State Republicans talk challenges and opportunities heading into 2024 legislative session
GOP leaders say they hope for better treatment in the upcoming legislative session.
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GOP leaders say they hope for better treatment in the upcoming legislative session.
Want us to know what are you doing, can you do more, why can't we stop this now and i think being here first-hand is a way to really connect on that, get the information from the inside, talk to the humanitarian agency, talked to ukrainian part, it's really important to, given all the decisions that have to be made to be here and to see it. >> you know, representative lynch said that he's not optimistic about peace talks. how do you feel about that, congresswoman? >> well, of course, we're all so impressed by the strength of the ukrainian people, you know, grandmothers standing up to tanks, yo...
Hour six more or less right now he's been behind closed doors? >> yeah. we've just begun our sixth. it's a longer day than we anticipated. we were told he would wrap up around 2:00 or 3:00, but sounds like reeker has a lot to say. republicans and democrats keep going back and forth asking him questions. one democratic congressman representative lynch from massachusetts emerged from these closed-door depositions saying reek certify a quote reservoir of information. he's corroborating what a lot of previous testimonies have already said. we know that reeker is supposed to talk about the ouster o...
Of the wrongdoing and perhaps even worse, perhaps even criminality that he witnessed during his time in the front row of this administration's foreign policy. >> we move to who might be to who is. we're in hour six. have we heard anything in terms of what may be happening there inside the skiff? >> so what we know is that fellowsh philip reeker is talking about the firing of marie yovanovitch, the former ambassador to ukraine who was much loved and respected by her colleagues. she did a fantastic job. we have since learned from previous depositions that her firing was recommended by rudy giuli...
In certain areas. but in my mind, we should be able to work together here to allow dhs and the border patrol to conduct that surveillance and patrolling. it shouldn't be one or the other. we should be able to protect our national security and our natural resources at the same time. >> heather: congressman mccotter, isn't the federal government putting the concerns of the environmentalists ahead of our own safety concerns? >> first i think you'll find a lot of bipartisan agreement as we heard from my colleague representative lynch. what we're seeing is more bureaucratic turf war that is, i beli...