Speaker Johnson, Sen. Mark Kelly, & AI’s Talent War 10/16/25

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The third week of the government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson shares his priority for American workers. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to those priorities with his own party’s perspective. Sen. Kelly expects the shutdown to continue until President Trump gets involved. In the world of big tech, CNBC’s Steve Kovach reports on the battle for AI talent: Meta has poached another Apple executive. United Airlines revenue missed estimates for the most recent quarter, and Bombas CEO Jason LaRose is navigating tariffs and business expansion at his sock and apparel company. Steve Kovach - 11:22 Emily Wilkins - 17:51 Speaker Mike Johnson - 22:14 Sen. Mark Kelly - 40:27 Jason LaRose - 46:53 In this episode: Mike Johnson, @SpeakerJohnson Mark Kelly, @SenMarkKelly Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.0	On today's episode, it's week three of the government shut down in Washington.
0:14.0	House Speaker Mike Johnson joins us with an update.
0:18.0	No one's talking about repealing and replacing Obamacare,
0:20.0	but we have to
0:21.1	increase access to care, quality to care, and bring down the cost. And a response from the other
0:26.6	side of the aisle, Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly. We are trying to prevent two million
0:33.5	people from losing their health care coverage. When people lose their health care coverage, some of those people die.
0:40.9	Other people go bankrupt.
0:42.7	Then the business of Bombus, CEO Jason LaRose, is capitalizing on socks and comfort.
0:50.2	We're one of those brands that even when the macro might be, you know, a little bit sketchy, we continue to do well.
0:56.5	Everybody needs socks.
0:59.0	Those big conversations, plus CNBC's Steve Kovac on the latest battle for AI talent in big tech.
1:06.9	Everyone has a price, right?
1:08.1	At some point, if someone comes at you with an enormous amount of money, you're going to say... That's true. I'm for sale for a billion dollars. Who is it? It's Thursday, October 16th. Get a fire extinguisher out. Gonna do it. We'll have spray from over here. And a fiery squawk pod begins right now. Stand Becky by in three, two, one.
1:28.2	Cure, please.
1:30.2	Good morning, everybody.
1:31.6	Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC.
1:34.0	We're live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:37.1	I'm Becky Quick, along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
1:40.5	It's Thursday.
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