john barrasso. let me tell you a story about a family in my home state. andy johnson is 32.works as a welder. he and his wife katie have four kids. they live in the country. they have a few cows and horses. two years ago, they want to do -- wanted to build a small pond in their front yard. they got their plan approved by the state, and they use the pond to provide water for their animals. they thought it was a beautiful addition to the dry landscape. birdsnd attracts other and animals. everything was fine until the johnsons got a visit from the united states environmental protection agency. even though the state of wyoming had approved the pond, the federal government had not. the johnsons now face fines of more than $37,000 every day until they remove the pond. this is what has happened to government in america. it has gotten so aggressive, so inflexible, and so unyielding, and seemingly for so little purpose, and it's going to get worse. the obama administration is seizing new authority to control what it calls waters of the united states. this includes things like irrigat

senator john barrasso of wyoming gives the republican response. he talks about the costs of federal regulations. obama: hi, everybody. yesterday, we learned our businesses created 118,000 jobs in september. that makes 67 straight months of job creation and 13.2 million ne

stuart: joining us now in new york, fortunately, senator john barrasso, wyoming.d trump put 9/11 smack dab into the middle of the campaign election season. >> it's all about presidential politics, you expect these sorts of things. it's easy to be a monday morning quarterback and it is monday morning. there was a bipartisan commission and said there were failures in the intelligence system in the united states and these things started long before george w. bush got into office. stuart: do you welcome this? >> we'll see more of this through the campaigning. stuart: you don't want this, do you? >> i think we ought to be unifying, multiplying our numbers. stuart: you don't want this. >> i want to make sure we get a nominee that can get elected in 2016 the most conservative person who can win. stuart: we're sitting eye to eye and i'm pressing the boy. you don't want 9/11 popping up into the election either side of the fence, you won't say that, will you? >> i want to say we want in 2016 anything that will unite a nominee. stuart: do you think this unites the party? >>

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let's bring in the senator john barrasso, not republican policy committee. to new york as always. what do you think donald trump said there? is he right? >> she was clearly underwhelming as secretary of state, very ineffective. after all look at our friend around the world, do they trust us more? no. do our enemies fear us more? no. jimmy carter former president of the united states, i don't like to quote him, he can't think of many places around the world where the united states had a better relationship with those countries than when president obama and hillary clinton came into office. she is the one that pressed the reset button with russia. take a look how that worked out. russia subsequently taken over ukraine and crimea. russia set up this axis now with iran, with iraq, with syria. they have troops on the ground and planes in the air in syria bucking up assad. it was president obama that said assad must go and drew his red lines. we've seen many failures under her leadership as secretary of state. martha: so we think about this benghazi hearing that i

senator john barrasso of wyoming gives the republican response. he talks about the costs of federal regulations. obama: hi, everybody. yesterday, we learned our businesses created 118,000 jobs in september. that makes 67 straight months of job creation and 13.2 million new jobs in all. we would be doing even better if we didn't have to keep dealing with crises in congress every few months. at a time when the global economy is softening, our own growth could slow if congress doesn't do away with harmful austerity measures. on wednesday, more than half of republicans in congress voted to shut down the government for the second time in two years. fortunately, there were enough votes in both parties to pass a bill to keep the government open for another 10 weeks. unfortunately, the gimmick only sets up another shutdown threat two weeks before christmas. that is not the way america should operate. it kicks the can down the road without solving any problems or doing long-term planning for the future. i will not sign another short-term spending bill like