to today. we begin with 0,000-foa sixty ts foot in the sky balloon that s flying over the continentale. wa us somewhere where at this momentt this we re not exactly sure. it is a massive chinese spy balloon the size of, say,, hove three school buses.rir iout has been hovering overml our country for days. and why hasn td we our governmee told we, the people about this ,the self-proclaimed most transparent administration itras history? china says it s a weather balloon. i don t believe anyone here believe them can say it louder.l now. all right. they re saying accidentally that he s flying over america s critical military infrastructure. now it sy happening in multiple states . a lying communist spokesperson nameisd mao told us to calm dow, quote, any deliberateside speculation or hyping uperin will not help the chinese side n is gathering the facts and hopes all sides will handle this matter matter in a coolhes manner. how about we don t need lectures from the communist
still not be flying if we were a still there. this is thisha is embarrassing.r more important than that, itrtal is dangerous. i don t know wha t they re a collecting it. itth is certainly noerte sh a surveillance tool or weather tool.b it and offer to give it if it s a weather tool, we knowh should go grab it makes you ango offer to give it back to them so they can know what figur the weather is going to be likei . a truth is the truth.should is we need to figure out what s in there. we should then share thatos with the american people the mostt transparentory, administration in history should be transparent. we should be veruld bey too. there could be westernt ball technology on that balloon. we should find out who made all the equipment that s inside of i that as well and share that so that the american people can get a full picture. i ll give you a counterexamplert when the chinesey wa communist party was spying from its consulate in houston, texas, they were running the biggestd t
people are forced to buy insurance instead of the irs collecting it, and now goes to the insurance company collecting. at this mandate on owning insurance, that s the biggest problem. at the cadillac tax. another thing we talked about for years. attacks on higher priced insurance plans. that s still in play, it just doesn t get addressed for a couple years down the road. medicaid expansion. this is basically another entitlement program. one of the biggest things that they need to do is they need to allowed insurance to be sold across state lines. i m a businessperson, as you are. if that s the only way you ll drive the cost down and they did not address that. it they re not even talking about addressing that right now. at this bill, whatever it is, it may look good or put kevin brady up on the podium and they ll talk about it and paul ryan will talk about it today at 445, but for me or any conservatives, the
continue to add to citizens ticket price. now, these are people who are planning vacations, who are planning to fly, people who live on a budget. they re collecting this money, and it s going to their bottom line, and i think that is not right, and i simply think it s not fair for them to do that. and i ve made i ve made that known to them. i think the airlines should not be collecting this amount of money under the umbrella that it s a tax. it s not. they shouldn t be collecting it, and they shouldn t be adding it on to passengers price of a ticket. it s not their money. it s theft, isn t it, if they re taking money that s due the federal government and putting it in their own pocket? look, treasury s working on this and we re working with treasury on it, and the important point is here,
continue to add to citizens ticket price. now, these are people who are planning vacations, who are planning to fly, people who live on a budget. they re collecting this money, and it s going to their bottom line, and i think that is not right, and i simply think it s not fair for them to do that. and i ve made i ve made that known to them. i think the airlines should not be collecting this amount of money under the umbrella that it s a tax. it s not. they shouldn t be collecting it, and they shouldn t be adding it on to passengers price of a ticket. it s not their money. it s theft, isn t it, if they re taking money that s due the federal government and putting it in their own pocket? look, treasury s working on this and we re working with treasury on it, and the important point is here,