new york congressman richie torres joins me now, he presided over today's house debate.an, i caught you watching the sound from speaker pelosi. huge grin on your face. i am sure this is meaningful to you. not just as a member of congress, but also personally. what does this mean to you? >> it was one of the most empowering moments of my life, i grew up in the projects, the bronx, fear of coming out. i never thought that i would become a member of congress and hoping to preside over the debate for the respect for marriage act. for me, there is nothing more gratifying than affirming your only quality on the floor of the house of representatives. so it was an empowering moment. we made history. and i couldn't be happier >> the context is important, you and i are about the same age. and this truly was unthinkable. in recent memory. at the same time, you have 169 republicans who voted against marriage equality, several took to the floor to explain why, take a listen. >> god's perfect design is indeed marriage between one man and one woman for life. and it doesn't matter what

. >>> joining miss is richie torres.cy pelosi in a pink tie, that he's still wearing. torres is the first openly gay black member of congress. he presided over the debate on the respect for marriage act earlier today. representative torres, thank you for joining us. first, i have to begin by asking you, what was that moment like for you? >> it has been emotionally overwhelming. there's nothing more gratifying than affirming your own equality in the chamber of the united states congress. i grew up in public housing, living in fear of coming out of the closet, struggling to come to terms with my sexuality. i never thought that i would become a member of congress and have the honor of opening and preside over the debate. so this is a deeply empowering moment for me. >> what role in your view did the overturning of roe by the supreme court have? jump-starting this historic legislation? >> we are not legislating in a vacuum. the respect for marriage act comes as a response for the right-wing judicial activism of the supreme c

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meanwhile, democratic congressman richie torres launching the santos act to other candidates for lyingu their background. santos act stands for stop another non- truthful office seeker. that was clever. and this person. >> i have never done that. >> we have the photoperiod. >> kat, we probably all fluffed a resume now or then, but is this just lying about your mom' death brickey it wasn't even like there was a grain of truth grade not only did she not die in the 9/11 attacks, she didn't die on 9/112016 either. it was in december and he tweeted about that himself. it wasn't like people had to go digging. they just looked for the stuff he said before. i don't understand also how it took so long for all of this to happen. i don't understand. who does this. all politicians lie. i wonder if he's ever said anything true. >> i made the point and, is thi really that shocking? because literally, one politician, republican, democratic, independent is not based of fine. >> elizabeth warren not only ha the political career, but also her academic career based on a lie about a fake heritage. so yes,

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joining me now is democratic congressman richie torres of new york and robert zimmerman, the congressman who ran against santos in this year's election. let me start with you, congressman torres, you put out a tweet demanding an investigation and i want to read it. george santos lent his campaign a staggering $700,000. where did all that money come from? the ethics committee must start investigating immediately. i mean, you're the congressman from the bronx. he's the congressman-elect from long island. why is this of such concern to you? >> well, it's of concern to me because george santos is a pathological liar who's defrauded the voters of new york state. i mean he has lied systematically about nearly every aspect of his life, his family heritage, his educational background, his employment history, his ties to historical events. his depth and breadth of deception is staggering. it's unprecedented. but even worse than his lying is his possible law breaking. he should be the target of multiple investigations. the house ethics committee should investigate him for his likely falsification

joining me now, democratic congressman from new york, richie torres.eard from some of congressman sanchez' soon to be constituents. what do you think? >> george santos should resign. as far as i'm concerned, he's a sociopath had a has defrauded the voters of new york state. and mr. santos not only he lies about his lies. he claims he only embellished his rÉsumÉ. he claims he never said he was jewish, he was "jew-ish." this snake oil salesman is about to become elected united states congressman, and he's about to have access to sensitive -- i have no confidence that a republican controlled house is going to protect the public from the future fraudulence of george santos. >> what about the donors in this case? i spoke with several campaign donors and people who attended his fund-raisers today. and they told me they felt disappointment. they felt conned, betrayed following the allegations of fraud and misrepresentation against this incoming congressman. should they get their money back? >> george santos should resign, and he should return every single con

last year, richie torres ruled against sinema after she refused to gut the filibuster.nse in which we no longer live in a democracy. we live under the tyranny of kyrsten sinema. the perception is brought on by a lack of communication and clarity for what she stands. danielle, democrats like to say they are a big tent party, but are progressives glad that sinema he's out of the party? >> i'm going to speak for myself. i'm glad that sinema is gone. she hasn't done anything worthwhile for the democratic party, to be honest. there is nothing that is going to change. kyrsten sinema has been a thorn in the side of the democratic party for quite some time. she loves headlines. she loves the spotlight. she loves cozying up to mitch mcconnell and other republicans. at the end of the day, you know, what i want people to think about is the fact that as we are at a time when we are fighting for democracy, when our democracy is hanging on by a threat, where we have a very aggressive supreme court, where we have a very politicized and aggressive and violent republican party, that kyr

congressman richie torres of new york, for instance, is a progressive democrat and he was out this morning saying that we should not view the ftx scandal as something that should rain on all of crypto's parade. you know, just by what ron and others are saying. this is going to be something that's going to be heavily debated. part of why members of congress are so frustrated they didn't have the answer to ask him questions today. the purpose of this hearing was not to unpack the scandal. it was to talk about the future of regulating crypto currency as form of currency. so this is no doubt going to speed that process up and there of course is this is part of the indictment. you know, there is millions of dollars flooding in to the campaign coffers of both republicans and democrats from people who have interests in crypto currency so this is an issue that's not going away. >> he donated a lot to democrats. beto o'rourke says he's giving back the $1 million that was given to him or he's already given it back. charity donations for others that got that money coming from dick durbin, 2900. kirst

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