Representative Brian Fitzpatrick

You could be a 98-year-old World War II veteran who stormed the beaches of Normandy and saved civilization, and you register independent in a country that was founded on independence, and you go to the polls, and you're told in one out of every two elections, you're not welcome here. That is insane.

You could be a 98-year-old World War II veteran who stormed the beaches of Normandy and saved civilization, and you register independent in a country that was founded on independence, and you go to the polls, and you're told in one out of every two elections, you're not welcome here. That is insane.

And I think not only is it, well, curing injustice, but allowing independents to vote in primaries will allow more moderates to emerge from the primaries and not these extremists. All these are creating problems that Tom and I see. Right. that are jamming up the system.

And I think not only is it, well, curing injustice, but allowing independents to vote in primaries will allow more moderates to emerge from the primaries and not these extremists. All these are creating problems that Tom and I see. Right. that are jamming up the system.

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John, there is a lot of people in Congress, including in the Republican conference, that are very concerned about the tariff situation. I think if you took a poll amongst the majority of the conference, the majority of people that have not taken action yet are people that want to give a limited runway for the president to do that, which he said he was going to do, which is to recalibrate

John, there is a lot of people in Congress, including in the Republican conference, that are very concerned about the tariff situation. I think if you took a poll amongst the majority of the conference, the majority of people that have not taken action yet are people that want to give a limited runway for the president to do that, which he said he was going to do, which is to recalibrate

and have reciprocal tariffs on countries. Tariffs in many ways are a remnant of World War II and our effort to help Europe reconstruct after World War II. So listen, we are all hearing it back home about the impact of economic policies that both hurt and help businesses. We heard it in the last administration with inflation. We're hearing it now with tariffs.

and have reciprocal tariffs on countries. Tariffs in many ways are a remnant of World War II and our effort to help Europe reconstruct after World War II. So listen, we are all hearing it back home about the impact of economic policies that both hurt and help businesses. We heard it in the last administration with inflation. We're hearing it now with tariffs.

And it's only a matter of time before enough of my colleagues actually step up and do something. So I will tell you this, myself, Don Bacon, have pending legislation that we were set to introduce. Once the president put that 90-day pause, we paused the introduction of it, but we're prepared to go on it because I sit on the Ways and Means Committee. A tariff is a tax. Taxes go before our committee.

And it's only a matter of time before enough of my colleagues actually step up and do something. So I will tell you this, myself, Don Bacon, have pending legislation that we were set to introduce. Once the president put that 90-day pause, we paused the introduction of it, but we're prepared to go on it because I sit on the Ways and Means Committee. A tariff is a tax. Taxes go before our committee.

Again, as I said at the outset, I think this is an example of the president testing the boundaries of Article II authority, expecting to be challenged in the courts to provide clarity about what they can and can't do because they're going to get away with as much as they can get away with legally.

Again, as I said at the outset, I think this is an example of the president testing the boundaries of Article II authority, expecting to be challenged in the courts to provide clarity about what they can and can't do because they're going to get away with as much as they can get away with legally.

Oh, yeah, which is why I think open primaries and term limits would solve 80% of the problem. I'm convinced of it.

Oh, yeah, which is why I think open primaries and term limits would solve 80% of the problem. I'm convinced of it.

So how about this? If we can't get enough of our colleagues to do the right thing and vote against their own self-interest, how about we grandfather in the ones that are sitting? And that way, at least organically over time, we get back to a citizen legislature. There's a number of ways we can do this. I like that.

So how about this? If we can't get enough of our colleagues to do the right thing and vote against their own self-interest, how about we grandfather in the ones that are sitting? And that way, at least organically over time, we get back to a citizen legislature. There's a number of ways we can do this. I like that.

Listen, the 22nd Amendment, George Washington, amongst many of his great qualities, set the tradition for term limits. All he wanted to do was go back home to his farm in Mount Vernon, live under the laws he helped pass, make way for a new generation of leadership. They talked him into a second term. He said, no more.

Listen, the 22nd Amendment, George Washington, amongst many of his great qualities, set the tradition for term limits. All he wanted to do was go back home to his farm in Mount Vernon, live under the laws he helped pass, make way for a new generation of leadership. They talked him into a second term. He said, no more.