this is something i did when i was governor of nebraska. we asked basic questions and found a lot of stuff, but compared odd to what elon's finding, it's really stunning. we had one government agency that had 13,000 employees, yet 37,000 software licenses. many of the licenses had never if even been used or opened, just that kind of waste and inefficiency. you know, we've got a couple million people who work in the federal government, 4.6 million credit cards out there. that just leads for opportunities for fraud. there are -- he was saying that there were 22 million people in our social security is system that are clearly dead, and, you know, just the kind of things like that that that just open it up to fraud and multiple, again, subscriptions to things that aren't being used. he's really going after the low hanging fruit the be able to clean up the government. it's very common sense. he's, like, hey, we want to keep good people, people that are doing jobs that are need, but if your job's not needed, we need to get rid of those folks. mar

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the key was function woburn, nebraska into cities in the southeast. so the 2 here, now the peak, it has no operational cap of the 2 types of security level for introduced. se the peak case, a per line of infiltration from you walk into to get has to be crushed the ticket and see some of the huge pressure, but losing all of the code to know on the investment site to do freight service. so with all of these coming to get to the turkish concert has some stuff that he has achieved quite a lot. and now the callback, la jolla then gets the opportunity for the p k k n for the cookies. probably to get spill together to get with of the terrorism aspect and to and gauge phone mean products. this is the may, the thing that i provide you here the most. because even if the key doesn't, they don't it's weapon. now we have the chance that the tool could, this is according to can pop this may dispense themselves from the p k, k and it was take it the, it, the so it's a possibility that this might be right to kick it into 2 branches, documented quite the car link and

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jon: nebraska senator pete ricketts, thank you. >> thanks. >> ukraine first being compensated becauseare the one to have lose a lot of their fellow citizen is and being destroyed by these attacks. again, all of those were paid for can be compensated, but not by ukraine with, by russia because it was the one to aggress. [inaudible] a lot of money, and this is the responsibility of russia was the aggressor is russia. >> it can't be peace that rewards the aggressor. history must be on the side of the peacemaker, not the invader. >> we will never if accept just ceasefire. it will not work without security guarantees. security guarantees, maybe president is right about these document and all, but this document is not enough. jon: those three european leaders flocked to the white house this week where the war in ukraine and how to end it was top of the agenda. and after the heated encounter between ukraine's leader and president trump yesterday, some of those leaders are standing with the embattled nation. u.k. prime minister if keir starmer's office a issued a statement reaffirming, quote,

and even republicans are starting to notice, like nebraska representative don bacon, who said "they need more cautious. there's an old saying, measure twice, cut once. well, they are measuring once and having to cut twice." yes. let's pray they never put elon in charge of circumcisions. "oopsie. who has the gorilla glue?" over the weekend, d.o.g.e. laid off several thousand people at hhs, and at the fda, they laid off hundreds of employees who work on nutrition, food safety response, and infant formula. that is worrying. how will we feed the newborns if we don't have any formula? for that is how we grow our babies so large. we give them... the formula! d.o.g.e. also ordered the usda's national animal health laboratory network to fire 25% of their 14 employees. that is super disturbing. because 25% of 14 is 3.5. "did you hear? they fired doug, raj, anita... and half of gary. turns out, firing a bunch of people big willy-nilly style is also pissing off the people that they want to keep working. earlier this week, to protest the layoffs of 80 workers, the fda's food safety chief resigned. g

. >> it was granted a gold card that gives him free meals for life at any mcdonald's in omaha, nebraska. warren buffett can pull up that card and leave with that mcrib. baby. >> y'all ain't. >> does anybody know which chain beyonce eats at for free? >> i'm going with popeyes. >> i was going to guess that, but i didn't want to sound racist. >> he said black card and he said it like chicken. >> popeyes is the answer. >> you could just look at me and tell when i'm thinking. >> chicken. >> black women something else. >> boy, that. >> that is an intuition gift right there. mrs. knowles-carter was given a similar special card by popeyes, but told oprah in 2003, quote, i've never used it because i've been too embarrassed. do you have to be embarrassed at popeyes? beyonce? they're in there drinking sweet tea out of a bag. it's not just the queen bee and warren buffett who've been giving free fast food cards. let's play a quick game. i'm going to name a famous person. you all tell me which of these two restaurant chains gives them free food. first up, emily blunt. >> does she. >> eat classy jamb

