Senator Mike Lee discusses Loretta Lynch nomination and tax reform

SENATOR MIKE LEE DISCUSSES LORETTA LYNCH NOMINATION AND TAX REFORM JEB BUSH SAYS NOMINATE HER! NOW!

Transcript English (Automatic Captions) 0:00 people think up tea party Republicans in the Senate immediately me think of those 0:03 that are running for president right now 0:04 like some Rand Paul Ted Cruz and Michael reveal but if yes those three senators 0:09 that I just mentioned with a trip actual backbone of the Reform Conservative 0:12 will be here in washington the name just one senator likely a few times got a new 0:17 book out 0:17 our loss Constitution any joins me now senator Lee 0:21 of like to express thank you about the book gonna get to in a minute but let me 0:24 to talk peace a senate yes 0:26 Jeb Bush had this just say 0:29 about the Loretta Lynch delay is 0:32 I think I think presidents have the right to pick their team 0:36 in general if someone is someone is supportive of the president's policies 0:41 whether you agree with them or not 0:42 there should be some deference to the Executive we shouldn't this should not 0:46 always be partisan 0:47 longer it takes to confirm her the longer colder stays as attorney general 0:53 that's been the part of this I've never understood what is the and game in 0:57 delaying her nomination 0:58 considering all love the anger that many conservatives like yourself had to order 1:03 called 1:03 there are a lot of concerns with Loretta Lynch that focus 1:07 a lot on what President Obama did with our immigration code back in November 1:11 he basically relatedness no she didn't but when question for the Senate 1:16 Judiciary Committee on which 1:17 I said she refused to acknowledge that there are limits to prosecutorial 1:20 discretion limits that and must be taken into account for example when you have a 1:25 president 1:25 effectively on doing a huge swath of a federal law 1:28 give about the in- that the parties I 1:32 vote against her one adjustable I'm 1:35 I'm certain she's going to get a vote I'm not sure exactly what I mean that's 1:39 going to be but 1:39 it's gonna happen you think six months has been is a reasonable I mean you 1:42 think this has been a little ridiculous 1:44 I'm not going to say that it said that it's ridiculous I do think it's 1:47 ridiculous that the president rewrote the immigration code 1:50 and that he still hasn't provided a full 1:53 legal explanation of what empowers them to do this and when you've got someone 1:57 who's been 1:58 nominated to fill the highest legal role yet in his administration 2:02 and that person doesn't come forward with an 2:05 adequate legal explanation of either why the present was allowed to do that the 2:09 courts are we doing 2:10 that the courts are we doing since moved with her what congress 2:13 the Senate in particular has a responsibility to review those who will 2:17 be 2:17 advising the President on legal matters and that's what's going on do you think 2:20 there should be about now 2:21 I think there will be a vote soon what a semi within the next few weeks 2:25 are let's go to the presidential race you as you pointed out three friends 2:28 running 2:28 but there's one that you've got a plan that is going to get debated 2:32 a lot and it's this tax plan that you've done with microbio 2:35 what's interesting about it is that it seems to have a you get hit from 2:39 both sides on this one some conservatives unhappy at it lowers 2:42 marginal rates 2:43 only from 39 to 35 a lotta Conservatives won at much lower than that 2:47 and you keep a progressive tax rate their 1535 but 2:50 it also increases the deficit by a lot by trying to buy 2:55 billions of dollars in the first five years and it takes even with dynamic 2:59 scoring and I want to get into that for a few hours this morning 3:01 it could take over a decade before writes itself 3:05 do you think this this the this tax plan can withstand scrutiny 3:08 I do I do because this is a pro-growth pro-family 3:12 tax reform 12 dramatically simplifies the code at a time when Americans have 3:16 just experienced their annual tax day at a time 3:19 when our tax freedom day keeps getting pushed out further and further 3:23 the American people are tight ever on a tax code that a hundred years ago was a 3:26 few hundred pages long 3:27 today's seventy-five thousand pages long at their 3:31 they're ready for reform the rate for tax code simplification my tax reform 3:35 plan 3:35 would get rid of the marriage tax penalty which is a concern to many 3:38 people 3:38 it's where the parrot tax penalty and would provide a new child tax credit to 3:42 help get rid of that parent check 3:44 tax penalty a new favorite among for I 3:47 you know I really like all three at my Senate colleagues who are are are 3:51 running for president and I 3:52 intend to be a supportive of freedom as I possibly can what he say the criticism 3:55 that says you know it 3:56 the republicans to nominate a senator senators they can't run things 4:00 governors can run things what he said what the other side that is 4:04 with someone who has helped federal office you have the opportunity to 4:07 examine 4:08 how they view federal issues how 4:10 the constitutional authority given to the federal government 4:13 relative to the power that a governor wheels in the state me when I got a 4:17 longer conversation about your book 4:18 on press pass but I i'm curious you call it our loss Constitution you believe the 4:23 Constitution is a living document 4:25 or do you believe it is it is sorta as written a strict 4:28 sorta document that shouldn't be over interpret 4:32 each written in such a way that it can be amended 4:35 with time over time it can be amended and it has been amended twenty-seven 4:39 times 4:40 it but what's it's written what's its provisions are put in place we need to 4:44 follow it 4:45 and if its not up to date that we need to amend it from time to time just as we 4:49 have that's how you would make it 4:51 yet so you changed amended only not trying to reinterpret 4:54 well we reinterpret for the times certainly i mean for example 4:58 it the founding fathers didn't contemplate interstate air travel 5:02 right but it fits comfortably within the Commerce Clause is explaining the book 5:06 to regulate channels an instrumentality of interstate commerce 5:09 like interstate Airways even though they didn't contemplate that specific thing 5:12 what explain in my book the Retiro Carlos constitution is because 5:16 we drifted so far from the founding generations understanding 5:19 that this is supposed to be a limited purpose government in there 5:22 a number of provisions a half-dozen which I profile in the book 5:25 that we've neglected entirely we need to restore the alright well maybe 5:29 companies a cop