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>> Bret: WELCOME BACK, JOINING

US TO TALK ABOUT CORONAVIRUS

RECOVERY, ALL THE LATEST NEWS,

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

MITCH McCONNELL FROM

CAPITOL HILL.

SENATOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> GOOD EVENING.

>> Bret: YOU SPENT SOME TIME

ON THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY

LAMBASTING THE HOUSE SPEAKER’S

EFFORTS ON THIS LATEST

$3 TRILLION BILL AND WHAT’S

INSIDE IT.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE

MESSAGING THAT YOU’RE SENDING

ABOUT PUMPING THE BRAKES ON A

PHASE FOUR AS OF YET.

YOU HAVE THE FED CHAIR, POWELL,

SAY THIS IS A FINANCIAL

SITUATION WITHOUT MODERN

PRECEDENT.

>> ADDITIONAL FISCAL SUPPORT

COULD BE COSTLY BUT WORTH IT IF

IT HELPS AVOID LONG-TERM DAMAGE

AND LEAVES US WITH A STRONGER

RECOVERY.

>> Bret: ESSENTIALLY SAYING

THAT LAWMAKERS MAY NEED TO DO

MORE.

HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THOSE TWO

THINGS?

>> EASILY.

I THINK THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FED

IS CORRECT AND WE DO ANTICIPATE

HAVING TO ACT AGAIN AT SOME

POINT.

I DO THINK IN TERMS OF TIMING

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FED DIDN’T

SAY HOW QUICKLY, AND WE NEED TO

VERIFY HOW WE HAVE DONE SO FAR.

MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHATEVER

MISTAKES WE MADE WE DON’T WANT

TO REPEAT.

I AM CERTAINLY NOT RULING OUT

ANOTHER FISCAL PACKAGE AND I

WOULD SAY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

FED AND I AND THE ADMINISTRATION

ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN DIFFERENT

PLACES.

>> Bret: YOU CALLED THE

SPEAKER’S EFFORTS JUST A

POLITICAL MARKER.

WHY NOT TAKE THAT AS THE FIRST

IN A FIRST SERVE AND VOLLEY BACK

AND FORTH AS YOU ALL HAVE DONE

BEFORE?

>> [LAUGHS]

WELL, IT’S AN 1800 PAGE LIBERAL

WISH LIST.

IT STRIKES ME IS HARDLY

SALVAGEABLE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF

SOME OF THE ABSURDITY, THERE IS

MONEY AND THEREFORE ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS.

IT MENTIONS THE WORD CANNABIS OF

ALL THINGS.

68 TIMES MORE THAN THE WORD

JOBS, OR HIGHER OR -- ARE

MENTIONED IN THE ENTIRE BILL.

THE PARADE OF ABSURDITIES CAN

HARDLY BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

BRET, I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND

SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES

WILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE

GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED

TO DO ANOTHER BILL.

OUR REDLINE IS GOING TO BE

LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE

WHO ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO BEGIN TO

OPEN UP THE ECONOMY AGAIN IN THE

WAKE OF THE TRIAL LAWYERS WHO

ARE EXTENDING ALREADY.

HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS AND

BUSINESSES.

AS ABOUT OF A WEEK AND A HALF

AGO, 771 LAW LOSSES HAVE BEEN

INVOLVED.

WORKING ON NARROWLY CRAFTED

PROTECTIONS FROM LIABILITY FOR

THINGS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE

CORONAVIRUS, AND THAT WILL HAVE

TO BE A PART OF ANY PACKAGE.

IF WE ARE REALLY GOING TO GET

THE ECONOMY UP AND GOING, PEOPLE

HAVE TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO BEGIN

TO ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

I THOUGHT -- HOW ABOUT THE

PRESIDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES?

ARE THEY WILLING TO OPEN UP FOR

THE FALL?

OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER.

MEDICAL TIME WERE NOT ONLY K-12

STUDENTS BUT POTENTIALLY COLLEGE

STUDENTS ARE STILL AT HOME?

ALL THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE

ANSWERED BY THE FALL.

LIABILITY PROTECTION WILL HELP

PROVIDE THE ANSWER.

>> Bret: WHAT TRIGGERS THAT

NEGOTIATION START?

