WELCOME BACK TO 40/29 NEWS ON THE RECORD. WE ARE JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY US SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN HOPING TO KEEP HIS SEAT FOR THE U.S. SENATE, REPRESENNGTI ARKANSAS. NOW, SENATOR BOOZMAN, YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPPONENTS THIS YEAR FOR THE THE ELECTIONS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. SO HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THEIR ACCUSATIONS CALLING YOU REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY? YOU EAR NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. YOU SUPPORT PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND YO’'VE SUPRTPOED BILLS TO SUPPORT ABORTION. WHAT’S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? WELL, FIRST OF ALLIT, ’S GREAT THAT WE’VE GOT A BUNCH OF PRIMARY OPPONENTS IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE RACES, THAT’S THAT’S GOOD FOR AMERICA. IT’S GOOD FOR ARKANSAS, THAT PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED. I’VE BEEN CALLED LOTS OF THINGS GENERALLY NOT BEGIN CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. THAT’S NOT ONE OF THOSE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND ABORTION, I’VE GOT AN A-PLUS RATING WITH ALL OF THOSE GROUPS AND MOST OF THOSE GROUPS, THE OS NETHAT PUT FORWARD SCORECARDS. I’M RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LI ST. AND THEN ALSO MOST OF THOSE GROUPS, RIGHT-TO-LIFE GROUPS ARE ENDORSING ME. SO I’M VERY, VERY PROUD OF MY RECORD IN THAT REGARD. AND SO THAT’S THAT’S HOW I WOULD RESPOND. NOW, ABORTION AIS BIG TOPIC, IS HUGE, IS COMING UP RIGHT NOW. I INKTH THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY SCORECARD, I’VE GOT AN A-PLUS RATING, 100 PERCENT VOTING RECORD. AND THEN ALSO I’M VERY PROUD OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE ENDORSEMENT. OK, AND WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THE TERM THAT YOU JUST ARE COMPLETING RIGHT NOW? WELL, I THINK STJU PUSHING BACK AGAINST IT, WE’VE GOT TWO ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. SO WE’VE GOT A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT, WE’VE GOT A MODECRATIC HOUSE AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, JUST REALLY TRYING TO STOP ALL THE THE THE RADILCA AGENDA OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. AND THERE’S PLENTY OF IT. I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PASS THESE MASSIVE SPENDING BILLS THAT SIMPLY WOULD NOT HELP, BUT ALSO WOULD LITERALLY POUR GASOLINE UNDER THE FIRE REGARDING INFLATION. SO THOSE THAT’S ROU BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE’VE SUCCEEIND DE ACTUALLY DOING A LOT OF THAT. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS WOKEN UP. ONE THING THAT THAT REALLY WAS A HUGE THING WAS THE TAX IMPLICATIONS. THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW THE IRS EVERY TIME YOU YOU HAD A FIRST, IT WAS $600 WHEN YOU PUT $600 INTO YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT OR WITHDRAW IT, THEN THEY SAID 10000. THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER ASA HAS ABOUT $62000. ETH AVERAGE FAMILY $60000 WORTH OF ACTIVITY. SO ESSENTIALLY, AFTER YOU MET THE $10000 THRESHOLD, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WOULD THEN GO TO THE IRS. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND $8 MLIONIL HIRING 86000 NEW AGENTS TO PORE OVER URYO RECORDS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THAT. WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ANOTHER OF THE TERRIBLE TAX IMPLICATIONS. AND SO THESE ARE THE THIS NGTHAT WE’RE WORKING VERY HARD ON DOING. ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT SOME OF THEIR DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS SUGGEST THAT WE GET RID OF IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, OR AT LEAST NOT SPEND. SO MUCH MONEY ON THEM. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THAT? WELL, I’M RFO SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY AS WE NEED. THE CONSTITUTION CARLYLE SAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN DEFENSE. THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSAS. OUROM CMUNITIES CAN. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN DEFEND US IS THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE WASTE A LOT OF MONEY. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON AREAS THAT TY CLHEEARLY E AROUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF. PROBABLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. THOSE ARE THE EAARS THAT WE NEED TO CUT BACK ON. BUT I’M A GUY THAT BELIEVES THAT WE NEED TO SPEND WHAVETER WE NEED TO SPEND TO KEEP THE SAFE. AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ON OLYNE THAT CAN DO THAT. SO THAT’S WE WORK VERY HARD ON THAT. WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO PLUS UP THE DEFENSE BUDGET. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ONN I UKRAINE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON IN IRAN, THE CHINESE, YOU KNOW, WATCHING TAIW AN, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING AGAIN, INVADING THAT COUNTRY, WHY WOULD YOU WHY WOULD YO U CONSIDER OR, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE THE BUETDG MUCH LESS GETTING RID OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND A TASTELESS STRENGTH GUY AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THROUGH THE YEARS? OK, WE,LL SENATOR BUZZIN, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO TELL THE VOTERS WHY THEY SHOULD ELECT YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TERM IN THE U.S. SENATE. WE,LL WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON AGAIN TO PUSH BACK AGNSTAI THE BIDEN-HARRIS AGENDA. I’VE GOT A NOT A GOOD RECORD. I’VE GOT A GREAT RECORD REGARDING RIGHT. THE LIFE ISSUES, THE GUN ISSUES, SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, SUPPORTI OURNG VETERANS, TAKING CARE OF OUR FARMERS AND AGAIN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD NOW ON TRYING TO CONTROL THINGS LIKE INFLATION AND THE MASSIVE SPENDING THAT ETH BIDEN-HARRIS AGENDA IS PROPOSING. ALL RI