hr-1 typifies an appropriate exercise of congressional authority. this hearing provides a rare opportunity to explore the contours of the elections clause. it provides congress to confer -- to enact transformational democracy legislation. i understand mr. davis is on assignment today and may be joining us later but i think mr. style will be offering his opening statement. mr. style, you are now recognized. >> thank you, madame chairwoman. today's hearing is titled "the election clause, constitutional interpretation and congressional exercise." this is a hearing that our committee should have had before we had hearings on the elections administration, before the drafting and introduction and passage of hr one, and before the drafting and introduction of hr-4 last congress. article one, section four of the constitution clearly states the primary role in establishing the "times, places and manners of holding elections for senators and representatives." under the constitution, congress has a purely secondary role in this space. this is evident from the

districts and the congressional revisitation process. it went on to explain that congress specifically does have the power to make laws regarding congressional districting. there wasn't much question about congress's power to regulate congressional redistricting. if there ever was, riccio definitively resolves that. there is no doubt that congress, under the elections clause, has the ultimate power over the rules regarding congressional districting. >> let me ask you, professor p. why were the framers concerned about state lawmakers trying to stick lines. -- drawing district lines? >> the best answer is reconstructing the political atmosphere. essentially, it is a function -- the first system of american federalism, the articles of confederation, allowed congress to recommend to the states what needed to be done for national purposes. resolutions, recommendations. it's based upon the declines of the states with decisions made by the continental content. it is what they would call vices. it is recurring to breakdown. in fact, representati

congressional >> congressional district. the state legislatures to have to create with every census. and everything from the actual method of voting to deciding exactly what kind of constituency will be represented. the concept, the clause effectively for congress to examine how it's working or not working and the clauses in our language at anytime. fourth and finally, when americans of the revolution thought about political representation, there was one maximum that consistently guided their thinking, from 1776, and afterwards, that the assembly should be a miniature portion or transcript of the larger society. as adams put it an equal representation or equal interest among the people should have equal interest in it. and they would constitute the society, this was a democratic vision over what a government should look like. and their idea was not different from one person rule that guided modern representation since the 1960's, the true goal of democratic politics is not over distortion or exclusion. it invites congress to

and with no congressional review or alteration.o precisely because with those words of latitude of that discretionary power. and then that inequality. and with that can congressional districts but then the then that motion was rejected. so madison speech also identifies new problems in designing a system of national political representation so it should be decided with the district for all representatives these and many others with the members of the committee to know there was no precedent in history for the representatives of the framers of society the american colonies and state were illegally organized. that would never work in the extensive expanding american republic those political entities. with every need to send you'll sentence. but then everything to decide what kind of constituency answer presented. of those political representations working or not working in the language of any time. so talk about political representation those that were consistently guided and in 1776 the legislative assembly should be from the larges

to his congressional office, and the desk itself was the congressional desk that he used in the grand rapids office, but it is much the same that he would have used in the congressional office in washington, d.c., because they were made by the same company. but gerald ford as a congressman launching in this new career, his ambition came not for the presidency, an office that he did attain, but he wanted to become rather, the speaker of the house, the office that he never was able to attain. however, he has a fascinating career, and 25 years in congress beginning in 1949 in post war america, and in those, some of those critical moments of post war america, he is right there at the cutting edge of them, and he knows, and he is introduced to president truman, because as in his first congressional term, he is on the public works committee, and that means that he is overseeing the maintenance, and the construction maintenance of the federal buildings, and one of those is the white house. and that is the building that is crumbling. he is trying to build a cold war strategy for fighting the

every time you get close and any of these congressional -- big congressional deals at the last minutey isn't this in there? things like not so much how much money is going to be spent or where the money is going to come from, but how many strings you attach to it. are you going to have wage guarantees or not? are you going to have restrictions on how much broad band companies can charge rural customers or not? there are lots of little details in a package that's going to affect every american's life whether you drive on a road, go to an airport or want to drink clean water. this touches almost everything that you do. and so everybody in both chambers, frankly, is interested and wants to get some tweak here or there. >> stephen dennis, thank you very much for the update. we'll be coming back to you on it. thank you very much, stephen. >>> today officer daniel hodges discovered exactly whose life he was saving. while he was being crushed in a capitol doorway by the trump mob. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ just two pills for all day pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible. there's an ameri

