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>> juan: as a resident of the district of columbia, you can get a straw, dana perino. it just wont be a plastic straw. >> dana: have you tried them? >> katie: they dissolve in your cup. >> greg: its not biodegradable. >> dana: we should have them on set tomorrow and start "the five" with our cups with straws and see how long they last. >> juan: i can spit spitballs? >> greg: juan, the spitball is the issue. eight gets soggy with a paper straw. you need a plastic straw for spitballs and some othe...

Its a religious-based law, correct? like we are upset when we hear this. imagine being a practicing hindu coming to the united states and going into a ruth chris steak house. isnt the cow a sacred animal? we butcher millions of them a year. all cash in religion, jews dont eat pork and i believe muslims detest dogs. the hindus embrace cows. christianity is different. we had an ark. we had an ark. i have no idea what im saying. i guess what im saying is a lot of this is religious-based. we think i...

Situation like this where they say their words are being misinterpreted, then first of all, read the bill before you cosponsor it. thats a good idea. also read them carefully. these words really matter. we are charged as human beings at the top of the food chain, we have brains and hearts and we have science and we have faith and all of that informs how we think about things and how we talk about things. a fetus is not viable, to their point, until its born. then its born and it has inalienable ...

>> katie: there is more in the potomac than plastic straws. much bigger problems. the problem is finding people. we might have paper straws tomorrow. i brought our real plastic straw to set today. im wondering if, the fine for having a straw is $800. what is defined for smuggling straws into the city? if i have straws in my purse. is ten straws considered high capacity? >> greg: i am not explaining what i just said. >> juan: i think we are supposed to be, you know, good stewards of the earth, ri...