{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/07/13/icymi-hagerty-joins-kudlow-on-fox-business-to-discuss-iran-housing-and-reconciliation-3-0/", "ICYMI\u2014Hagerty Joins Kudlow\u00a0on Fox Business to Discuss Iran, Housing and Reconciliation 3.0", "2026-07-13", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Bill Hagerty", "H000601", "www.hagerty.senate.gov", "hagerty", "https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington\u2014On Friday, United States Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Banking Committees, joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Iran, housing and Reconciliation 3.0.\n\n*Click the photo above or here to watch*\n\nPartial Transcript\n\nHagerty on Iran: [Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Admiral Brad Cooper], is in charge of the [Strait of Hormuz]. It\u2019s the United States of America that is driving the behavior [in Iran]. And what we have is increasing propaganda coming from the Iranian regime. They\u2019re great at propaganda, they\u2019re great at negotiations, but in terms of delivery\u2014not so much. And their economy is in the tank. You see what we\u2019ve done now: the ceasefire is over, [U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent] stepping back in, removing Iran\u2019s temporary license to ship\u2014that\u2019s gone. Sanctions are being reimposed, economic pressure [is] back on, President Trump has hit [Iran] very hard. I think they\u2019re realizing that the old playbook\u2014 the one they used with [President Barack Obama], the one they used with [President Joe Biden]\u2014will not work with this administration [\u2026] I think that the memorandum of understanding is on life support, at best. [The United States has] reimposed sanctions. We are back at a point of negotiating from a position of strength, letting the Iranians know how it is going to be. We tried to allow them to behave like a normal country; it seems to be beyond them to do that. So, we are moving to plan B. [\u2026] We had completed about 75-80% of [target packages] before we went into the ceasefire. There is still a considerable amount of targeting that remains. Those targets are sensitive targets\u2026 The pace at which Brad Cooper undertakes this is the pace at which the President directs him to do so, I think is certainly something that was within the realm of the White House to make that decision, but we are moving back in that direction again.\n\nHagerty on housing and affordability: Why should the consumer, why should the everyday man and woman in America pay for the inflation that Joe Biden created? That is exactly where we are. [Indexing capital gains on housing] will unleash housing stock. It will unleash supply. It is a supply-and-demand problem right now that has made housing unaffordable\u2026 Another piece I would like to highlight has to do with the regulatory front. And that would be adopting my piece of legislation that deals with taking away the $100,000 that has been the quantification of the regulatory cost on the average home in America, permitting, et cetera, that takes place. $100,000 added to the cost of a home here in America\u2014that is something we need to address first and foremost. My Freedom to Build Act would do just that. It would build on top of what we\u2019ve already done with the [ROAD to Housing Act], and I think just another area to move us in the right direction to lower costs for Americans.\n\nHagerty on Reconciliation 3.0: This is something that we\u2019ve proven that we can do. We can address the SAVE America concerns. I want to see the SAVE America Act passed. I\u2019m a co-sponsor; I\u2019ve voted for it every time. I\u2019m willing to move in every direction we can\u2014but we know we can make [budget] reconciliation work. And I think my colleagues in the House of Representatives are working away right now\u2026 I am very pleased to see us moving in that direction [\u2026] We have a short period of time here before we get into the zone of the fall election. I think the opportunity is right before us. The House is working away. I\u2019m looking forward to getting Reconciliation 3.0 underway, and I appreciate the house taking the lead and moving it forward [\u2026] [Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham, R-SC,] and his team, actually, and the Budget Committee have been working on Reconciliation 3.0, and I think they\u2019ve been in close contact with the House of Representatives\u2026 I think there are a number of ways to deal with it, but frankly, if [the SAVE America Act] comes over in a reconciliation bill, this is something that we have been able to pass. We\u2019ve been very successful at it. I\u2019d like to see it move in that direction, and I think we absolutely can do it.", 1, "2026-07-14T07:08:55Z", "2026-07-14T07:10:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/07/13/icymi-hagerty-joins-kudlow-on-fox-business-to-discuss-iran-housing-and-reconciliation-3-0/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.632810104638338, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}