WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.560 Joining us now is a great man, Senator Rick Scott. Senator, so good to see you again. Senator, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.060 we were celebrating together Pete Hegseth's swearing-in ceremony at the White House on Saturday. 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:16.900 It was great to see you there. Your reaction of Pete Hegseth becoming Secretary of Defense, 00:00:16.980 --> 00:00:19.880 even though it required a tie break. Your reaction, Senator. 00:00:20.900 --> 00:00:24.520 Well, Pete's going to do a great job. I mean, you know what I like about Pete? Is he actually 00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:32.490 He volunteered to do this. He led troops. He knows what's like to you know to be a warfighter 00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:35.770 He knows people have lost their lives. You know people have been injured 00:00:35.770 --> 00:00:39.370 So he's not gonna he's gonna one make sure that we don't have DEI 00:00:39.370 --> 00:00:41.330 We have the best people and number two 00:00:41.330 --> 00:00:46.090 He's gonna make sure we're not sending people in harm's way if we don't have a plan to win 00:00:46.090 --> 00:00:52.510 We're gonna start winning instead of doing all these things where we just send our troops all over the world and have no plan 00:00:52.510 --> 00:00:53.750 We limit what they can do 00:00:54.170 --> 00:00:56.970 Pete's not going to let that happen, so I'm really excited for him. 00:00:58.570 --> 00:01:02.130 And so the confirmation fights are ongoing. 00:01:02.890 --> 00:01:04.450 That one was a nail biter. 00:01:04.850 --> 00:01:08.350 What is the schedule this week for both votes and hearings? 00:01:08.770 --> 00:01:10.050 What can we expect this week? 00:01:11.370 --> 00:01:18.710 So the at this point Obama had 13 cabinet members confirmed and President Trump has four 00:01:19.390 --> 00:01:24.830 Well, we have the Treasury Secretary confirmed tonight and what we're gonna be doing is we're gonna be doing these all week 00:01:24.830 --> 00:01:27.590 We did the right thing by staying over the weekend 00:01:28.136 --> 00:01:29.970 Finally the Democrats relented 00:01:30.550 --> 00:01:35.990 Because they wanted to go home, but we didn't slow down our process. So unfortunately, it's gonna take us longer 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:43.320 Because of the Democrats obstruction, but President Trump has picked great people. We are staying here to get his confirmations done 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:48.660 They can slow it down from a time standpoint, but they can't prevent these nominees from being confirmed 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:57.040 So, Senator, I have been skeptical of Leader Thune on certain things. 00:01:57.160 --> 00:02:00.400 I will say, though, I think he's moving at a rapid pace, and we have to give credit where 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:01.120 credit is due. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:07.860 Would you agree, Senator Scott, that Leader Thune has been operating at a very favorable 00:02:07.860 --> 00:02:10.420 pace, even one that is making the Democrats uncomfortable? 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:18.260 Absolutely. So, he's done the right thing. One, he's bringing up bills, all right, that are Republican bills, all right. 00:02:19.160 --> 00:02:22.180 The first one is Lake and Riley. We actually got some Democrat votes on that. 00:02:22.940 --> 00:02:32.000 This week, we have the ICC bill that would have sanctions for people that support the ICC, you know, when they went out and indicted Netanyahu. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:36.680 But with regard to nominations, he's doing it as quickly as he can. 00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:40.780 with the Democrats obstruction. 00:02:41.100 --> 00:02:45.360 So maybe they'll eventually relent, but the only way they're going to relent is if we 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.840 make them stay here and Leader Thune is doing that. 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:50.340 So I'm very appreciative of what he's doing. 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:56.660 And Senator, you deserve a lot of credit for that, though, of really setting the pace and 00:02:56.660 --> 00:03:02.020 setting the standard of what we wanted to see and what productivity we wanted to see 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:03.420 out of the U.S. Senate.