between 53-54 seats. i think we ve got a great chance to win in nevada, georgia, i think we ve got really competitive races in arizona and new hampshire, and i think we ve got a real shot in colorado and washington state. all of those are in play, and i think we re winning in all of the vulnerable states. i m very excited. when we have the majority, you can expect aggressive, real leadership and oversight. maria: okay, thank you, senator. good to see you. we ll be right back. wi th and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you re still at risk .which if ignored could bring you here. .may put you in one of those. .or even worse. too much? that s the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com
purple. we have, as you would expect, a state that has a strong kind of rural and urban sections of our state, but what we have in oregon is much more purple than you might be led on through the years in democrat control of the governor s office. oregonians are ready for a change. 40 years of democrat in the governor s office has failed our state. it s led to, as you just mentioned, an explosion of crime. in portland in particular, 207% increase in a 2-year period in homicides. poem in that community want mory want more police on the streets, they want to be safe. they want their kids to be safe when they walk to school, they don t want to have to worrily about homeless camps. worry about homeless camps. they are demanding better, and i am here to turn our state around and stand with oregonians across the political spectrum to lead our state in a new direction. maria: so what do you hear from
could not get a security clearance in the private sector, but the democrats have given him the biggest security clearance to all of our secrets even though the chinese spies have been in part of his office for years. this is not something new. so we re actually going to create, if we get the opportunity to be in the majority, a select committee on china. we re going to look at every industry that china has tried to take control of. we re going to look at where china has been stealing our technology as well, but more importantly we want to find where the origins of covid began so it never starts again, how did that happen. but we want to make sure we bring the supply chain back from china. that s another way that we make our economy strong. let s bring the jobs to america. maria: yeah. and when we become energy independent instead of us depending on other countries, why wouldn t we want the rest of the world dependent on our energy? the world would be safer and more secure at the same
commitment for america, to america, rather, but tell me specific plans that you ve got in place to get in place after the midterms and turn this situation around. you ll find in nine days we re going to roll out on the very next day things that we need to start happening then. you ve got to curtail the runaway spending to curve r curb can in curb inflation. opening up leases, greater production, you ve got to take away the discouragement for people to work to get the supply chain and the productivity back in. these are all pieces of legislation. but on that very first day, we ll repeal these new 87,000 irs agents. i think government should be here to help you, not to go after you. it s the fundamental. but the part about crime, you ve got to secure your board and, maria, you ve been on the fore front of education, educating america what s happening down there. from people on the terrorist watch list, fentanyl that is now
with families as they demand better from our schools. and as we raise expectations, are restore graduation requirements in our schools and help kids get back on track after, frankly, one of the longest covid shutdowns for schools in the nation happened in oregon, and oregon students suffered because of it. oregon families across the political spectrum are demanding better for themselves, for their kids, for their families whether or not it s claim, affordability or education. maria: well, it s a great point on education because our kids have been at a disadvantage as a result of those two years that kids got left behind. what specific measures can you put in place to help students and to make families feel more confident about their kids in school? yeah. in oregon they made the terrible, terrible decision to lower our requirements to graduate. we must restore those graduation requirements and show that students that are preparing to graduate and enter the work force or college are, i