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Eliminating the reliance on the coal-based energy and i will be signing soon our legislation to move us to 100% clean by 2030. one of the most aggressive standards in the nation. but the reality is quite harsh on the ground. as you mentioned in terms of the wildfires, we have seen twice as many fires and four times as many acreages burned as this time last year, and this is why it is so critically important that we are better prepared for wildfire season. i stood up a wildfire council a couple o...

Senator manchin doesnt support for the people act in its entirety but is open to hr 4, john lewis voting rights act. he outlined principles he could support in a broader bill. what do you and your colleagues think is the most effective way for congress to weigh in in a way that would effect whats going on in your home state? >> i think legislation has to pass, it is that simple. we need something to supersede what state law might happen if the bill in texas were to pass. any combination of thing...

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The framework? how hard is chuck schumers job there? >> i think it is a very hard job but senator schumer has been doing it extremely well and he has listened every caucus member. the budget committee has been working very hard together. you have senator bernie sanders and senator mark warner on both sides of the spectrum in terms of ideology coming together over this proposal. so this proposal has been vetted and it does things we need. it has affordable daycare, universal pre-k, national paid ...

Energy, and oregon now once i sign the bill will have the most aggressive clean energy standard in the entire country. >> so, governor, i am curious if you have seen as you have experienced this heat wave and as different industries and people that you are seeing in the politics around this, because it is an issue for many years that people said that it didnt exist, and we were fighting over that, and arguments over the data and seemed far away for people in their every day lives, and some would...

Focus next week. before the president spoke, chuck schumer announced he will proceed next monday on the $579 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill which is not finalized. he set a deadline of next wednesday wens for the democratic caucus to move forward on the budget reconciliation framework. senator, great to see you. thank you so much for spending a couple minutes with us today. lets start with the child tax credit. it is something that many democrats want to expand or extend in the reconcili...

Sexual assault legislation because i have watched the floor try to take a bill of sexual assault crimes out of the chain of command, seen male colleagues democratic and republican essentially block that move. what do you say to them and how do you answer criticisms like senator susan collins that suggest the legislation is too broad because it includes crimes that are beyond sexual assault. >> when we drafted the bill eight years ago we made the decision based on advice of military justice exper...