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somebody like don bacon, he's a congressman from nebraska. he's a republican, serves in the house. he put out a statement on friday after that oval office clash, saying it's clear that russia is the aggressor in this situation and that ukraine is the one that needs our support and that ukraine stands for freedom. and russia does not support the u.s .'s western values. we also heard similar, similar account from brian fitzpatrick, a republican from pennsylvania, who also serves in the house. somebody like john curtis, republican from utah, he's a senator. he also expressed regret about what happened on friday, expressing support for ukraine and noting that russia is the aggressor in the situation. so there are certainly voices within the republican party. despite a growing trump year and more america first over the years, there are still those reaganite conservatives who prefer a muscular foreign policy are supportive of allies overseas. it's just a question of how loudly are they going to want to use their voice again in this atmosphere that is so dominated by the america first phi

georgia, or like my dad, he tested the water with the army corps of engineers for years in omaha, nebraskaruck by the fact that angela is saying, all these folks are calling in, asking these hosts to please help them, please get to talk to them. republicans and the republican members of congress. they seem to know that this is an issue because we have reporting that notes privately from politico. gop senators privately pushed musk to coordinate more with congress. members of the senate caucus. returning from a white house meeting with elon musk on thursday afternoon pushed for the billionaire to coordinate more with congress on his cuts to the federal government. why are they asking elon musk? aren't they the members of congress? doesn't congress have the power of the purse? aren't they the elected people? i don't understand the deference. >> yeah, it. >> is bizarre. >> and i can tell you from inside. >> the republican caucus, it was always a great. >> frustration to me. >> and i would try to explain to my fellow republicans that federal. employees weren't just in my district, which was, y

president on this yesterday, aligning still closely with ukraine, like congressman don bacon of nebraska. we saw congressman brian fitzpatrick say, hey, everyone's emotions are understandable. let's please come back to the negotiating table. but you cannot overlook the role that american opinion has in all of this. um, two thirds of americans have a favorable opinion of ukraine, but we saw just before the end of the year public opinion flip with now slightly more americans say they want they want the the war to end quickly. um, and i don't know what that means. end quickly and give everything to russia or end quickly and somehow everything will be okay. but that flip in public opinion was driven by republicans saying, we don't support this anymore. and that's what you see reflected here. >> yeah. i mean, this is all taking place just a few days now ahead of the state of the union. um, the the president, you know, republicans seem to be in lockstep, uh, with him. but of course, there's a lot of consternation from, as you mentioned, at least a couple of gop members who are saying, wait a m

he was the son of immigrants who operated a quintessential greek diner in kearney, nebraska, where an eight year old peter first learned to run the cash register. he had a knack for business, rose to be chairman and ceo of bell and howell, then secretary of commerce under president nixon, later the co-founder of private equity firm blackstone group. peterson saw the nation's fiscal outlook as an existential threat. he was one of 40 billionaires led by warren buffett and bill gates, who agreed to give at least half of their wealth to charity. and in peterson's case, that meant endowing the peterson foundation with $1 billion to educate the public about the national debt and deficit. perhaps you've seen some of the foundation's media. we're showing it now. he passed in 2018, but the foundation lives on today. his son is the chair and ceo. michael peterson joins me now. michael, thanks for being here. why was your dad so fixated on american debt? >> well, thank you, michael. >> thanks for having me. i think. >> as you mentioned. my father's. life represented the american dream in many wa

chairman, i yield one minute to my friend from the cornhusker state of nebraska who is also chair ofhe ways and means subcommittee, mr. adrian smith. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: the american people want us to have a thoughtful exchange and i want to contribute to that when i hear the accusations made that are offbase, misleading, false. warren buffett has paid a record amount in taxes. i think that's worth noting. that's been in the press very widely in the past few days. but this budget framework delivers on house republicans and the president's promise to minimize tax burdens for americans across the income spectrum, promote security in our communities and unleash economic growth. the resolution would allow us to extend the historic tax relief from the tax cuts and jobs act which has been successful, and we know this, allowing more families to keep more of their paychecks and supersizing growth. if these tax cuts are allowed to expire, the average american would suffer, make no mistake. small businesses, family farms, so many other folks. in addition to avert

according to usda, and i know the chairman talks about this regularly, nebraska's third congressional district. which chairman smith represents has over 60,000 farmers, more than any other district in the country. congresswoman fishbach's minnesota district has the second most farmers with over 50,000. congressman fenstra's iowa district has the 3rd most farmers, but what is being done to protect farmers? are we not concerned about the massive retaliation against our farmers that a trade war brings? it always impacts agriculture. are my colleagues, my republican colleagues in particular, are going to allow president trump to raise taxes on the american people without a say? that should be the job of this committee. the constitution is very clear about this. congress, not the president, has the power to impose taxes and tariffs and to regulate foreign commerce. that is one of the basic functions of the ways and means committee. and my republican colleagues used to agree with this back when there was a democrat in the white house in 2023, chairman jason smith said that president biden's