to his congressional office. the desk itself was the congressional desk. he used in his grand rapids office, but it's much the same as the one that he would have used in his congressional office in washington dc because they were made by the same company, but gerald ford as a congressman. interest congress in 1949 launching upon this new career his ambition became not for the presidency and office he did attain but he wanted to become rather the speaker of the house an office. he never was able to attain. however, he has a fascinating career 25 years in congress beginning in 1949 and post-war america and in those some of those critical moments of post-war america. he's right there at the cutting edge of them. he knows he's introduced to president truman because as in his first congressional term, he's on the public works committee, which means he oversees the maintenance the construction maintenance of federal buildings one of those federal buildings is the white house and that's the white house that's crumbling

the overall blueprint that kicks off the congressional budget process, each one of those can produce up to three reconciliation bills. one effect only revenue. it one that affects only spending, and one that affects the debt limit. in practice, it is pretty hard to do major policy changes without touching revenue and spending together. early, we are talking about each buzz right -- budget resolution doing two reconciliation bills and practice. as we have learned, you can unlock additional additional attempts by revising a budget resolution. this was the subject of some headlines about a month ago. this will be a common theme for our conversation today. timing is a big factor. even if the rules of the process and the interpretation of the rules allow you to do something, the calendar and the schedule can be as restrictive on how the reconciliation process unfolds. we will talk about this in a little bit in more detail. the big powerful thing about the reconciliation process that it allows for these bills to move through the senate without the possibility of a filibuster. instead of ne

it boo require the congressional -- it would require the congressional budget justification documents that agencies prepare for congressional committees to be posted online in a centralized, searchable database. this would make these detailed, plane-language explanations of how agencies plan to spend taxpayer dollars more accessible to the government. i want to thank representative mike quigley for his work on the house companion of this measure. he has a long history as a strong advocate of transparency in the operations of the federal government. this bill builds on the work of the committee to improve government transparency by allowing the public to more easily learn about how federal agencies spend their taxpayer dollars. i support this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. keller: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. keller: thank you. i rise in support of s. 272, the congressiona

shontel brown has received the backing of hillary clinton and the congressional black caucus political action committee. meanwhile in a special election in texas yesterday, voters rejected a trump-endorsed candidate and elected another republican, state representative jake ellzey to the u.s. house. ellzey ran an anti-immigration campaign and called himself a "reagan republican." he ran against susan wright, the widow of the former congressmember ron wright, who died this year from covid-19, leaving open his seat in texas's 6th congressional district. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. i am joined by juan gonzalez in new jersey. juan: welcome to our viewers and listeners across the country and the world. amy: the house select

it is now in the congressional record, it is there.ision has been made at different times during the day to bleep out certain words which i completely understand, but there is a unique power in those words that i think the committee -- i personally think the committee was right to want washington in the country to hear. >> i think absolutely the committee was right because, that was the reality. that was real. they didn't treat officer dunn even the way they treated the other officers who are they trying to kill. he was not just apologies to embrace nbc viewers but he was the n-word, that's what he was. it's not even a millimeter before below the surface of this crowd, of this trump cult crowd of white supremacy, the racism, the anger, the rage at the fact that here was a powerful black man, in a position of authority, trying to defend the capital. it went just enough in the snap of the fingers from, he voted for the wrong guy to, he is beneath us. it went straight from -- the wrong guy, to 400 years of history. it's just a stunning pi

let me now hand it back over to our congressional leaders. congressman bc and congressman doggett. >> i know everyone on capitol hill is familiar that there are security protocols. representative tenney rose is approaching. he is represented a from dallas. she serves as the first vice chair of the house democratic caucus chair. she is our dear friend and leader in our caucus. i invite her up to speak here. >> thank you. you know, republicans have failed texans. texas republicans do not want free and fair elections. house bill three puts deliberate barriers on voting to make it harder for texans to cast a free and equal vote. house bill three is an attack on voters' freedom and democracy. even with two ruthless provisions removed, the bill as written makes it harder for texans to vote. and allows poll watchers to intimidate and harass voters. rigging the system, attacking the very foundations of democracy and texans. it is the price they are willing to pay in order to pay for trump's [indiscernible] so, we have real issues to address in texas.

