of us are trying to stop, uh, them coming into these communities, unless they're going to pay for everything and protect our environment and our workers.

You know, I want to just ask you, Congressman, uh, before you leave us, because you made this an important, uh, mission for yourself. And I know that you've worked with other lawmakers, including Mike Lawler, in fighting to keep Haitian immigrants here in the U.S. who were had temporary protected status. Uh, now that we know that they will be leaving the country, to what extent will this impact your state when it comes to nursing homes, hospitals and the community?

It's going to have a devastating impact. I mean, this is one of the more, um, significant moral issues that, uh, I've be

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