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. >> joining me now, carlos gimenez. great to have you on. i want to get your rak reaction that that report, we understand that presidents have to balance m situation in the world, the president is in ireland, handling one set of issues that are seemingly less important right now within this time element. you have a situation where china and taiwan that seems to be bubbling up. >> yes, it is bubbling up, we need to get the arms that taiwanese paid for been approved long time ago, those arms are not getting there. and we need to strengthen our ties in t the indo-pacific region. we need to focus on what could be the next hot spot in the world. >> and how do you think this plays out. the ap reporting that china say that taiwan incirclement drills are a serious warning. i see this as china look at taiwan to grab on anything to say it is a provocation. >> well, they -- i don't think that when china does take that step it will be an incirclement, but a direct invasion, they are practicing and showing their strong and flexing their muscle. united st

host: we are talking with congressman carlos gimenez of florida. rick, republican, you are next. caller: can you hear me? host: we can. caller: good morning. to balance the budget, foreign aid, i have this report in front of me. [indiscernible] i'm a hard right republican and you have my support. we don't put a cap on foreign aid and that's why we have a problem. thank you c-span and america for listening. host: he packed a lot in there. guest: i got the gist of it that foreign aid and we need to look at who we are giving the foreign aid to. o.is it going to the right person to do the right thing? this congress will look at that as well. host: he sounds like he is watching what congress is doing. he referenced the congressional research service. guest: it was hard to keep up with him. i got the gist of it and yeah, there is something else we will be looking at. we have to look at all the discretionary spending. that's only a small part of it. not a small part but a minority part of the entire budget of the united states of america. those programs like social security and medicare

host: we are talking with congressman carlos gimenez of florida. rick, republican, you are next.ler: can you hear me? host: we can. caller: good morning. to balance the budget, foreign aid, i have this report in front of me. [indiscernible] i'm a hard right republican and you have my support. we don't put a cap on foreign aid and that's why we have a problem. thank you c-span and america for listening. host: he packed a lot in there. guest: i got the gist of it that foreign aid and we need to look at who we are giving the foreign aid to. o.is it going to the right person to do the right thing? this congress will look at that as well. host: he sounds like he is watching what congress is doing. he referenced the congressional research service. guest: it was hard to keep up with him. i got the gist of it and yeah, there is something else we will be looking at. we have to look at all the discretionary spending. that's only a small part of it. not a small part but a minority part of the entire budget of the united states of america. those programs like social security and medicare are

representative carlos gimenez joined me last hour. >> carlos: no secret the chinese communist party hasn and want to reunify taiwan to the mainland and bring them under control like they did hong kong. make sure he knows we stand with taiwan. >> cheryl: if she makes contact with house speaker mccarthy, it will be another provocation that seriously violates the one china principle, undermines sovereignty and peace and stability in the taiwan strait. remember nancy pelosi traveled to taiwan and the chinese responded at that time with live fire military exercises, we shall see what happens today. >> todd: kudos to stanford for standing up to woke students. >> cheryl: stanford university president promising they will safeguard free speech after this viral event was caught on camera, with students heckeling judge kyrle duncan. >> your racism is showing. >> cheryl: the president of stanford, this quarter we will announce new initiatives for norms and values at stanford. duncan, a federal judge, ambushed by the woke mob of law students and dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at that event.

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one of those lawmakers congressman carlos gimenez a member of the house in china select committee joins of miami. also congressman tell us what concerns you about these chinese owned cranes. products are couple things that concern us. number one is the software used on the screens, if it is somehow tied back to china they can get all kinds of information on what is being shipped, what's coming in, what is going out and give them a competitive advantage. the second thing is that we relight way too much on chinese and we do 7% of all the cranes in the united states are made in china. if they decide they're not going to supplies with full parts it could disrupt our trade. those are two concerns that we have about the screens here. and also we know there was some surveillance equipment that was seen coming into the port of baltimore. again all of these things concerns about our reliance our overreliance on these chinese cranes. rachel: i get the concern but what is congress going to do about it or can you do anything to stop this? >> i've got two bills are going to try dust next looking at

of which and another hometown congressman will join that support for donald trump, with us now carlos gimenez who is kind enough to take time to let us know where he's going and who he is supporting. congressman, who is it? >> well, announcing that i'll be supporting president donald trump for president in 2024. i think he gives us the best chance of winning. he had a solid track record as president and yesterday at the dinner, he laid out a solid plan for the future and where we need to go. american needs to go to restore our prominence in the world. >> neil: did you let both candidates know that that was your preference? >> yes, i did, before i announced today, obviously the president knows but also governor desantis knows exactly who i was going to support. >> neil: what did the governor have to say to you? >> well, i think the governor understands. look, i think the governor has done a great job in florida. it's not against governor desantis. it's for president trump. so i'm supporting president trump. not that i don't like governor desantis. again, he's doing a great job as the governor

carlos gimenez welcome. >> thank you. kennedy: i have one question, we were talking about vice president kamala harris, she is the border czar, she is in charge of these great messes, much of which this administration's creation. why has she been pushed aside by the incompetent man splaners. >> she since -- is incompetent herself. everyone in the biden administration do do not want to control the border, who will stop in colombia and guatemala to be processed when they know they can go through mexico across the border and mr. mayorkas stayed he is not stopping family units, might as well bridge the wheel family, they will stop in colombia and guatemala? give me a break. kennedy: what is the fix? if they have already lost count and control of 85 thousand kiddings, they have no idea where those children are. if they have been trafficked, or if they alive or in harm's way, they do not know. what is the solution, you know do you let all of the families come akr across, how do you fix this? >> you do need to get the resources

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