. >>> one term republican senator mike braun is leaving congress . he recently won the race to become indian's next governor. prior to beating democratic incumbent senator joe donnelly in 2018, mr. braun spent time in the house of representatives. his time was marked by the opposition to the affordable care act and same-sex marriage, as well as his defense of former president donald trump during both impeachment proceedings, and his refusal to accept the 2020 election results. next, his final floor speech. this is about 25 minutes. >> it has been the honor of my lifetime to represent hoosiers here in the u.s. senate. when i set out to do this back in 2017, did not have much of a political legacy. to leave my business that i had spent 37 years running, and that i wanted to run for the u.s. senate. everybody said, fools errand, could not be done. there are a lot of losers wanting the system to be shaken up a little bit. when i interpret it, i think but politics was doing back in '15 and '16, i crafted that unusual idea that it could be done, even when

. >> indiana republican governor mike braun addressed the state posse economy and small-business growth during his inaugural address in the capital city of indianapolis. before assuming office as governor, he served indiana in the u.s. senate. >> ready? state your name. >> i am michael. >> you solemnly swear. >> to support the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of indiana. >> and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of governor of the state of indiana. >> the office of governor of the state of indiana. to the best of my skill and ability, so help me god. [applause] >> madam chief justice, governor hogan, general, president pro tem, speaker houston, family, friends, fellow hoosiers, it is with immense gratitude that i stand before you to accept the honor of serving as indiana's 52nd governor. on such a momentous occasion, i must acknowledge both our state's witness toward history and bright future. for 208 years and counting, indiana has been a home for hard-working hoosiers, small business owners, aspiring titans

indiana governor, he used to be indiana senator mike braun joins us right now.o be back home, too. >> steve: no kidding. you don't have to keep going between there and washington. so, why did you pull the plug on dei? >> well, dei still folks working remotely have no good reason to do it streamlining our own state government which had gotten broad, thick, not near what we have got out in d.c. but it needed a sprucing up. so, having run a business for 37 years, signing the front side of a paycheck before i became a senator, this has been easy stuff. so, 20 executive orders, about half of them reorganizing state government on the executive side to make it snappy, entrepreneurial, and then i had to look at some of the stuff that had crept in and dei was one of it. i replaced it with mei, merit, excellence and innovation. >> steve: great. >> another executive order. come back to work in the building unless you have got a really good excuse. d.c. has still got probably two thirds of our employees that don't even come into the buildings. >> steve: i know. right. >> re

. >>> one term republican senator mike braun is leaving congress . he recently won the race to become indian's next governor. prior to beating democratic incumbent senator joe donnelly in 2018, mr. br

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county fire air operations crew chief and paramedic mike braun. he's joining us more to explain the challenges. mike, you were a pilot. you're retired for la county fire. you flew the incredible fire hawk helicopters which fly at nighttime and they're able to drop water. you've worked a lot of catastrophic fires in your career, including the woolsey fire back in 2018. just give us your thoughts on what you've been seeing these last couple of days. >> yeah. bill, good evening to you. and just let me. i was a crew chief paramedic with the department. after 40 years in the fire service, i spent my last 24 years in los angeles county fire air operations as a crew chief, paramedic. and our pilots, along with the paramedics that fly in these aircraft, have really been challenged these last couple of days. with the fires going on, the firehawk aircraft is sikorsky. firehawk is a great aircraft and it's proven to be a workhorse in the in the mission of what we do. and seeing what happened last night was actually a first in in my 24 years when i worked ther

joining us now, south dakota's republican senator, mike braun. senator, thank you so much for joining us. do you support this firing of career u.s. justice department attorneys who were simply doing their job? >> well, i'll be honest. >> with you, wolf. this is the. >> first that i've heard of it. >> but i suspect. >> that, as. >> you may. >> may. >> may already suspect it wouldn't surprise me. i would. >> suspect that if. >> you were. >> in his position. >> and you. >> had been prosecuted, you probably. >> would do the same thing. or at. least you'd seriously consider it. >> the last that i had. >> heard. >> he. >> was asking for information in terms of emails. >> messages and so forth. >> to be kept. >> so that it could be reviewed. >> so the fact. >> that he has. >> actually pulled the trigger is news to me. but once again, it would not. >> surprise me. >> are you comfortable with that news? >> well. >> as i say, i've just. >> heard about it. >> he constitutionally. >> does have the authority to. >> do so. >> and he has been very, very aggress