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Whelan was arrested in Russia in December 2018 and received a 16-year prison sentence in June 2020.

Republicans are for stability in medicaid, medicare, social security. these are promises to the american people and the only way to reform those policies in my view is by bipartisan negotiation. i don't think that's in the cards because i don't think we have a serious party to negotiate with. in senate democrats or president biden. >> i want to ask about your work as co-chair of the american hostage task force because ever since the release of brittney griner, many of your fellow republicans have been quite critical of that prisoner exchange of greiner for notorious arms dealer, viktor bout. y...

>> we set up this hostage task force in 2021. i did that with my friend, ted deutsche of florida. he represented the levinson family, another terrible situation. i had my own situation in arkansas with a family who we believe has been killed and incarcerated in syria. this is a way to help our members cope with the families. we have over 60 american families that are suffering. family member being held abroad this christmas. so my view is ambassador doing a good job. these are never easy and i always celebrate with an american coming home, but jake, look, i think we could do a better job not r...