THE PPP, THE NEXT TRANCHE IS

GOING TO BE UP AT SOME POINT.

WHAT WILL TRIGGER THE ACTION OF

LEGISLATION?

>> PRESIDENT AND SENATE

REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO BE ON

THE SAME PAGE.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE

THINK THE TIME IS RIGHT TO BEGIN

TO MOVE AGAIN.

I THINK THERE’S A HIGH

LIKELIHOOD WE WILL DO ANOTHER

BILL, AND I’VE JUST INDICATED

WHAT WILL NEED TO BE PART OF ANY

BILL THAT ACTUALLY GETS A

PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE AND IS

BROUGHT UP AND PASSED BY A

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE

SENATE.

>> Bret: YOU SAID WAIT TO GET

WORD BUT IS WORD SOON?

>> LOOK, I THINK WE ARE ALL

TALKING ABOUT THIS.

I TALKED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

TREASURY ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, TO

THE PRESIDENT’S CHIEF OF STAFF

AND TO THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY

ABOUT THIS.

I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE THAT

ANOTHER BILL PROBABLY IS GOING

TO BE NECESSARY.

BUT I’M NOT PREPARED TODAY TO

PUT A PRECISE DATE ON WHEN THAT

WILL BE.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, AS I TOLD

YOU EARLIER, IT’S GOING TO

INCLUDE LIABILITY PROTECTIONS IN

ORDER TO GET THROUGH THE SENATE

AND IN ORDER TO BE SIGNED BY THE

PRESIDENT.

WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT THE

CONDITIONS ARE IN THE NEAR

FUTURE AND DECIDE HOW THAT OUGHT

TO BE CRAFTED.

IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A

$3 TRILLION LEFT-WING WISH LIST

LIKE THE SPEAKER IS APPARENTLY

GOING TO TRY TO JAM DOWN THE

THROATS OF HER MAJORITY.

>> Bret: YOU MENTIONED

SCHOOLS.

DO YOU THINK THE UNIVERSITY OF

LOUISVILLE SHOULD OPEN UP THIS

FALL?

>> I WANT THEM TO FEEL

COMFORTABLE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN

UP THIS FALL AND I THINK

ANSWERING THIS LIABILITY

QUESTION IS A BIG PART OF IT.

THE COUNTRY IS A YEARNING TO

BEGIN TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

WE WANT TO DO IT CONSISTENT WITH

PHASE ONE AND TWO OF THE

CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE THAT THE

ADMINISTRATION SET UP, THE

WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BELIEVE

THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SAFELY

ENGAGE AGAIN, PRACTICING SOCIAL

DISTANCING, WEARING MASKS, WHICH

I HAD ON UNTIL I STOOD HERE IN

FRONT OF THE CAMERA.

WE ARE DOING THAT IN THE SENATE.

WE ARE UP AND RUNNING.

WE HAVE BEEN IN SESSION THE LAST

TWO WEEKS.

I’M NOT SURE WHERE THE HOUSES

BUT THEY ARE NOT HERE.

>> Bret: DID YOU GET DIFFERENT

MEDICAL ADVICE THAN THE HOUSE

DID?

>> WE ASKED THE CAPITAL

PHYSICIAN HOW WE COULD SAFELY

REENGAGE.

WE TOOK HIS ADVICE, AND WE ARE

PRACTICING IT.

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE ADVICE

WE’VE BEEN GIVEN.

>> Bret: HAVE YOU BEEN TESTED?

>> I VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE

LAST WEEK AND THE ANSWER TO THAT

IS YES.

>> Bret: DR. BRIGHT IS

TESTIFYING IN THE HOUSE TODAY

SAYING THE ADMINISTRATION WAS

WOEFULLY PREPARED, SAYS IT’S

STILL NOT PREPARED.

>> PLANS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AND

IT’S DISAPPOINTING THAT THEY

WERE NOT PULLED DOWN IN JANUARY

OF THIS YEAR AND FOLLOWED.

THEY WERE NOT PUT ON THE TABLE

WITH A STRONG LEADER INDICATING

THESE WERE OUR PLANS, EVERYONE

FALL IN LINE AND FOLLOW THROUGH

WITH THE PLAN.

