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Waverley Council has voted unanimously to support a Mayoral Minute calling on the state government to rethink plans to cut 25 bus routes in Sydney's...

>> i'm also going to mention ohio senator rob portman who voted in favor of of the commission. >> i had to double-check my notes there. >> there are a lot of names. you did great. >> i didn't want him to be left out. >> i appreciate that. >> joining me now, kentucky congressman john yarma. i am so glad to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you. >> tell me what it says to you that republican senators blocked the creation of a bipartisan xhigs to investigate the capitol riot bipartisan and there were pleas to support this. it came from brian officer sicknick's mother gladys, capitol police offic...

And women in blue. what will you think when you hear that? >> unbelievable, that they think like that. you know? it's just -- if they had a child, that was hurt, was killed on a day like that. they would think very differently. or if they were hurt. i mean, they could have very well -- somebody could have been killed. one of the congressmen, one of the senators. but apparently, they just think, well, you know, we're safe because of the men in blue. but they don't think any further from that. >> what do you think? i mean, is -- gladys said it was a slap in the face to -- to not have this commis...

They feel like it and they just don't care. and it's -- it's not right. >> sandra, were you surprised some of the senators didn't even agree to meet with you? >> no, i wasn't surprised. you know, it's much easier to do interviews with people, who are not moved by their actions. you know -- you know, by losing a family member, a loved one, like gladys and i were, right? you know, to do something from afar. it's very different, when you have to face someone who has been touched, personally, by something like gladys and i were. so, you know, it -- you know, it's about having courage and a backbon...

My hope is that they will, eventually, do something. because that needs to happen. >> gladys, you met with senator cassidy from louisiana. >> uh-huh. >> he voted yes. >> uh-huh. >> you met with senator portman from ohio. he voted yes. senator toomey had a family commitment so he didn't vote, but he would have voted yes, he said. does it mean -- is that -- give you any sense of satisfaction that you may have -- >> oh, definitely. >> -- changed some minds? >> definitely. i don't know how -- were they -- i don't know if they were on the fence, or not. that, i'm not sure of. were they all on the f...