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Hey, we are back with one of our favorite all-time people, Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy. Used to be at Fox full-time.
Now he can't get him a pass that works. He's got to come in with his security and ask for a favor to get in. But he's on a lot, and it's our favor when he's actually on. Mr. Secretary, welcome back.
It's good to be with you, Brian. Yeah, they locked the doors that Fox on me.
So, yeah, I can't get in. I got to text you and go, Brian, can you open the door for me? Can I get into the building? Because you travel with a big footprint these days. Mr.
Secretary, how are you involved with FIFA? What is the word? I mean, it's going to be key. I was in the Super Bowl in the Meadowlands. And I'll tell you, it was a disaster.
Nothing to do with you. You could not get in or out. Everyone waiting in the freezing cold weather. How do you beat that in the hot summer?
So I don't want to overstate it, Brian, but the players are important, the coaches are important, the fans are important, but probably the most important thing that happens at these games is the Department of Transportation. Not trying to overstate it. Seriously, everybody moves on planes and trains and automobiles and transit systems. And so again, to make the games go off well, there's going to be 11 million people that fly into the U.S. to watch these games.
While they're here, they're going to fly to the different host cities. They're going to take trains to the different host cities. They're motor buses to the different host cities. All of the television equipment that comes into the games, to the food, the hot dogs, the beer, everything has to be choreographed by the Department of Transportation.
So we started working on this a year when we first got in office almost a year ago, putting teams together to make sure we have the right equipment, the right buses, the right assets. in place To make sure the fans have a fantastic experience enjoying soccer, as opposed to what you just mentioned, a frustration of standing, waiting, trains broken or buses not working or traffic jams. All of that is being worked out to make sure this is the greatest World Cup Games ever, and it's going to be hosted by the U.S. and hosted on her 250th birthday.
So I was lucky enough to be with you for the club championships. And we know that was not easy getting to that final.
So I guess it's gonna be more challenging now. Out of all the venues, off the top of your head, and I'm gonna hold you to it, what do you think is built best? for the people, for the ticket holders. And what do you think is going to be the biggest challenge? Will it be New Jersey?
Well, listen, I think Miami is, you know, we work with Miami, we're going to work with New Jersey. Yes, exactly.
So, but I think all of them have unique challenges. Which is why our teams then work together to figure out: okay, how do we overcome those challenges? If there's additional assets that are needed, if there's additional cars for rail, if there's additional buses that are needed on transit. we are going to deploy those assets. to those communities that don't have enough.
To make sure this massive flow gets in and out. And again, each additional unique challenge each host city has. We're working through right now to alleviate. And again, this is the first time a lot of travelers will come to the US. And they're coming to watch these games.
You know, it's also interesting: there's a perception around the world that America doesn't want people to come to our country. Untrue. We have worked with state and with homeland and DOT all together to say: listen, we welcome everybody to come to the country. We want you to come and stay in our hotels, meet in our restaurants, spend your hard-earned money, drive in our economy, see our beautiful country. It's just, What we said is, we don't want people to overstay their visas.
We want people to come in as authorized. And, you know, when the games are over, they got to go home. It's been a misconception, Brian, that because we say we bump up the follow rules that we don't want them to come. No, we want you to come and follow the rules. And that's why I think we're going to have just great people coming in.
And the games are going to be awesome. I was just talking to Kobe from Fox Sports. You know, Kobe Jones. You know, he's like, I was asking him, like, what do we want to see in the draw for the U.S. team?
And he's like, he didn't want to really tell me, but he's like, I know what I'm looking for. We want an easier draw. There's some teams we don't want to play, some teams we do. And then he won't go any further. But yeah, I know, but Fox Sports has it for the U.S., and it's going to be just fantastic.
The draws tomorrow. The president's going to be there. A billion people around the world are going to tune in to watch the draw from the Kennedy Center tomorrow. I mean, it is globally massive. I think this will be the biggest stage the president has ever when he speaks tomorrow at the Kennedy Center.
So, you also are part of what the president announced yesterday. He got all the CEOs of the major car companies there to announce cafe standards, how much you can actually build a car and how many miles per gallon will it get. It's going to drop from 50, which is almost unobtainable and very costly, to 34 miles per gallon. What's that going to do for the price of cars or how we drive? Take a step back.
