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That with gun ownership for example, so you can go after gun owners with a bounty? you know, this is texas going way beyond -- well, they have been wanting to get rid of rorks roe v wade along with many other states for a long time. nicole, last year, 56,000 women in texas got abortions. if this law were in effect almost 50,000 of them would not have been able to get abortions. can you imagine doing that to their own constituent women? it boggles the mind. >> boggles the mind. matthew dowd, i wa...

To deliver on fair taxation. how far they are willing to go on that is something that we are willing to have a conversation on. its been talked about quite a lot in our caucus and with the senators just how much of a significant progress and investment we want to make in these areas. and we continue to wait to hear what kind of significant changes and investments theyre willing to make in their constituents lives because were ready to do everything it takes so the people can feel the changes in ...

Super majorities in the house and senate including a lot of rural representation. under biden there arent the margins to make the perfect of the enemy the good and theres no room to punt another quarter with the midterm elections looming. its time to put up or shut up. thats your "reality check." >> hes got to be able to go back and explain proposals to his constituents. sounds like if he explained a lot of whats in this bill to the constituent, maybe theyd like it >> thats exactly right. this i...

Chills through my spine. i am old enough, i have seen kids die of varicella, chickenpox. we cant go backwards. this is a day for us to move forward. >> can you talk about the risk to children in the low vaccinated states? i know i have sent you some of these articles. we have talked not on tv about the risk to kids under 12 who dont have the choice of being vaccinated. what is happening to kids in states with low vaccination rates? >> there is a couple of really important things. as you point ou...

Has been pushed into this one thing, a lot of people consumed by a pandemic and by their own lives dont really necessarily know what is in it for them yet. so i want you, having spent time in the state of west virginia, if you were to imagine a kind of median constituent of senator joe manchin, a median person in the state of west virginia, not unlike people in your state and elsewhere in this country, can you rattle off the list of the things that would change in that persons life from the crad...

An extra £20 a week was added to universal credit in march 2020. it costs £6 billion a year. the number of people on universal credit almost doubled during the pandemic, peaking atjust under 6 million. despite the economy improving, the latest statistics show that nearly 5.9 million people are still on the benefit. in the commons today, the governments decision to cut what they always said was a temporary increase led to some pointed exchanges. a single parent could be a constituent, working o...

A single parent could be a constituent, working on the minimum wage, already working full—time, would need to work over nine hours a week on top of their full—timejobjust to get the money back that the prime minister is taking away from them. under this government, for the first time in decades, wages are rising. wages across the board are rising. they are for up on where they were before _ they are for up on where they were before the — they are for up on where they were before the pandem...

To strengthen the safety net, said the chancellor, an extra £20 a week was added to universal credit in march 2020. it costs £6 billion a year. the number of people on universal credit almost doubled during the pandemic, peaking atjust under 6 million. despite the economy improving, the latest statistics show that nearly 5.9 million people are still on the benefit. in the commons today, the governments decision to cut what they always said was a temporary increase led to some pointed exchanges...

Infection. so can the secretary of state say what resources are specifically going to be made available for care homes this winter, so that we can ensure they have the staffing levels that they need, and to prevent the sort of devastating infection rates we saw last year. mr devastating infection rates we saw last ear. ~ last year. mr speaker, i can tell the honourable _ last year. mr speaker, i can tell the honourable gentleman - last year. mr speaker, i can tell the honourable gentleman that| ...

Existed. we had no idea that this was going to be an evacuation site. at tehe end of the day there wa probably 1,000 people in this warehouse because you have workers and support staff. >> i know that days after the storm hit and this information about this facility was exposed that there were till many families who didnt know where their grandmothers, grandfathers were. do we know if every one has been accounted for yet? >> to my knowledge they have been and to segue to that position, i receive...