thank you congressman and our entire texas congressional delegation. all of them to such a fabulous job of representing the lone igstar state, fighting for the people of texas everything that they we cannot thank you enough. thank you for hosting us hereis this morning. my name is chris turn on the chair of the caucus and state representative from grand prairie texas and the dallas-fort worth region. i just heard, for the 58 of the texas house have left texas to stop republicans from passing the latest iteration of voterns suppression legislation. you're going here primarily from some of my colleagues today because we have so many strong voices and our caucus. we want to give them the opportunity to speak to the public. but just for everyone's awareness, procedurally how this works or the hundred 50 met members of the texas housees protects two thirds of the body present to constitute a quorum so 100 members. we vote in texas and we register our attendance by use of voting machines on our desk. minutes ago at least 157 letters were delivered to the hou

so tuesday saw the 1st hearing of a special us congressional panel task was investigating the events on capitol hill on january. the 6th this year consists of lawmakers from both parties with critics elijah, that minds are already made up and in line with the mainstream narrative. well, let's say a lot more about this course live now to watch kayla more than a good to say you can have you been following the hearing for us today. can you take us through what was said? the congressional committee has convened and is hearing testimony from what has happened on january 6 with the capital riot in which say these stop the steel demonstration called by us president donald trump erupted and escalated with people penetrating the u. s. capital. now there has been no shortage of tears as we heard quite a bit of crying from police officers as well as politicians. take a listen. sorry. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. now capital police officers have been testifying about the dangers that they faced during the events in which protesters penetrated the u. s. capital. this is

and there of this congressional panel hearing was there was an absolute fraud, essentially, as far as the democrats are concerned. this is impeachment 3.0. i think that probably figuring that sure trump prevailed in the 2024 election. and should the democrats be in control of the house in 2024. then on the 1st day or january the 20th. 3 2025. when trump become president, they will immediately launch around the beach. and this whatever, this report that the committee will come up with will be the basis for the speech. and so this is just part of the, the democrats ongoing of fight against from that began really even before the 2016 election though it was entirely a fraudulent. i mean, these 2 republicans, adam didn't think of course, liz cheney, i mean they are long standing enemies of trauma. they hate the way trumpets taken over the republic. and bobby had moved away from the neoconservative bush cheney intervention is foreign policy that they subscribe to. none, none of the access today arrived at it in good faith. george, how would you comment on speaker pelosi denying some republi

which is the overall blueprint that it's off, the congressional budget process, each one of those can produce up to three reconciliations. one satisfaction only revenue, one only slightly and one estimate. it's pretty hard to do major policy change without touching revenue and spending together so we are talking about each present budget resolution during to reconciliation bills and practice. as we've learned recently, you can kind of a mark additional attempts at the reconciliation process by revising a budget resolution the subject at some headlines about a month ago but here think it's common for our conversation today, timing is a big factor even if the roles of the process interpretation of the rules allow for you to do something, but calendar and schedule can be as restrictive on how the reconciliation process unfolds. we'll talk about this in a little bit and more detail but the big powerful thing about the reconciliation process is it allows for these bills to move to the senate without the possibility of a filibuster so instead of n 60 votes to invoke cloture debate, you can

congressional democrats are pushing for renewed action on that issue.ipartisan infrastructure plan amid growing concerns from progressives in in the house. joining us to dive into this is co-author of "playbook." leean, exact congressional issues that democrats are hoping to do when it comes to bringing voting rights back to the forefront. what do they want to see done and whether or not that gets any support from the white house? >> hey, ayman. so after house republicans in the senate blocked voting rights last month, they didn't have the ten republicans needed or any republicans, the senate -- democratic leadership are getting a lot of pressure at this point to bring up new revised slimmed down more tailoreded legislation. . this front is happening both in the senate and house. there was a group of house democrats elected in 2018. they call themselves the majority makers because they put democrats back in the majority. most of them sent a letter to speaker pelosi and leader schumer yesterday asking for a new vote on a slimmed down measure. something t

what about the congressional cemetery, how does that relate to the capitol? >> well, congressional cemetery was the official cemetery before arlington cemetery was established. the congress used to vote to put a gravestone with no body under it necessarily where every member of congress that died and you can see -- over 100, i believe, in congressional cemetery. i was walking through it and they all look really nice there. they cleaned up the cemetery and restored a lot of the tomb stones since i've been in washington. that's a place where you see a lot of ghosts and they, in fact, so many that they have to shut the cemetery at night to keep people from getting injured by the ghosts. but it actually is probably the most expensive dog park in the world, people pay a lot of money to be able to walk their dogs in congressional cemetery because it's prestigious and meet so many people and social activities with them. that's a great place to walk your dog, dog walkers association. but there are lots of ghosts there. people buried. the man in charge of the navy yar

i'm delighted to be co-anchoring this congressional black caucus special order at the request of our tireless leader for justicer chairwoman congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio and to be joined by my co-anchor, congressman richie torres of new york and many other members of the congressional black caucus. 56 years ago, in a century that was close to 100 years after the emancipation proclamation and the rendition of the 15th amendment, the very right to vote, there we were, fighting with this beloved member of congress who challenges us to get into good trouble, fighting in 1965, pursuant to the collapse of the understanding of the 15th amendment. fighting for the right to vote again. madam speaker, here we are today. 2021. now 56 years after the 1965 voting rights act. fighting for the right to vote. i want to make sure that i pay tribute to our power, our message, led by the honorable joyce beatty who does not only speak her words but acts on her words. how proud we were, but i am sure, pride is not what she wants us to feel. as she walked down this difficult road here in washington,

the regiment he raises is mostly within his congressional district, the 9th congressional district of illinois, the lower 18 counties which were primarily anti-lincoln counties. it became known as the 31st illinois volunteers, nicknamed the dirty first because of dirty work logan. logan became a natural warrior. through the course of the civil war he became a star. , he rose from colonel to brigadier general to major general, commanding a regiment, to a brigade, to a division, to a corp. by the time that union army is conducting its victory parade in 1865, logan is leading the army may, of the tennessee, the most successful army on the face of the earth at that time. not the biggest but most successful, down pennsylvania avenue. of the major armies that are officially disbanded after the civil war, logan is only one of four corps commanders who was not west point trained. this was a natural warrior, a natural star. so much so, that when civil war commissioned generals go back to the regular armies after the war, they returned with lower ranks. let me give you an example of a name i'm

the congressional hispanic caucus has been fighting this battle for decades. since they were for other purposessed -- they were formed. and they have not given up and the congressional progressive cause cuss has not given becausn because we know we must carry those voices and those voices must be all of our voices. let's talk a little bit about what happened during the panama -- pandemic. immigrants, immigrants carried us through the pandemic. when we stayed home, immigrant farm workers continued to go to work in the fields, risking their lives to keep our country fed. undocumented essential workers in our grocery stores kept the shelves stocked with food that was picked by the immigrant farm worker. dreamers, dreamers taught our youngest. they kept them engaged over that zoom screen. sp the pandemic fueled the rise of anti-asian hate crimes but what else fueled that rise of hate? anti-immigrant, racist be, xenophobic rhetoric from the trump administration. asian americans, despite those attacks that were leveled at them, they continued serving their communiti

it's a congressional process and negotiation. so we understand that there will be a lot of back-and-forth between now and then and probably going to announce their agenda a few more times before this is all over. no matter how many times we say that's true, it never happens. ryan lizza: i don't think we ever said dead. we often pointed out. anita dunn: you would be amazed at how may times you can bring that back. ryan lizza: fair enough. it's a long process. let's switch to the pandemic and covid. i think people outside of washington i talked to who thought that all the coverage this crisis was behind this my be a little surprised about news about the delta virus. cases are up 5% in places that are vaccinated, they are doing quite well. -- cases are up 5%. in places that are vaccinated, they are doing quite well. given that vaccination has slowed so much and it looks like you are not going to make the 70% vaccination goal this weekend. anita dunn: that's a great question. the president and every single covid statement and speech

[laughter] and members of congress and member of the congressional black caucus members of the united states senate to pass the bill unanimously. [applause] all of them collectively to deliver this bill to the president's desk and i thank you all. we thank you all. thank you all. we established a national holiday it makes an important statement. national holidays or something important. where we as a nation have decided to stop and take stock. enter knowledge or history when we establish juneteenth as the newest national holiday, let us be clear what happened on june 19th 1865. because that day was not the end of slavery in america. yes, on that day the enslaved people of galveston texas learned they were free to half years early the emancipation proclamation and the slavery and the confederacy. think about that. for more than two years in slave people of texas were kept in servitude for two years intentionally kept from the freedom for more than two years. and then on that summer day 156 years ago the enslaved people of texas they learn the news that they were free and they claim the