And there's no combustion engine that can get. 50 plus miles to the gallon. They just can't, and we don't have the technology. But Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, they drafted a standard that used EVs, electric vehicles and hybrids to come up with a standard that was way higher than a combustion engine could meet. And the law that was passed in the 70s is very specific.
It's only for combustion engines. No other technology. You can't use an EV. You can't use a hybrid. And so by breaking the law, they got this really high standard.
Then we had car companies that were trying to invest in technology to come closer to the really high standard that was set by Biden and Buddhrage. They couldn't meet it, but they were spending one hundred billion dollars a year to meet it. On top of that, if you couldn't meet the standard, Brian, I don't know if you've thought much about carbon trading. It's a it's a it's not good for the country. But there's carbon trading between the auto in the auto companies.
So if you don't meet the standard, you could go to a Rivian or a Tesla and you could buy carbon credits to the tune of billion dollars a year were being spent on carbon credits or taxes.
So these were all adding up in additional costs for your car. Bringing those costs down, number one, is important for the American consumer, but it's going to let the car companies make cars and trucks that Americans want to buy, not the cars and trucks that Pete Buddha Judge and Joe Biden wanted them to build. Really important. This new rule, again, maybe I just, I'm a 1970s guy at heart because I fondly remember my parents' big family. We have station wagons.
You can bring a station wagon back if you want, you know. Maybe some wood paneling, Brian, on the side. I know, glued on. Yes, you can bring a station wagon back. We want car companies to make products that you want to buy.
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So I want you to hear some of the CEOs yesterday from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The first one is Jim Farley, Cut 22. This allows us to invest in affordable vehicles made in the U.S., which we will take the lead on, and will allow us to make vehicles more affordable.
So, thank you for making this step for all of you. Because it's there where we see CAFE regulation reconcile with real customers' demand. We believe in Groft. We are ready to invest even more. I'm here representing the hardworking men and women of Oregon Assembly in Michigan.
The facility, our manufacturing facility there, is currently going through a retool so that we can build additional U.S. manufactured pickup trucks and full-size support utilities for our customers, and we're so excited about that.
So, you got GM, Stellantis, Huichie, Chrysler. I can't believe, by the way, you have to let an Italian guy own Chrysler. We have to fix that. And that sale never should have been forced by Barack Obama. And then, of course, the Ford CEO, so they're pretty happy.
One guy that isn't, Sean, is this guy, Governor Gavin Newsom, Cut 23.
Okay. You're selling new knee pads for all CEOs, universities, and GOP bending the knee to Donald Trump. And they were sold out just like our universities were selling out, just like our law firms were selling out, just like a lot of CEOs were selling out, selling out this country. Our future, our republic.
So what are your thoughts about Gavin News? He says these guys are caving to Donald Trump. No, the the problem is that Gavin Usum is is um is caving to an idea that doesn't work for the American consumer. We've said the American consumer should dictate what kind of cars they want to buy. And again, I'm not opposed to fuel efficiency standards buying.
We should gradually force our cars to be more fuel efficient. That's a good thing. If you want to buy an EV, you should be able to buy an EV. But Gavin Newsome is forcing Californians to purchase vehicles they don't want to buy. He wants to bring them all onto EVs.
By 2031. And the problem with that is in California, they already don't have enough electricity. And you can't you can't power these cars. And homes and businesses with wind and solar.
So, what do you mean? It's a lie that he's going to have power sourced by fossil fuels. And so it's a little shell game that he's playing. But again, why is Gavin Newsom so upset with the American consumer who wants to buy something that is other than what he wants them to buy? And again, this is big government at its worst.
You have government policies. that force us To buy things that the market doesn't want. It's the old Soviet Union model that has always failed. Bring this back to consumer choice. And if you want to buy an EV, God bless you, get an EV.
They're great cars and they might work for you in the middle of the year. Real quick, 20 seconds going on. Wisconsin, Brian, doesn't work. Yeah, real quick. Are you doing anything to build up these charging stations?
So I was forced into the EV charging stations real quick. What I've done is said: if you're going to spend $4 billion on charging and you're going to make me do it, damn it, we're going to build charging stations. Good. You're not going to have 10 charging stations for $2 billion. If you're going to make me build them, we're going to build charging stations.
We're going to use the taxpayer dollar.
Well, I'd prefer we don't spend the money on that. The Congress has forced it.
So we're going to make you build charging stations like the Congress intended. Awesome. Mr. Secretary, Sean Duffy, always busy, always productive. Thanks so much for the quality time.
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