US Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) Talks Ceasefire Talks, Reconciliation Push
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All I can tell you is they're begging to make a deal. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants. We have to have a deal that's acceptable to me. And part of that deal is going to be we want free traffic of oils.
So for more, we turn to Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis of New York, who is in our New York headquarters right now, joining us on Bloomberg TV and radio. Congresswoman, it's wonderful to have you back on Balance of Power. I think clearly there is a sense in the White House here in Washington that the hope is that diplomacy prevails. But the president maintains that there is the military threat still there that he is willing to use if necessary, if no deal is can be reached. In the absence of a diplomatic breakthrough this weekend, would you be supportive of the president resuming military operations and specifically going as far in those as he has indicated he is willing to?
Well, look, we don't know the specifics of what he means by military action. What we do know is that he has three leverage points, right? He has the economic, which we've implemented multiple sanctions, sanctioning those who are providing support and equipment and missiles to Iran. We also have the diplomatic, which is going to be taking place this weekend. And then you have the military, which we've seen the decimation of so much of Iran's capabilities, whether it be manufacturing capabilities of drones and missiles, or whether it be the overall components of its military, naval, and air capabilities. So, look, I think that we need to really just wait and see what happens this weekend. But I have faith that we'll be able to get a good outcome.
Obviously, the straight is the most important thing right now for us economically, making sure there is that free flow of oil, making sure that these gas prices come down. That is critical for so many of our world partners as well. But we need to make sure that Iran is removed as a threat. And we've already made a tremendous amount of progress in a short time frame. And we'll see now that they are weakened if we will be able to make some more progress in these negotiations because they are in a much weaker position today than they were just five weeks ago. And the president did give them, remember at the beginning of all this, gave them an opportunity to negotiate. They wouldn't negotiate. Maybe now they're rethinking that.
Well, to your point, Congresswoman, about the importance of the Strait of Hormuz economically, you said specifically it is important economically for the United States, which is something that the president has disputed.
What are the latest updates on ceasefire talks between the US and Iran?
His argument is that actually when it comes to the energy flowing out of the Middle East, that is much more a concern for other countries, European, Asian ones, not so for the United States. Is that a sentiment that your constituents would agree with, especially as they're looking at prices of the pump, as you alluded to?
Well, he's right in the sense that the oil that is going through that strait really goes to many of our partners in Asia, but it does affect the overall world market. So I think that it is kind of both, a little bit of both. The reality, though, here on the ground, here in my community, as well as parts of the country, gas prices have increased. We need to get those prices back down.
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