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mr. bennet, there were three numbers pointed out in the audit. is auditing a bad thing? mr. bennett: absolutely not. it is already in state law that the counties do a limited audit. the senate did a full forensic audit in the situation. >> normally, we think auditing is a good thing. it's an understanding of what actually took place. why do democrats hate audits? mr. bennett: you would have to ask a democrat. i don't know why they hate audits. may, we have an auditor general office in the state of arizona. every state is audited. everyone seems to support that. i think audits of elections are warranted as well. >> no kidding. they tried to audit the 2016 election, they are still trying to do it. we aren't allowed to ask questions and do a few audits on the 2020 elections. i want to run by you a few numbers. 23,344 mail-in ballots from another address. 9044 more ballots returned by a voter then were sent to that voter. 5295 ballots with the same name and birthdate from a different county then were sent to the voter. can you tell me about those numbers and what those findings,

mr. bennet, let's talk about the role of the moderate. let's put that in a sketch up of senator joe manchin these days, how would you see that? guest: of course, we have to have erasing no democratic vote -- every single democratic vote for the bill. in his about matters enormously. -- and his vote matters enormously. he is on the energy committee and that will play a role, so he is an important player. obviously, but he knew -- so, obviously, everybody knows by now that he and senator sinema are the most uneasy about the bill of anybody in the democratic caucus, so they have been having a lot discussions with the president and with the speaker about what the bill will look like. he is playing a huge role in crafting pretty much everything. host: as far as their skepticism, do you agree with it or disagree with it? guest: well, our view is we needed to have a huge response to these crises. i would say we probably agree on some things, disagree on others. i do not know exactly where the senators stand on any of these particular things beca

mr. bennet, there were three numbers pointed out in the audit. is auditing a bad thing? mr. bennett: absolutely not. it is already in state law that the counties do a limited audit. the senate did a full forensic audit in the situation. >> normally, we think auditing is a good thing. it's an understanding of what actually took place. why do democrats hate audits? mr. bennett: you would have to ask a democrat. i don't know why they hate audits. may, we have an auditor general office in the state of arizona. every state is audited. everyone seems to support that. i think audits of elections are warranted as well. >> no kidding. they tried to audit the 2016 election, they are still trying to do it. we aren't allowed to ask questions and do a few audits on the 2020 elections. i want to run by you a few numbers. 23,344 mail-in ballots from another address. 9044 more ballots returned by a voter then were sent to that voter. 5295 ballots with the same name and birthdate from a different county then were sent to the voter. can you tell me about those numbers and what those findings,

mr. bennet's own public statements made clear he knew what was going to happen before it did, and thus he must have been aware of and may well have been involved in the planning of everything that played out on that day. >> bannon names he does not have to comply with the subpoena, because trent president trump exerted executive privilege, and although bannon did not work for the ministration at that time, it is now up to the u.s. attorney's office to decide whether or not to prosecute. >>> ac/dc panel of experts has voted to recommend booster shots for the moderna and johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccines. final approval now could come as soon as tonight. on wednesday, the fda authorized to the moderna booster for seniors, and high risk individuals 6 months after their second shot. for johnson & johnson recipients, boosters for all adults 2 months after e vee thu mivaccines. >> mix and match really gives a good deal of flexibility to people. >> the cdc recommendations will not just address who should receive a booster dose, but also include what vaccine they should receive, how, and when.

mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: i'd ask the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. bennet: the senate is not in a quorum call. it's amazing. it's been so long since we've had an actual debate. i'm actually delighted that you're in the chair my colleague from colorado, because over many years you have had so much to do with the fact that colorado has the second-highest turnout of any state in the country. 76% because of what we have done republicans and democrats and unaffiliated voters, working together to make sure that coloradans can cast their ballots. i'm tired as i'm sure you are of hearing our colleague from minnesota come down here and say that minnesota is number one in voting. i think we'll catch them and maybe we'll catch them this year. but the reason why we have such a high turnout is because of things that we've put in place working in a bipartisan way. and when the presiding officer was the governor of colorado, you know, that was when really we moved

mr. bennet, let's talk about the role of the moderate.ut that in a sketch up of senator joe manchin these days, how would you see that? guest: of course, we have to have erasing no democratic vote -- every single democratic vote for the bill. in his about matters enormously. -- and his vote matters enormously. he is on the energy committee and that will play a role, so he is an important player. obviously, but he knew -- so, obviously, everybody knows by now that he and senator sinema are the most uneasy about the bill of anybody in the democratic caucus, so they have been having a lot discussions with the president and with the speaker about what the bill will look like. he is playing a huge role in crafting pretty much everything. host: as far as their skepticism, do you agree with it or disagree with it? guest: well, our view is we needed to have a huge response to these crises. i would say we probably agree on some things, disagree on others. i do not know exactly where the senators stand on any of these particular things because they

mr. bennet, you are now recognized. >> thank you, chairwoman maloney, ranking member cromer, members of the committee. auditing elections is not a threat to our democratic republic. anything we can do to make sure our elections are transparent, trackable, and publicly verified only strengthens our country. elections are we, the people, how we give our consent to the government as stated in the declaration of independence. every citizen deserves to know that they are treated equally under the law as guaranteed in the constitution. every lawful vote must be counted accurately and not canceled out by unlawful ones. even the election system used by maricopa county, known as dominion, points out in their marketing materials that the four steps in an election is to audit an election. they even trademarked that module, saying "this ballot level audit trail allows election officials and other stakeholders to review not only the ballot images but also the tabulator's interpretation of each ballot. and why does each ballot matter? in 2020, arizona had the closest contest for president in our state's