Graham on 2 Year Budget Deal: ‘This Is the Best News for the Military Since 2011’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Smith A ░░░░░░░░ for sure We re ░░░░░░░░ a Senate vote on ░░░░░░░░ two year budget deal ░░░░░░░░ includes 160 billion more ░░░░░░░░ the military Jim Mattis ░░░░░░░░ it s very much ░░░░░░░░ clip starts MATTIS Failure ░░░░░░░░ implement or fund the ░░░░░░░░ national defense strategy will ░░░░░░░░ us with a force ░░░░░░░░ could dominate the last ░░░░░░░░ yet be irrelevant to ░░░░░░░░ s security We need ░░░░░░░░ to lift the defense ░░░░░░░░ caps and support a ░░░░░░░░ year budget agreement for ░░░░░░░░ military America can afford ░░░░░░░░ clip ends Smith House ░░░░░░░░ leader Nancy Pelosi trying ░░░░░░░░ derail that deal with ░░░░░░░░ marathon speech to demand ░░░░░░░░ DACA solution be included ░░░░░░░░ Carolina senator Lindsey Graham ░░░░░░░░ a member of the ░░░░░░░░ Services Committee and joins ░░░░░░░░ now Senator good of ░░░░░░░░ to be here this ░░░░░░░░ Thanks for coming on ░░░░░░░░ this deal increases spending ░░░░░░░░ quite a quite a ░░░░░░░░ We re hearing a ░░░░░░░░ about that from some ░░░░░░░░ your Republican colleagues 300 ░░░░░░░░ Is this a good ░░░░░░░░ Graham Well it depends ░░░░░░░░ what you think the ░░░░░░░░ government should be doing ░░░░░░░░ you think the federal ░░░░░░░░ should be defending America ░░░░░░░░ enemies that are growing ░░░░░░░░ terms of their lethality ░░░░░░░░ This is the best ░░░░░░░░ for the military since ░░░░░░░░ Thank you President Trump ░░░░░░░░ keeping your campaign promise ░░░░░░░░ rebuild the military Thank ░░░░░░░░ Senator Schumer and McConnell ░░░░░░░░ finding a way forward ░░░░░░░░ me tell you what ░░░░░░░░ Mattis said about two ░░░░░░░░ ago Let me be ░░░░░░░░ as hard as the ░░░░░░░░ 16 years of war ░░░░░░░░ been on our military ░░░░░░░░ enemy in the field ░░░░░░░░ done as much to ░░░░░░░░ the readiness of the ░░░░░░░░ S military than the ░░░░░░░░ impact of the budget ░░░░░░░░ act defense spending caps ░░░░░░░░ by operating for 10 ░░░░░░░░ the last 11 years ░░░░░░░░ continuing resolutions of unpredictable ░░░░░░░░ This fixes that What ░░░░░░░░ general said is that ░░░░░░░░ enemy we re facing ░░░░░░░░ done more damage to ░░░░░░░░ military than the Congress ░░░░░░░░ to all my friends ░░░░░░░░ Congress who believe this ░░░░░░░░ not a good deal ░░░░░░░░ should be listening to ░░░░░░░░ Mattis Smith What do ░░░░░░░░ say to Jim Jordan ░░░░░░░░ of the house Freedom ░░░░░░░░ who came out in ░░░░░░░░ of it and said ░░░░░░░░ will not support this ░░░░░░░░ described it as a ░░░░░░░░ he never thought Paul ░░░░░░░░ would come forward with ░░░░░░░░ like this and compared ░░░░░░░░ to Obama s stimulus ░░░░░░░░ Graham Go tell people ░░░░░░░░ the military the maintenance ░░░░░░░░ is a mile long ░░░░░░░░ of the F 18s ░░░░░░░░ the Navy can t ░░░░░░░░ because we don t ░░░░░░░░ the spare parts Tell ░░░░░░░░ to the men and ░░░░░░░░ who have done multiple ░░░░░░░░ because we don t ░░░░░░░░ enough soldiers in the ░░░░░░░░ I like Jim Jordan ░░░░░░░░ is a great guy ░░░░░░░░ freedom is not free ░░░░░░░░ Freedom Caucus is a ░░░░░░░░ group of conservatives but ░░░░░░░░ is not delivered by ░░░░░░░░ on Capitol Hill It ░░░░░░░░ delivered by the men ░░░░░░░░ women who have been ░░░░░░░░ war for the last ░░░░░░░░ years all over the ░░░░░░░░ who need more help ░░░░░░░░ less from Congress So ░░░░░░░░ m going to vote ░░░░░░░░ and I m going ░░░░░░░░ go on the floor ░░░░░░░░ talk about what it ░░░░░░░░ to vote no It ░░░░░░░░ you are putting the ░░░░░░░░ behind the 8 ball ░░░░░░░░ and they have less ░░░░░░░░ to do their job ░░░░░░░░ and their families suffer ░░░░░░░░