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Was one of the best i ever served with. the first v.a. secretary in the history of the v.a. to make reducing suicide his number one clinical priority. we lose 20 veterans a day. that's a conservative estimate. every single day by their own hand. the majority of whom have not been able to get into a v.a., for whatever reason did not go to a v.a. by focusing on it, calling it out, providing the resources necessary to connect those veterans with care, we're going to save more lives. i'm grateful they nominated him. that was a partner with whom we could work. if you take it from our perspective in...

Working with my republican colleagues across the aisle, never allowing the perfect to become the enemy of the good. ensuring that we find consensus, common ground to make that common cause to do the common good expanding mental health care access for veterans. improving security and the flow of trade at our ports of entry. protecting public plans in the chihuahuan government. we see each other as not republicans, as democrats, as americans, texans, human beings. i'm confident there's no stopping us. that's the way i want to serve you in the united states senate. thank you, bola, for your quest...

Stand up for the institutions that make us so strong in the first place. so i think we need to vigorously defend the freedom of the press. we need to call out violations not just in this country, in countries like mexico, one of the most dangerous places to be a journalist. the killing of khashoggi by the saudi arabian government, there has to be consequences. there has to be accountability. there has to be justice. this is our chance to lead on one of the most important issues to our democracy and to freedom around the world. thank you for the question. appreciate it. >> thank you. [ cheers a...

They even make it this far. i think he's trying to play upon the worst impulses of this country instead of speaking to our ambitions, hopes, dreams, those things that we can achieve if we all come together. i don't know what he's trying to do, i just know the task left to us which is to be the answer to that. our courage, our confidence, our strength. that has to define us going forward. it's up to us. i love that we have the chance to do it and i love all of the excitement, the enthusiasm, the energy that we're seeing out on the trail right now. it bodes very well. >> and on the record for th...

This state though it is not okay, it is perfectly legal for you to be fired based on your sexual orientation. in this state though we have 30,000 kids in the foster care system, in child protective services until recently was so under funded and under manned that you had kids at cps offices sleeping under and on top of the desks. in texas by law you can be too gay to adopt one of those kids into your loving household. we need a senator that's going to stand up for the full civil rights of every single american regardless of who you love and what your sexual orientation is. grateful for the que...