Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson

Getting Work Done in Congress, with Josh Hawley and Michael Waltz

AUDIO ONLY Senator Josh Hawley and representative Michael Waltz discuss their first terms in Congress and how much more they still want to accomplish.

Uncommon Knowledge with Peter RobinsonApril 8, 2019
Getting Work Done in Congress, with Josh Hawley and Michael Waltz

Recorded on March 5, 2019.

Freshman members of Congress senator Josh Hawley and representative Michael Waltz talk about their recent experiences working in Congress and their desire to push for less politics and more accomplishments that will help strengthen the United States. The two congressmen discuss why they chose to dedicate their lives to serving the American people and how they are asking tough questions and bringing fresh ideas to jump-start a stagnant government.

Hawley and Waltz discuss their goals for their first terms in Congress and how they want to streamline the federal budget, fight for the working people, and serve their constituents by honoring the ideas and ideals in the US Constitution. Peter Robinson leads their discussion of addressing and resolving problems with special interest groups, an inefficient polarized Congress, President Trump’s national-emergency declaration regarding the border wall, and his goal to pull the troops out of Syria and Afghanistan.

Cast

Josh Hawley

Josh Hawley

Michael Waltz

Michael Waltz

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