Senator Eric Schmitt

is lunacy but it's what happens when you have these agencies that are totally unaccountable they have a pot of money and they get turf and they feel important and they spend the money and then they have politicians that get to travel those places and then they get to feel important when the leaders thank them for that like that's not why i did this like it's i mean but that is why a lot of politicians in washington you know they love being greeted at the door and thank you thank you for all this

is lunacy but it's what happens when you have these agencies that are totally unaccountable they have a pot of money and they get turf and they feel important and they spend the money and then they have politicians that get to travel those places and then they get to feel important when the leaders thank them for that like that's not why i did this like it's i mean but that is why a lot of politicians in washington you know they love being greeted at the door and thank you thank you for all this

or whatever that we're spending money on. So anyway, I think the reckoning is coming. Um, and that's a good thing. And this is just the first step, by the way, this is USA. It is like top of the list, but it's not the only thing on the list. And I think that again, this fight is worth having across the board. Like again,

or whatever that we're spending money on. So anyway, I think the reckoning is coming. Um, and that's a good thing. And this is just the first step, by the way, this is USA. It is like top of the list, but it's not the only thing on the list. And I think that again, this fight is worth having across the board. Like again,

dismantling the administrative state will do more to restore the health of this republic than almost anything else we can do because they're totally unaccountable. You can't vote them out. And so like this is this is an important fight.

dismantling the administrative state will do more to restore the health of this republic than almost anything else we can do because they're totally unaccountable. You can't vote them out. And so like this is this is an important fight.

Yeah, and I think, look, COVID was... So informative in so many different ways. Power doesn't necessarily corrupt. It reveals. And what COVID revealed was that there is a class of people in this country, particularly on the left, that really does, you know, the whole trust the experts thing. This is a fight between we the people and the experts.

Yeah, and I think, look, COVID was... So informative in so many different ways. Power doesn't necessarily corrupt. It reveals. And what COVID revealed was that there is a class of people in this country, particularly on the left, that really does, you know, the whole trust the experts thing. This is a fight between we the people and the experts.

It started with Woodrow Wilson, not to get too historical about this, but like maybe one of the worst presidents, if not the worst president ever. who believe that the experts knew better than the people. It's really a fundamental distrust of our republic, right? That the people actually get to decide what happens. And so you're right.

It started with Woodrow Wilson, not to get too historical about this, but like maybe one of the worst presidents, if not the worst president ever. who believe that the experts knew better than the people. It's really a fundamental distrust of our republic, right? That the people actually get to decide what happens. And so you're right.

We have a vertical and horizontal separation of powers, whether it's federalism or the three branches of government. The founders envisioned that to constantly be checking one another so that no one branch, no one person ever got too powerful. Why is that? The fundamental goal was to protect individual liberty. That's the constitutional design that we have.

We have a vertical and horizontal separation of powers, whether it's federalism or the three branches of government. The founders envisioned that to constantly be checking one another so that no one branch, no one person ever got too powerful. Why is that? The fundamental goal was to protect individual liberty. That's the constitutional design that we have.

They never envisioned a separate branch apart from that, that would have immense power over people's lives and livelihoods. And you never know who they are. Like you don't know their names. You've never heard of the agency, but they can send a guidance letter and totally destroy a third generation business.

They never envisioned a separate branch apart from that, that would have immense power over people's lives and livelihoods. And you never know who they are. Like you don't know their names. You've never heard of the agency, but they can send a guidance letter and totally destroy a third generation business.

Or they can have an agency like OSHA that was created to make sure forklifts beep when they back up, force the COVID shot on a hundred million people. So this fight really is about, it's the opening salvo about returning power back to where it always belonged, which is with the people. And the Article I branch of the legislative body should be making these decisions.

Or they can have an agency like OSHA that was created to make sure forklifts beep when they back up, force the COVID shot on a hundred million people. So this fight really is about, it's the opening salvo about returning power back to where it always belonged, which is with the people. And the Article I branch of the legislative body should be making these decisions.

It's one of the reasons why Mike Lee and I and others are really pushing for the RAINS Act to get done. Because if you have an agency that's trying to get a rule done, right, we should have to vote on it. Like if you think banning gas stoves is such a great idea, make us vote on it. And the truth is those ideas would never come that far because they know they're ridiculous.

It's one of the reasons why Mike Lee and I and others are really pushing for the RAINS Act to get done. Because if you have an agency that's trying to get a rule done, right, we should have to vote on it. Like if you think banning gas stoves is such a great idea, make us vote on it. And the truth is those ideas would never come that far because they know they're ridiculous.

They never get voted on. But if they did and somebody voted on it or voted against it, you could hold them accountable for it. So this is, I think, a really important fight about. Like, where does power reside in that permanent Washington and mostly the Democrats? They really don't like that being exposed because it's been a great deal for them.

They never get voted on. But if they did and somebody voted on it or voted against it, you could hold them accountable for it. So this is, I think, a really important fight about. Like, where does power reside in that permanent Washington and mostly the Democrats? They really don't like that being exposed because it's been a great deal for them.