>> Bret: YOU SAID THAT THE

PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DIDN’T

LEAVE A PLAN.

THEY PUSHED BACK AGAINST THAT.

>> I WAS WRONG.

THEY DID LEAVE BEHIND A PLAN.

I CLEARLY MADE A MISTAKE IN THAT

REGARD.

AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE PLAN

WAS FOLLOWED AND WHO IS THE

CRITIC AND ALL THE REST, I DON’T

HAVE ANY OBSERVATION ABOUT THAT

BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH

ABOUT THE DETAILS OF IT TO

COMMENT ON IT IN ANY DETAIL.

>> Bret: SENATOR BURR PULLED

HIMSELF OFF THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

TODAY.

THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION, FBI

INVESTIGATION.

DIANE DIANNE FEINSTEIN BEING

INVESTIGATED FOR WHAT HER

HUSBAND DID WITH STOCKS.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND HAVE

YOU MADE A DECISION ABOUT

REPLACING SENATOR BURR AS CHAIR

OF THAT COMMITTEE?

>> CHAIRMAN BERGER AND I HAD A

CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT THIS

MORNING.

I THINK HE DID THE RIGHT THING.

FOR THE COMMITTEE AND FOR OUR

REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

I THANK HIM FOR DOING THAT.

AT SOME POINT OBVIOUSLY I’LL BE

NAMING A NEW CHAIR.

>> Bret: SENATOR RUBIO,

SENATOR RICH?

>> I WILL BE NAMING A NEW CHAIR

SOMETIME SOON.

>> Bret: OKAY.

LET ME GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE

MICHAEL FLYNN SITUATION IN THE

NEWS ABOUT THIS UNMASKING.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT AND IS IT

IMPORTANT IN YOUR MIND?

>> IF THERE WERE IN FACT

MISBEHAVIOR SURROUNDING THE

FLYNN CASE, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

NEEDS TO KNOW.

CLEARLY THAT WAS THE VIEW OF THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I GATHER IT’S NOW IN A RATHER

UNUSUAL PROCEDURE BEING REVIEWED

BY THE DISTRICT JUDGE BEFORE

WHOM THE CASE WAS.

I THINK WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET

THE FACTS.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC NEEDS TO

KNOW, ALL OF US WOULD LIKE TO

KNOW.

ONE THING ABOUT WASHINGTON, YOU

GUYS ARE SO GOOD AT YOUR JOB,

TRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE

LONGER THAN OTHER TIMES.

WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT IN FACT

DID HAPPEN.

>> Bret: I WANT TO ASK YOU

ABOUT THE ELECTION.

YOU CALLED IT A CHALLENGING

ENVIRONMENT.

ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, 10 BEING

THE MOST CONFIDENT, WHERE DO YOU

THINK REPUBLICANS ARE AT HOLDING

THE SENATE?

TO GO I’M NEVER TOTALLY

CONFIDENT IN ANY RACE BUT I CAN

SAY WITH REGARD TO THIS

QUESTION, I HAVE SAID THE SAME

THING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE

CYCLE.

WE HAVE 23 MEMBERS.

A REALLY BIG GLASS AND THE

REASON WE HAVE A REALLY BIG

GLASS IS THIS IS THE CLASS THAT

TOOK OUR MAJORITY BACK IN 2014.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE UP.

23 UP.

DEMOCRATS ONLY HAVE 12.

THIS WAS A CHALLENGING CYCLE

FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE MIDDLE

NOW.

I THINK THE MAJORITY IN THE

SENATE IS VERY MUCH IN QUESTION,

AS IT HAS BEEN FOR A YEAR AND A

HALF.

>> Bret: ARE YOU TRYING TO GET

SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO TO RUN

IN KANSAS?

>> THAT HAS BEEN MY HELP.

YOU CAN SEE HOW WELL I HAVE DONE

SO FAR.

[LAUGHS]

>> Bret: ARE YOU STILL HOPEFUL

ON THAT FRONT?

>> THE FILING DEADLINE IS

JUNE 1, SO THIS IS BEN’S WON’T

LAST MUCH LONGER.

>> Bret: WHAT DO YOU TELL

VULNERABLE REPUBLICANS IN TOUGH

RACES?

WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE EMBRACING

THE PRESIDENT FULLY OR PROVIDING

SOME DISTANCE FROM THE

PRESIDENT.

DO YOU THINK HE WILL BE A

REFERENDUM ABOUT HOW THIS

ADMINISTRATION HANDLES THE

HEALTH CRISIS AND THE ECONOMIC

CRISIS?

>> LOOK, EVERY STATE IS

DIFFERENT AND FAR BE IT FOR ME

TO GIVE ADVICE TO A CANDIDATE IN

MONTANA VERSUS COLORADO VERSUS

MAINE.

I THINK EACH OF OUR CANDIDATES

ARE VERY SHARP.

THEY GOT ELECTED SIX YEARS AGO.

THEY KNOW THEIR STATE’S BEST,

AND I DON’T HAVE ANY KIND OF

UNIVERSAL RECOMMENDATION ABOUT

HOW TO RUN IN A GIVEN STATE.

>> Bret: DO YOU THINK THERE

WILL BE AN IN PERSON REPUBLICAN

CONVENTION?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

THAT’S A VERY INTERESTING

QUESTION.

I THINK THAT IS THE CURRENT

GAME PLAN, BUT I THINK WE HAVE

TO SEE WHAT THE STATUS OF THE

PANDEMIC IS IN LATE SUMMER AND

MAKE THE CALL THEN.

>> Bret: WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST

WORRY RIGHT NOW?

>> RIGHT NOW?

GETTING THE ECONOMY OPEN,

GETTING THIS CORONAVIRUS

BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN ALL PARTS

OF THE COUNTRY, AND HELPING

AMERICANS STAGE A COMEBACK.

WE HAD A FABULOUS ECONOMY AS

LATE AS FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR,

AND WE LIKE FOR THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO BENEFIT FROM

A COMEBACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

LOOK, WE CAN’T BORROW ENOUGH

MONEY TO PROP THIS ECONOMY UP

INDEFINITELY.

WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO ENGAGE THE

ECONOMY AGAIN.

I AM CONVINCED THAT WE CAN DO

THAT SAFELY.

>> Bret: THE PRESIDENT TWEETED

OUT THAT HE THINKS

PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD BE CALLED

UP TO A HEARING IN THE SENATE.

HE CALLS IT OBAMAGATE.

>> OBAMAGATE, IT’S BEEN GOING ON

FOR A LONG TIME.

GOING ON FROM BEFORE I GOT

ELECTED AND IT’S A DISGRACE.

>> Bret: DO YOU CALL IT THAT

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT

CALL TO HAVE THEM TESTIFY?

>> IT WILL BE UP TO CHAIRMAN

GRAHAM TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

I THINK HE MAY HAVE ADDRESSED IT

ALREADY.

I’M NOT CERTAIN.

>> Bret: HE SAID HE WOULD BE

UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT AND IT

LIKELY WOULDN’T HAPPEN.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS

INVESTIGATION GOES?

>> LOOK, THAT’S UP TO CHAIRMAN

GRAHAM TO DETERMINE HOW TO

HANDLE IT.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN

HIM AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING

AND I’M GOING TO FOLLOW HIS

LEAD.

>> Bret: FINALLY, IF YOU’RE

TALKING TO SOMEBODY IN KENTUCKY,

YOU’RE UP FOR REELECTION AS WELL

WELL.

WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM THIS RACE

IS ABOUT?

>> WELL, IN THE KENTUCKY RACE,

IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM

OTHERS.

WHAT I TELL MY CONSTITUENCIES

I’M 1 OF 4 CONGRESSIONAL

LEADERS.

I AM THE ONLY ONE NOT FROM

CALIFORNIA OR NEW YORK AND THAT

I AM UNIQUELY SITUATED TO LOOK

OUT FOR MIDDLE AMERICA AND IN

PARTICULAR KENTUCKY.

SO CONSISTENT WITH MY

RESPONSIBILITIES AS MAJORITY

LEADER, I TRY TO DO THE BEST I

CAN FOR KENTUCKY.

I THINK IT’S BEEN A REAL BENEFIT

TO OUR STATE TO HAVE THE

MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE