Brooke Rollins

That's a big difference. And we're not paying for it on the back end. But I understand. I understand where they would potentially be coming from. But the amount of money that is at stake is reflected in the amount of lobbyists that are out and about and certainly very much a part of the Washington, D.C. establishment. But it goes directly to why as difficult,

And as challenging as these policy issues are for all of us in President Trump's cabinet, reflecting today on the 100th day celebration, it's also so different because none of us are of Washington. That was true in the first term, and that's why I felt so freed. I could just do what was right. He just said, go do what's right.

And as challenging as these policy issues are for all of us in President Trump's cabinet, reflecting today on the 100th day celebration, it's also so different because none of us are of Washington. That was true in the first term, and that's why I felt so freed. I could just do what was right. He just said, go do what's right.

But in the first term, we didn't really know yet how to do it, what we were doing, and who was on our side. That four-year pause in between term one and term two, it was the greatest gift. I mean, not only could we plan, but we also fully understood who was in it to save the country, what it was that we needed to do to get this done. And for me, this is so black and white.

But in the first term, we didn't really know yet how to do it, what we were doing, and who was on our side. That four-year pause in between term one and term two, it was the greatest gift. I mean, not only could we plan, but we also fully understood who was in it to save the country, what it was that we needed to do to get this done. And for me, this is so black and white.

And I've told everyone this. I don't need to listen and have 57 meetings with lobbyists representing the industry. This is black and white. taxpayer dollars be spent on sugary drinks and junk food that's making our kids sick? Absolutely not. Does that mean we shut them down? Does that mean? No, of course not. But it just means we realign and we spend the dollars where they need to be spent.

And I've told everyone this. I don't need to listen and have 57 meetings with lobbyists representing the industry. This is black and white. taxpayer dollars be spent on sugary drinks and junk food that's making our kids sick? Absolutely not. Does that mean we shut them down? Does that mean? No, of course not. But it just means we realign and we spend the dollars where they need to be spent.

We reform and hopefully we make America healthy again.

We reform and hopefully we make America healthy again.

That's exactly right. On both sides. I'm not casting aspersions.

That's exactly right. On both sides. I'm not casting aspersions.

It's not. It's just... It is an entire industry that has been built around, this is the problem when the government gets too big. This is world history. Greece, Rome, Spain, France, every great world power has buckled under the weight of a government that hands out the largesse, that everyone's got their hand in the pot, and they buckle, and that's how they lose their place in the world.

It's not. It's just... It is an entire industry that has been built around, this is the problem when the government gets too big. This is world history. Greece, Rome, Spain, France, every great world power has buckled under the weight of a government that hands out the largesse, that everyone's got their hand in the pot, and they buckle, and that's how they lose their place in the world.

And that is what, listen, I sincerely believe that without Donald Trump coming down that escalator, and listen, there were 17 guys and one girl, I think, running that, you know, in 15 when he did that. I was not the smart one that said, oh, there's the game changer. That's him. I was like, oh, I love that person, and I've known him forever. They're going to be so great.

And that is what, listen, I sincerely believe that without Donald Trump coming down that escalator, and listen, there were 17 guys and one girl, I think, running that, you know, in 15 when he did that. I was not the smart one that said, oh, there's the game changer. That's him. I was like, oh, I love that person, and I've known him forever. They're going to be so great.

It's not going to be Donald Trump. But at that moment in American history, without that human being who is literally willing to swing for the kit fences every single day, 100 times a day for the American people, who owes no lobbyists not one thing, We were all hired with the idea that we owe not industry, not lobbyists one thing. Now we need to listen to their concerns.

It's not going to be Donald Trump. But at that moment in American history, without that human being who is literally willing to swing for the kit fences every single day, 100 times a day for the American people, who owes no lobbyists not one thing, We were all hired with the idea that we owe not industry, not lobbyists one thing. Now we need to listen to their concerns.

But every day, all day, we're called to do what's right. And I don't know that that's ever happened, at least in my lifetime, in governance, in federal governance.

But every day, all day, we're called to do what's right. And I don't know that that's ever happened, at least in my lifetime, in governance, in federal governance.

Yeah, it's a great, this is, you're the first person to really dig down on this that I've talked to since I took the job. And it's an extremely insightful conversation. and thoughtful question that you raise because that's 100% true.