that is what happened to the chair of the congressional black caucus today, congresswoman joyce beattyroximately 3:30 pm with a small group that started chanting and the filibuster, and let the people vote. they paused in the buildings gigantic atrium where they were bothering absolutely no one. they gathered peacefully and continued to sing, they were given a warning by capitol police exactly four minutes after the entered the building. they warned that they were demonstrating in an on authorized area and would be subject to arrest if they did not stop. exactly three minutes after that warning, congresswoman joyce beatty was placed under a west and handcuffed as she continued to chant fight for justice. the precious few minutes she had before she was arrested, congresswoman beatty said this. >> today we're sending a strong message. we have black leaders from across the country, black leaders who marched with john lewis, this is not about one generation, it is about all generations. >> yes. >> and today we are representing all generations. and that is why today is important. look at wh

farmers and ranchers in the big first congressional district. i'm proud to have had katherine on my team and i wish her the best of luck in her next adventure back in the senate. thank you, katherine. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. omar, for five minutes. p ms. omar: thank you, madam speaker. this week we are considering critical legislation to invest in america and minnesotans. we are investing in childcare, education, health care, housing, and so many other basics that my district so desperately needs. in the fifth district alone, we secured over $46 million in transportation and community project funding. that includes skill training for clean energy careers, funding for updated sprinkler systems, and new health care clinic on lake suite. a new park in brooklyn center, and so much more. how we choose to invest our resources is a reflection of our priorities. we as house democrats are making our priorities clear. american job

that certainly my expectation. >> barbara, that's a big strategic points for any congressional committeeility of a protracted legal battle trying to enforce that subpoena. which is why congress always prefers to get the witnesses without going through the subpoena process. but it seems like adam shift, possibly has learned his lesson about dealing with the trump side of the world. and that it's going to take subpoenas. >> i think one of the lessons learned from the trump administration is, if you're going to use subpoenas eventually, you should serve them early. because as you mentioned, it can be a protracted process going through the courts. one of the things our cords are not angry as moving quickly. so if the committee is serious about getting these documents in time to be able to use them to question witnesses, they probably should be serving those subpoenas right at the front, and so if they have to go in courts use in force them, they can do that sooner rather than later. >> that seems to be what congressman shift is saying, it's probably a consensus of this committee at this poin

the congressional budget office will weigh on this. your member 2009 and how the cbo affected the writing of the affordable care act. i know it drove the white house crazy. what happens if the cbo says the pay forwards do not add up to the spending in the bipartisan framework? ms. dunn: these are pay forwards that a bipartisan group of senators put together and that they feel comfortable are going to be enough to pay for this plan. let me point out that infrastructure in particular and a lot of the expenditures in this plan are investments. they are like capital investments. if you were a company, you would be taking this off of your annual books and putting it into your capital budget. these are long-term investments. they are not stimulus. pay forwards are the ones agreed upon and in the context of the larger plan, i think the group of senators felt comfortable that these were real pay forwards and moving ahead on assumption. ryan: let's talk about the reconciliation bill. two questions there. number one, there is a big difference ri

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each budget resolution which is the overall blueprint that kicks off the congressional budget process, each one of those can produce not just reconciliation bills. one that affects only revenue, one that affects only spending and one that affects the definite. it's pretty hard to do major policy change without po touching revenue and spending together so really we're talking about each budget resolution doing to reconciliation bills in practice. as we learn, recently you can kind of unlock additional attempts at the reconciliation process by revising our budget resolutions . this was some headlines about a month ago. but here i think it would be a pretty common theme for our conversation today area timing is actually a really big factor that even if the rules of the process and interpretation of therules allow for you to do something , the constraints of the calendar and the schedule can essentially be as restrictive on how the reconciliation process unfolds. the we will talk about this in a little bit when more detail but the sort of big powerful thing about the reconciliation proces

so the 1st hearing of a special with us congressional panel, a task with investigating the events on capitol hill on january the 6th of this year. it consists of lawmakers from both parties. but critics alleged that minds are already made up and in lie with the mainstream narrative. let's learn a bit more about this here on the program crossing live. now to watch either, kayla, i'm often joining us here today. caleb, it's well, you are following the hearing of what's clearly been a very emotional day for those involved almost a bit to emotional. frankly. can you take us through some of what was said? indeed as congress here is testimony about the events of january 6, the seems we've been hearing both police officers and politicians crying their eyes out. take a listen chart. the the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraced. now during their testimony, members of the capitol, police testified about the dangers that they faced as the crowd penetrated the capital. on january 6th, i was assaulted in nearly killed. i could have lost my life. there was a very good chance i would be

