Well, hello, ladies and hello gentlemen, and welcome to Victor Davis Hansen, in his own words.

Alas, there is no Victor with this.

As you all know, he's recovering for major surgery, and he is

indeed recovering, but he has asked that this show continue. And he said, Jack, only have

important people on that can talk about important things. So pinch hitting today for Victor

Davis Hanson is the great congressman from Ohio, Troy Balderson, who is the

energy man in the House of Representatives, and we're thrilled to have him here with us. We're

recording on, by the way, on Wednesday the fourth, this episode will be up on Tuesday, the 10th,

and we're going to, I have five questions. That's our format. I might stumble into six or seven.

You never know, but I'm going to ask Congressman Bolderson five questions about energy. And I'll, I will introduce him formally.

And we'll get to the questions when we come back from these important messages.

Since the founding of America 250 years ago, many things have changed. But some things never do.

The commitment of husband and wife. The importance of passing along our values to our children.

The faithfulness of God.

Some wonder how we can ensure America will continue to thrive.

As long as we keep first things first, we've only just begun.

America, the beautiful.

We are back with Victor Davis Hanson, in his own words, and Congressman Troy Balderson of the 12th District in Ohio, Congressman.

By the way, you won a special election, yes? Is that how you got into?

I did. And good morning. Thanks for having me, Jack. Yes, I won a special election in 2018.

Is that a nail biter? Pardon me? Was that a nail biter or was it? Yes, every special election is a nail bit. It's challenging to get turnout. And ours is a little bit even more unique because we

had four elections in six months. So I had two. I had a

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