SITREP #4: Laken Riley Act, Biden’s Offshore Leasing Ban, Taking Greenland, & the New Political Dynamics in the Middle East
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
4.6 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On the latest SITREP (Situation Report), Congressman Crenshaw explains how the Republican House strategy at the start of the 119th Congress and gives us the Civics 101 on how the legislative process works. He covers the possibility of overturning Biden’s sweeping ban on offshore oil and gas leases, U.S. investors making a bid for TikTok, and the possibility of turning Greenland into a U.S. territory. And he examines the shifting political dynamics in Syria and Lebanon as Iran’s influence in the Middle East wanes.
The House passes the Laken Riley Act (LRA)
Addressing the Democrats “anti-immigrant” charges
Leader Thune’s strategy to pass LRA in the Senate
What you need to know about House rules and the legislative process
Parliamentary Procedure 101
Biden’s sweeping offshore oil and gas leasing ban
Why reversing Biden’s ban will be difficult
Kevin O’Leary makes a bid for TikTok
Make Greenland Great Again!
Gulf of AMERICA
Iran’s diminishing influence in the Middle East
A cautious step forward in U.S. – Syria relations
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| 0:00.0 | We hold these truths to be self-evident. |
| 0:02.1 | That all men are created. |
| 0:03.4 | As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. |
| 0:07.3 | Experts on what they're talking about. |
| 0:09.0 | This is the podcast for insights into the issues. |
| 0:11.6 | China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking it down into simple terms. |
| 0:18.0 | We hold. |
| 0:18.7 | We hold these truths. |
| 0:20.1 | We hold these truths. with Dan Crenshaw. |
| 0:22.2 | The Eagle has landed. Sit rep for the news from January 3rd to January 8th. Hope you all are enjoying |
| 0:29.5 | our new podcast series, the sit rep, the situation report where you're just getting the news. |
| 0:35.2 | You don't have to go read a bunch of other stuff. |
| 0:37.6 | You can just listen to my podcast in addition to the great guests that we have once a week. |
| 0:42.8 | Okay, in congressional news, the first bill to pass the 119th Congress, well, the House at least, is the Laken Riley Act. |
| 0:52.4 | So what is this? |
| 0:53.9 | This is the Lake and Riley Act because it's named after the young University of Georgia student |
| 0:58.6 | who was murdered during a jog by an illegal alien from Venezuela. |
| 1:03.6 | It requires the detention of migrants arrested for theft, |
| 1:07.4 | for burglary, larceny, and shoplifting. |
| 1:10.0 | Kind of common sense stuff. Her killer, |
| 1:13.6 | Jose Antonio Ibarra, avoided a conviction on shoplifting after being sent to a diversion program, |
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