Secure Freedom Radio Highlight – Rep. Chris Stewart

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On today’s Secure Freedom Radio, we highlight a new regular to the weekly lineup. Congressman Chris Stewart has distinguished himself representing Utah’s 2nd district and through his 14 year service as a veteran Air Force pilot.

Serving on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Stewart gave us his views on a number of pertinent topics including Iran’s push for nuclear weaponry, the President’s abandonment of a decades long bipartisan consensus, and the onerous power grab misleadingly titled Net Neutrality.

For generations now Republicans and Democrats have been united that Iran would not be allowed to weaponize their programs, to build nuclear weapons. And yet the President seems to be taking approach that not only allows that, it almost guarantees it.

I asked Secretary Kerry last week at a hearing we had, I went down a long list of activities that Iranians have pursued where they have worked against U.S. interests and have killed Americans. Where they’ve been a state sponsor of terrorism for 31 years, Hezbollah, Hamas, including activities in our hemisphere, in South America and even in Mexico. Then I asked the Secretary, can you give me one example of where they have worked in a positive or constructive way with the U.S. or with any of our allies, and he did not have a response to that.

I realize the devil is in the details, but you can make a treaty work if both sides want it to be successful. I don’t believe that Iran wants to this to be successful, I think they’re using this to forestall and to continue to build. I just don’t understand why we take such risk.

Isn’t that ironically named. You know they’re brilliant at their messaging. Net Neutrality, well who would be against that? It is another example of the President and his broad reach across all of these government agencies. The FCC is supposed to be neutral and there is no question they were influenced by the Administration on this, not only influenced but persuaded by the Administration on this.

I would ask any of your listeners this very simple question. Do you think the government should be involved in the enterprise of providing internet service and why do you possibly think that involving that government would make that better? If you can answer that then I would support this but I don’t believe that anyone can.

I think the magic of the internet is that it is free and it’s independent, it’s private and it’s market driven, this is going to introduce the heavy hand of government into all of that. How could that possibly be a good idea?

Be sure to listen to Frank Gaffney’s full interview with Representative Chris Stewart at Secure Freedom Radio.