WTH is Wrong with Congress? Rep. Fitzpatrick Explains

What the Hell Is Going On

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🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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It has been over 20 days since the House of Representatives ousted, and then successively failed to re-elect, a speaker of the House. The dysfunction could not be coming at a worse time: war in Europe, war in the Middle East, rising danger in the Pacific. Budgets are not getting passed, much less additional aid packages for Ukraine and Israel. The House cannot even convene to condemn the Hamas terrorists – what the hell is wrong with our country? One infuriating piece of information from our podcast today: a large portion of representatives voting against aid to Ukraine are “voting no, hoping yes,” an indication that partisanship has truly eroded the very fabric and efficacy of government. America desperately needs intellectual consistency, good-faith politics, and honesty. How can we right this sinking ship?

Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick represents Pennsylvania’s first district. In the 118th Congress, Congressman Fitzpatrick sits on the Ways and Means Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In addition, he co-chairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and Congressional Ukraine Caucus, while also serving on the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force and NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Prior to serving Congress, he was an FBI Special Agent and a Federal Prosecutor.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by the American Enterprise Institute.
0:03.1	If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, review, and share. Thanks for listening. Here's our show. What the hell's going on? What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? I don't know what the hell he's talking about. You don't have to know what the hell is on it. What hell's the matter with these guys? We don't know what's going on. Hotels gone on.
0:01.0	Who in God's name knows what it's all about?
0:23.6	Hi, I'm Danielle Pletka.
0:29.6	And I'm Martisan.
0:31.6	Welcome to our podcast.
0:33.6	What the hell is going on?
0:34.6	Mark, what the hell is going on in Washington? what the hell is going on in Washington?
0:44.1	What the hell is going on is that the world is on fire. We've got Russia started a war in Europe.
0:49.0	We've got Iran has started a war in the Middle East. China's threatening a war in the Pacific.
0:56.9	And we're reliving the 1930s today. And a bunch of GOP isolationists, just like in the 1930s,
1:00.8	they're absolutely embarrassing their party and paralyzing Washington.
1:04.7	And I'm sorry, we don't have time for this stupidity.
1:07.0	We could be on the brink of World War III.
1:10.8	I mean, imagine if China decided this is the moment, right?
1:15.5	America is distracted by, especially like, let's say this thing escalates to some where like Iran starts striking, killing Americans, which they're getting pretty damn
1:19.1	close to doing because they're proxies are, you know, firing at U.S. bases, firing at U.S.
1:23.7	ships, and something hits.
1:26.4	And all of a sudden we have to strike back in Iran. And all of a
1:28.7	skirmish of some kind bordering on a conflict in the Middle East. And China says, you know what,
1:36.3	perfect time. Let's go for Taiwan. I mean, this could happen. You know, I hope it doesn't.
1:41.6	But, I mean, it's not like our deterrence posture seems to be working so well, since we
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