secondly, on the tariffs, i bought a handmade guitar, quote unquote, in nebraska, a small family company. when you look at the part list, the wood comes in from canada, brazil, electronics from japan, they assemble in nebraska, so yes, made in america, but the products come in offshore. that company will be destroyed. it is not helping small business in any way. what are your thoughts on that? thank you. have a great one. guest: i don't have the exact information on elon musk and what all he has access to, but certainly the doge apparatus he has set up is taking a lot of liberties and getting a lot of information. there has been reporting about getting access to sensitive information. of course, like we were talking with democrats, causing alarm on that side about how much access he is getting. this is not a senate-confirmed position, just someone appointed by the president. how fast they are moving, they are reportedly working around the clock. i read another report about beds in the office building where the doge staff members are set up so they can work as much as possible. that is pr

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secondly, on the tariffs, i bought a handmade guitar, quote unquote, in nebraska, a small family company you look at the part list, the wood comes in from canada, brazil, electronics from japan, they assemble in nebraska, so yes, made in america, but the products come in offshore. that company will be destroyed. it is not helping small business in any way. what are your thoughts on that? thank you. have a great one. guest: i don't have the exact information on elon musk and what all he has access to, but certainly the doge apparatus he has set up is taking a lot of liberties and getting a lot of information. there has been reporting about getting access to sensitive information. of course, like we were talking with democrats, causing alarm on that side about how much access he is getting. this is not a senate-confirmed position, just someone appointed by the president. how fast they are moving, they are reportedly working around the clock. i read another report about beds in the office building where the doge staff members are set up so they can work as much as possible. that is pretty s

so look, fred, this is part of why vouchers are routinely voted down in places like nebraska.there were five attempts to get vouchers in texas last year or two years ago. but you see rural schools and urban schools and frankly, suburban schools and parents from all of these places and clergy from all of these places and small businesses from all of these places, basically say we need the funding to make sure that our kids are doing okay. if we had suitable funding, it'd be one thing. but what's happened is that 10% of the funding that we get comes from the federal government. but if you need to, you know, retrofit a rural school to put better ventilation in. and if you want to have career and tech services, if we want to make sure that we have mental health services because of everything that happened with covid and with. this disorientation of kids and with smartphones and all of that stuff, you need those services in place. so what's happening is in arizona and florida, they're taking the services away from kids. and that's why people don't want these programs right now. wha

you know, nebraska, your district. >> sure. >> agricultural trade is a key component. so would you like to see more of a focus on that or i mean, you know, just sort of extend this out, right, like the trade war, a lot of the way this plays out is retaliation on u.s. exports. >> that's a concern, certainly it is. and former chairman kevin brady was kick to say in response to questions about buy american, he said very appropriately, let's make sure that we can sell american. that's important to my district, obviously, a huge agricultural district, but i also think that our engagement in the world that has been lacking so much, you know, other countries expect more of us. we look at the indo-pacific economic frame work, i nicknamed that i-puff because it's a light touch when other countries were expecting more out of the united states of america and they weren't seeing it and now we have a new administration and clearly president trump has higher expectations of our trading partners, and i think they're taking this very seriously, and vigorous trade agenda, i think, can

as you know, biofuels are important to my state of nebraska. we are an agricultural state. biofuels are a way for us to be able to help clean up the environment, reduce our reliance on foreign sources of energy, and it's great for farmers and ranchers as well. it also helps save consumers money at the pump. the renewable fuel standard and the renewal volume obligations, r.v.o.'s, are priorities for me and my state. the 2026 r.v.o.'s, they were supposed to be filed november 1, 2024. now it looks like it will be december. i'm sure the folks were in business in the past know that certainty is important for businesses. we are going to be over a year behind. will you commit to working with me to help make sure that the bureaucracies are following the law and fulfilling their obligations, specifically in this case, to get the r.v.o.'s out on a timely basis? mr. vought: yes, senator. sen. ricketts: one last area. we must tackle the national debt, it is the biggest internal threat. the chinese communist party is the biggest external threat we face as a nation. how will you ensure w

i'm from nebraska. and brusque's agricultural and manufacturing industries rely on our strong export markets for our products. you and i talked about trade, and about the need under this administration for trade to be front and center. we know that we did not see much of that happen in the previous administration. we also know that other countries may try to retaliate against our agricultural and our manufacturing industries. if confirmed will you work with your colleagues at other agencies to understand the impact of retaliatory tariffs on agriculture and manufacturing? mr. lutnick: i will. sen. fischer: thank you. can you also talk a little bit about what opportunities you view that are out there so we can expand certain export markets over the next four years under this administration? mr. lutnick: i think our farmers, ranchers, and fishermen are treated with disrespect. sen. fischer: always the fish. mr. lutnick: you have to include them. how often do we eat seafood? come on. they are treated with d

as you know, biofuels are important to my state of nebraska. we are an agricultural state. biofuels are a way for us to be able to help the environment, reduce our reliance on foreign sources of energy, and it is great for farmers and ranchers as well. it also helps save consumers money at the pump. the renewable fuel standard and obligations are priorities for me and my state. in the 2026 rvo's, they were supposed to be filed november 1, 2024. now it looks like it will be december. i'm sure the folks were in business in the past know that certainty is important for businesses. we are going to be over a year behind. will you commit to working with me to help make sure that the bureaucracies are following the law and fulfilling their obligations, specifically to get the rvo's out on a timely basis? mr. vought: yes. sen. ricketts: one last area. we must tackle the national debt, it is the biggest internal threat. the chinese communist party is the biggest external threat we face as a nation. how will you ensure we are protecting federal dollars in the contracting process to m