Why should the people of North Carolina trust Kamala Harris more than Donald Trump when it
comes to the economy? Well, it's great to be with you, Joe. Uh We had a great visit from
Vice President Harris today in the great state of North Carolina. This was her 16th visit to
North Carolina's Vice President and that's the number one issue in every election is always
the economy. We need someone who's going to fight for working families and we got to hear
specific policy proposals about how she's going to bring down the high cost of housing
that hit so many North Carolinians so incredibly hard. Uh I especially was glad to
hear her talk about uh you know, the, the work I've done on the congressional dad's caucus to,
to help families. Uh She mentioned, uh she wants to do a lot more for the child tax credit,
$6000 per family. That's a big deal for working families. So, you know, we, we got to
hear what, what, what is uh very refreshing a speech just focused on policy. She could have
had a giant rally uh with a ton of people, but she wanted to talk about the, the issues that
matter for folks here and, and that's, you know, housing and, and childcare and the issues
that matters to, that matters to families. Well, she called you out at the beginning of
her speech congressman and I wonder how important your House of Representatives, not to
mention the Senate next door is going to be when it comes to this plan, how much of this
plan rides on a democratic sweep in November? Well, you know, I'm, I'm
certainly hopeful we're going to have that. Um , you know, but, uh, I, I think, I think after
we, my, my hope is when we get Donald Trump out of the equation, we're going to be able to
finally get sit down and work together in a bipartisan way on so many issues that have just
been put on the back burner. This congress, we're on track to be one of the least
productive Congresses in our nation's history. We need to get things done for the American
people that needs immigration reform, which she said she's willing to sign the most
conservative immigration bill that Democrats have ever put forward and been willing to sign
on to. That's a big deal for our country. So I'm hopeful that, that we can finally signal
with Kamala Harris that we want to work towards the Center and avoid, you know, the
extremism that far too often dominates the political discourse. Our viewers on Bloomberg
TV, and on youtube. Uh Congressman were just looking at video of you on the tarmac, uh
greeting Kamala Harris. You guys had some words when she arrived in North Carolina. What
did she tell you? Well, you know, I just had her, her husband Doug Emhoff come to my house
for a fundraiser, uh, a few weeks ago. Uh, and I was also talking about the, the Zoom we did
with, uh, Mark Cuban and Chuck Schumer crypto for Harris telling her about the, the great
groups that we had uh the, the, you know, the great speakers and the, the good momentum we
had on that issue. So, um you know, she, she knew about the zoom, she knew uh about it and,
and had great stuff to say about uh the work we're doing uh to help support her. Yeah, the
crypto for Harris call. Uh This is what just about a week ago, six days ago, I had quite the
turnout congressman, not just Chuck Schumer, Mark Cuban, uh Anthony Scaramucci was there. I
want you to listen to what Donald Trump said about crypto in a news conference uh recently
when he was asked about this, you know, he's pledging to be the, the most friendly, the pro
crypto president in American history. And here's how he says he'll get to it on day
one. I will fire Gary G. I will appoint a new sec chairman who believes America
should build the future, not block the future upon taking office. I will immediately appoint
a Bitcoin and crypto Presidential advisory council that was at the big
Bitcoin conference and Nashville Congressman. I think you were there speaking to some of the
folks who were in the room, the crypto bros seemed to be embracing Donald Trump on this and
they're taking him at his word, whether or not he's actually capable of firing Gary Gensler,
what will Kamala Harris do for the crypto business and for investors? Well, you know, it,
it's one of the issues where I've been pushing for a thoughtful reset on the issue. She's
running for president in her own, right. She's gonna have her own policy agenda and ideas
today. She put forth a ton of very specific proposals on housing and the economy. Uh So
we're making the case for, for why a reset is important. But, you know, we had this, this
zoom with Chuck Schumer, uh and Mark Cuban uh you know, very recently and uh Chuck Schumer
put out a tr you know, a very strong uh policy statement on the work he wants to get done to
help protect consumers and keep innovation here in the United States. And we're talking
about crypto and the future of web three. So I think that's a very important step, you know,
and uh we've, we've had a ton of engagement with the, the New Harris campaign on this issue.
So we're hoping that we're going to get a good set of policy statements from them and a reset
on this issue and, and, and you're right about Donald Trump. I spoke just a few hours before
him in Nashville on this issue making the, the democratic case for, for uh crypto and why we
need to keep working on this in a bipartisan way Trump, of course, wants to politicize the
issue. But I think it's important, you know, as you saw there's clips of him to, to remind
folks that he did absolutely nothing on the issue for four years when he was president. And
just even after he left the White House, uh, you know, he said it was a scam. So I, you know,
I, I don't take much of what Donald Trump says uh to heart and I, I don't think, think he's
very serious on this stuff. Uh So, but he knows, he knows that Gary Gansler has, has been
a really bad sec chair. I, I've certainly been one of the first to say that, you know, his,
his policy regulation enforcement is not serving the Biden administration's interest,
but he's not the only voice in the room. So we're optimistic. We're going to get a fresh
new approach from Vice President Harris in the coming days. Well, it wasn't just the crypto
for Harris call. I also saw you on the deadheads for Harris call. Uh, a couple of days
later, it wasn't just you congressman. I saw Senator Pat Leahy. Of course, any uh Vermont
native has to be a deadhead. Uh But is this for real? What, what is the spirit of Jerry
Garcia gonna do to get Kamala Harris elected? Yeah, it was a wonderful call. We had great
live music. Uh And you know, it's about the Grateful Dead's music is about bringing people
together. That's the message we need a lot more of in the US Congress, certainly in this
presidential election. Uh and it's one of unity and not division. So that for me was, was
one of the big things that, that, that uh that , that group was about why I, I love the dead so
much. Proud to be a dead head for Harris.