roy moore in alabama. are you frustrated that people seem to think that you are not actually carrying out president trump s policies in the senate leading into the midterm? yeah. it s exac exacerbating because a lot of republicans think we have underperformed. i have been in congress for a good while now. this has been the most effective period the last year and a half right of center. conservative positions since i have been in the senate. whether it was the supreme court, neil gorsuch, or 12 circuit judges last year. we are now up to 17 and still counting. whether it s deregulation, whether it s a fabulous tax bill that has gotten the country growing again. we opened up the alaskan wilderness. we got rid of the individual mandate. this has been a dream period for conservatives thanks to the president s leadership and our backing him up with a republican congress. dana: there is also a
back when the president was zinging you. did that hurt? i remind everybody of neil gorsuch and the fact that we confirmed 12 circuit judges last year. u.s. circuit judges. that s a record for the first year of any president since the circuit systems were created in 1891. movement that in terms of having a long-term impact on the future of the country. young, conservative principle judges be on this court for a lifetime. did you remind the president when you two had that little disagreement publicly naming you and criticizing that you did get the gulch thing? we haven t had any disputes in quite a while and i have enjoyed this period. neil: when you say quite a while, what is that? months. yeah. neil: you know, speaker paul ryan is leaving. he is not running for re-election. another congressman today indicating that he is it stepping down congressman dent in pennsylvania. that marks 40 now republicans who are leaving.