yesterday the president and vice president met with congressional leadership about a path forward norbe a slimmed down version. that's according to our capitol hill team. it will be things like early voting, same-day voter registration, leaving some of the complicated issues for further down the line. we spoke to lucy bain johnson, president lyndon b. johnson's daughter. she spoke at this event and was on msnbc earlier as well. here is what she had to say. >> we need the republican leaders to care about justice. after all, they have children, too, and they're going to give them an unjust and cruel world if they don't try to come together for voting rights, not just for them but for everybody. i would beg them to awaken their conscience and be the courageous people like all of the courageous people that are here today. >> reporter: now, this is all about timing. the special session here in texas ends a week from today. the congress, they're in recess now for the month of august. so advocates here on the ground are saying, we need this to happen and we need it to happen quickly. alex. >

>> congresswoman, thank you for joining me tonight pramila jayapal, she is the chair of the congressional caucus. yet another member of congress is arrested for getting in good trouble by georgia republicans take steps to undo the 2020 election. the fight for voting rights is next. s is next

congressman kevin brady is represented texas eighth congressional district since 1997. he is currently the ranking member in the house ways and means committee and he previously chaired the committee. i had the honor of serving with him in congress and i can tell you he is not only one of the most eloquent advocates for trade but he is one of those who knows how to build coalitions both sides of the aisle to advance the importance of trade, supply chains, and making sure that we are taking up the important issues that we are today. kevin, over to you for a few remarks. >> great. thank you, ambassador green, for the kind introduction. risk to see. if you don't -- [inaudible] houston texans are coming to green bay this august as well. >> i'm going to be busy this fall by the sound of it. >> by the end of this ban you certainly will, no question about it. thank you to the wilson center for ocean given today. really it's an honor to be with so many leaders in trade. i am a deep admirer of ambassador tai and secretary clouthier and minister ng. their leadership, they are sma

congressional culture is one such topic. my testimony will drop on research i conducted in political science and organizational psychology, where we spoke with 60 members and staff across both parties to better understand congress as a workplace. scholars of organizational climate and culture highlight to keep roaches -- two key approaches. the first is where individuals are encouraged to use dialogue, joint problem-solving at this cooperative behavior is rewarded. the second is dominating conflict culture where dom -- where conflict is promoted at the merits of winning are rewarded. in congress, there is evidence of most cultures -- both cultures there is expectation members will express their differences. there are established norms about this is done. there is also a shared commitment to get to yes. however, when looking at the climate across the parties, there is a widespread perception that cooperation is not valued and in fact, on prominent legislation it is strongly discouraged. when party leaders leave an issue has e

he put down congressional colleagues. he has no reason to not answer. the cloak has been taken away. this will be amplified and a lot more where this came from. >> let me add to our conversation, my friend nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst, also the host and executive producer of show time's "the circus" just nominated for an emmy as well as a podcast. >> i've just lost sound. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, it's okay. >> okay. so, john, when you read through the reporting here and you hear harry's analysis and the parallels, your reaction? my reaction is this is the 1.27 million shocking from our time together, nicolle, talking about donald trump. from any other president in any other circumstance we would be having coronaries and yet from donald trump of course this was the case. related to trump and bill barr, i don't know how many weeks ago we had the news broken about the last exchanges, we know what trump was doing from november 7th on ward. frustrated over the fact bill barr wouldn't do what he wanted to do. now he's reaching out to wha

let me handed back over to our congressional leaders. everyone knows there is security protocol and we had a couple minutes -- members get held up. tony is a representative from dallas and serves as the first vice chair of the house democratic caucus. she's our dear friend and a leader in our caucus and i am by her up to speak. representative tony rose. >> thank you. republicans have failed texans. texas republicans don't want free and fair elections. they put deliberate barriers on voting to make it a free, safe and equally vote. house bill three is an attack on voters freedom and democracy, even with two ruthless provisions removed, the bill as written makes it harder for texans to vote and easier for partisan poll watchers to harass voters. he wants the spotlight anywhere but on his failures. rigging the system, attacking the foundation and democracy of the rights of all texans. it's a price they are willing to pay in order to have trump. we have real issues to address in texas that greg abbott won't touch because it exposes his weakn

. >>> the chairman of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman joyce beatty, got into, as she put it, good trouble today when she was arrested in the hart senate office building because she sang a song. it turns out you get arrested really fast in those buildings if you're not there to attack democracy for donald trump. congresswoman joyce beatty joins us next.