Mike Waltz
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So that's the kind of reform agenda that we're driving here.
We're defunding all kinds of these agencies, again, led by the president with an America First agenda.
But there are core pieces that we do need to focus on, case in point.
There is an agency that regulates how we do space, telecommunications, global shipping.
There's one that actually sets standards for civil aviation around the world.
I don't know about you, Brent.
When I land, we fly internationally.
I want everybody speaking English, landing the planes the same way, the mechanics train the same way.
We want...
them aligned with our standards, not China or Russia's standards.
And I guess the last argument that I would make is, again, if we're a peace party, this is a peace president, we should have one place in the world where everybody can talk, where everyone can come together and at least try to hammer things out using diplomacy
Either to end wars or prevent wars.
I want that American led and in the United States, not in places like Beijing or Moscow.
But I'm 100 percent on board.
We've got a clean house.
We've been dozing.
We've been reforming.
One other statistic that I'll throw at you.
We've been on the job a couple of months and obviously the president the first year into his term.
The UN has already agreed to cut over 2,600 bureaucratic positions, bureaucrats out of its headquarters, a 15% overall budget cut, and a quarter, 25% of its peacekeepers around the world.