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Our tough times together! we always find a way through. that is what collective bargaining is! >> we democrats are strongly opposed to what is happening to working people in the state. it is not organized labor it is working people. wall street has been bailed out by the federal government mean by this governor. who worked for lehman brothers and then bankrupted it and then had nerve to say he wants to balance the budget on the backs of working people. we are sticking up for teachers, firefighte...

Want to handle our health care and have the freedom to do that. so just leave us alone. >> greta: why -- tennessee is not in the florida multi-state litigation. you have a republican governor and democratic attorney general. is that why you are not part of the florida litigation or is there another reason? >> i really dont know what is coming next. we just passed this legislation yesterday. i do know that we have an overwhelmingly elected governor who is strong on his conservative principles. i ...

>> greta: is there a loophole in the new health care law? maybe if you live in tennessee. the states health freedom act is heading to the governors desk. it says every tennessee resident is tree to or decline services without penalty or -- is free to accept or decline services without penalty or punishment. your bill does this mean you dont have to do that federal mandate is that what your law says? >> thats correct. it states that we have a choice to embrace government health care or to not. it...

To intimidate. it is a shame. people, we wanted to hear what people had to say. i wanted to people to hear what i had to say. expressing my views why im supporting forever walker and his plan. the folks who had been organized to be there, wanted nothing to do with hearing what i had to say. time and time again, as i tried to speak, they talked over me. she shouted. it was rather discouraging and at times very disrespectful. >> greta: where was it? i take it this was not in madison. was this in y...

Buy. >> greta: did any department s -- did any democrats go along or was this down party lines? >> we did have some across the aisle democrats vote on this. we sure did. i think there was four of them actually. >> greta: i expect -- does the governor intend to sign this? >> theres no indication that hes not going to. i folk with him today and he -- i spoke with him today. he just wants to read it over. believe he will sign it. >> greta: it will be interesting to watch. see was in all these state...