joining me now is democratic congresswoman, melanie stansbury, of new mexico. a member of the congressional progressive caucus. she voted against the bill. congresswoman, it's great to have you back on the show. thank you so much for making time for us. i first want to ask you about your vote on this bill. i have congressman schneider earlier from illinois. he explain to us why he voted for us. make the case why you ultimately decided to vote against it. and what are you most concerned about now is biden has signed this into law? >> thanks so much for having me on the show. look, for every single democrat who had to cast their vote this week, this was an incredibly difficult to vote. i don't know a single democrat who wasn't tortured by this decision. because at the end of the day, we were being held hostage by a gop who literally didn't care if they tanked our economy. they took us hostage. they told us, basically if we didn't relent to their demands, they would take our economy. they would throw us into a recession. we are talking about millions of people, wh

kim schrier, melanie stansbury, i said christy houlahan. any other back there came in since i was -- oh. here we are. diana degette is here, i just mentioned diana. congressman garcia from texas. so, diana, i was mentioning our conversation when we heard that night in colorado. get on the plane. go to texas. in texas, the women were on fire. now this is the first light of day that we're seeing after this dark announcement. decision. women were loaded for bear. in fact, they had one of their biggest events for us, no men allowed. [laughter] we just had to have some girl talk. by the hundreds of people, girl talk. they were ready. so what we need is seven more people to sign the discharge petition. but what we also need is a massive organization across the country. during this last year, during the election, people would say to me, you're all wrong you shouldn't be talking about it, that's in the rearview mirror, that's yesterday. i said you know what? get away from me. [laughter] this is -- these are fighting words for us, right? this is a m

kim schrier, melanie stansbury, i said christy houlahan. any other back there came in since i was -- oh. here we are. diana degette is here, i just mentioned diana. congressman garcia from texas. so, diana, i was mentioning our conversation when we heard that night in colorado. get on the plane. go to texas. in texas, the women were on fire. now this is the first light of day that we're seeing after this dark announcement. decision. women were loaded for bear. in fact, they had one of their biggest events for us, no men allowed. [laughter] we just had to have some girl talk. by the hundreds of people, girl talk. they were ready. so what we need is seven more people to sign the discharge petition. but what we also need is a massive organization across the country. during this last year, during the election, people would say to me, you're all wrong you shouldn't be talking about it, that's in the rearview mirror, that's yesterday. i said you know what? get away from me. [laughter] this is -- these are fighting words for us, right? this is a m