Congressman Pat Ryan

So I think we're in a moment right now, more broadly, maybe talk about this more later, where

We have to be in just constant communication with, in my case, 800,000 constituents, with the American people, and without judgment, and certainly without any condescension, just describing what the real harmful impacts of this is and will be, the harmful impacts of the funding freeze, whether that's Head Starts in my district that still don't have funding to feed and care for kids, or 20 veteran inpatient beds at my local VA that I go to,

We have to be in just constant communication with, in my case, 800,000 constituents, with the American people, and without judgment, and certainly without any condescension, just describing what the real harmful impacts of this is and will be, the harmful impacts of the funding freeze, whether that's Head Starts in my district that still don't have funding to feed and care for kids, or 20 veteran inpatient beds at my local VA that I go to,

We have to be in just constant communication with, in my case, 800,000 constituents, with the American people, and without judgment, and certainly without any condescension, just describing what the real harmful impacts of this is and will be, the harmful impacts of the funding freeze, whether that's Head Starts in my district that still don't have funding to feed and care for kids, or 20 veteran inpatient beds at my local VA that I go to,

in the Hudson Valley of New York State that had to close because of Trump's hiring freeze on personnel. This is hurting people deeply, and we have to get back on our front foot and start talking about the impacts of these decisions. Even if you voted for President Trump, you should at least know and be an informed citizen about what the impacts are.

in the Hudson Valley of New York State that had to close because of Trump's hiring freeze on personnel. This is hurting people deeply, and we have to get back on our front foot and start talking about the impacts of these decisions. Even if you voted for President Trump, you should at least know and be an informed citizen about what the impacts are.

in the Hudson Valley of New York State that had to close because of Trump's hiring freeze on personnel. This is hurting people deeply, and we have to get back on our front foot and start talking about the impacts of these decisions. Even if you voted for President Trump, you should at least know and be an informed citizen about what the impacts are.

Well, I think... We should certainly start with the most egregious violator of our constitution, which is Elon Musk. Everything he's doing and increasingly things he stands for and says are just directly contrary to the oath that I took as an army officer, the oath I've taken as a member of Congress, the oath that all my colleagues, by the way, have taken regardless of party.

Well, I think... We should certainly start with the most egregious violator of our constitution, which is Elon Musk. Everything he's doing and increasingly things he stands for and says are just directly contrary to the oath that I took as an army officer, the oath I've taken as a member of Congress, the oath that all my colleagues, by the way, have taken regardless of party.

Well, I think... We should certainly start with the most egregious violator of our constitution, which is Elon Musk. Everything he's doing and increasingly things he stands for and says are just directly contrary to the oath that I took as an army officer, the oath I've taken as a member of Congress, the oath that all my colleagues, by the way, have taken regardless of party.

And the oath that even the president himself took. And Elon didn't take that oath. He is an unelected, unaccountable guy who, as I think you said recently, wasn't even an American until not that long ago.

And the oath that even the president himself took. And Elon didn't take that oath. He is an unelected, unaccountable guy who, as I think you said recently, wasn't even an American until not that long ago.

And the oath that even the president himself took. And Elon didn't take that oath. He is an unelected, unaccountable guy who, as I think you said recently, wasn't even an American until not that long ago.

Well, these are just facts. I mean, we just have to share the facts. And I think not getting in the place of I told you so or condescension or judgment, we just have to inform people.

Well, these are just facts. I mean, we just have to share the facts. And I think not getting in the place of I told you so or condescension or judgment, we just have to inform people.

Well, these are just facts. I mean, we just have to share the facts. And I think not getting in the place of I told you so or condescension or judgment, we just have to inform people.

And my goal is to speak less myself and more highlight the voices of my constituents, whether that's veterans in my district that now don't have a place to go if they're at a crisis of a drug overdose, for example, or parents who don't know where to drop off their five rule because their head start might

And my goal is to speak less myself and more highlight the voices of my constituents, whether that's veterans in my district that now don't have a place to go if they're at a crisis of a drug overdose, for example, or parents who don't know where to drop off their five rule because their head start might

And my goal is to speak less myself and more highlight the voices of my constituents, whether that's veterans in my district that now don't have a place to go if they're at a crisis of a drug overdose, for example, or parents who don't know where to drop off their five rule because their head start might

close or farmers who just learned that a bunch of USDA payments are still frozen and all screwed up. So we need to elevate those voices of the American people, center the American people as the heroes, and make clear that Musk is the villain. And there are others too, but he's certainly number one.