hoy el demÓcrata rubÉn gallego es el primer senador latino por arizona.mos uno por uno. Él declarÓ un estado de emergencia en la frontera sur. hay una emergencia en la frontera. >> yo creo que habÍa una emergencia en la frontera. podrÍa que hay lugares donde hay emergencias. si esto ayuda a traer mÁs fondos e inversiones a la frontera, yo creo que sÍ. es algo bueno para nuestra comunidad. >> trump tambiÉn firmÓ un decreto que quitarÍa el derecho a la ciudadanÍa por nacimiento para algunos migrantes. usted dijo que eso es antiamericano. antiamericano y anticonstitucional. por quÉ lo hizo trump? >> yo creo, nÚmero uno, porque Él sÍ cree que si usted no tiene padres, que los dos son ciudadanos, que usted no debe ser ciudadano. yo creo que en su corazÓn Él cree eso, pero en mi opiniÓn este paÍs es mÁs fuerte porque los hijos de inmigrantes son los mejores americanos. yo estaba en el ejÉrcito de los estados unidos, en la marina infanterÍa. fui en las guerras mÁs difÍciles de este paÍs. ahÍ son los hijos de inmigrantes que pelearon los mÁs duros por este paÍs.

mucho mÁs, los temas que tocamos con el senador ruben gallego de arizona.cada 34 segundos una persona muere por enfermedades cardiacas. hoy hablamos con el doctor juan sobre quÉ hacer para protegerse de la principal causa de muerte del paÍs. ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] >> bienvenidos. gracias por acompaÑarnos. noticia de Última hora. ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] borja: donald trump firmÓ la ley laken riley sobre inmigraciÓn que establece la deportaciÓn expedita de indocumentados que enfrentan acusaciones de robo, delitos menores, y antes de ser condenados. la ley fue impulsada por el congreso de mayorÍa republicana y contÓ con apoyo bipartidista a pesar de crÍticas. entre los congresistas demÓcratas que brindaron su apoyo, estÁ el senador ruben gallego. gracias por acompaÑarnos. quÉ responde usted a quienes cuestionan la ley laken riley porque piensan que estÁn criminalizando a los inmigrantes? esto, porque austriaca apoyÓ esta ley. >> la ley es muy clara. si usted no tiene problemas con el sistema criminal, si usted no estÁ encarcelado, entonces usted no va a tener problemas con la ley.

first i like to welcome senator ruben gallego from the great state of arizona. senator gallego arrives as a legislator literally and figuratively . he served as a member of the marine corps serving the people of arizona as a longtime member of the house. now that he has taken the oath of office the people of arizona have a hispanic senator representing them for the first time ever.from delaware lisa rochester. many of us know her well because like many of our new colleagues she was a longtime member of the house. five of our new members or house members so we have lots of great experience and where she climbed up the ranks to become assistant with while serving on influential community on energy and ep commerce. like other history making meant members senator rochester is the first woman in the first person of color ever to represent delaware . let me welcome our new colleague from maryland angela brooks born and raised in prince georges county she was the youngest person in t the first woman ever elected as the top law enforcement officer of the county she grew

joining me now is senator ruben gallego, democrat of arizona. he won election to the senate in november after serving ten years in the house. he has been hearing from his constituents all day, as i think every elected member has. senator, good to have you on the program. how are you? >> good. i mean, considering. >> well, tell me about this. i mean, i've actually been in contact with a bunch of members today on both houses, and they said, yeah, today was we were getting a lot of calls. what was your day like in terms of hearing what the tangible effects of this would be? >> look, it just. >> first of all, it created utter chaos. >> and that was across. >> the spectrum of everything. in arizona. whether it is providers such as medicaid and hospital systems. but now we're hearing from some of our veterans homeless shelters that are very key to stabilizing our veteran homeless population in arizona, that that. is a nonprofit that they. >> may not be able to make. >> payroll. if this doesn't freeze, doesn't go away. we've also heard from some of our

incluyendo a dos hispanos el republicano bernie moreno de ohio, nacido en colombia y el demÓcrata rubÉn gallego funcionarios nominados por el presidente electo trump, ademÁs de su agenda en inmigraciÓn, impuestos y elevar el techo de la deuda. todo eso con una mayorÍa que podrÍa estrecharse en las prÓximas semanas. aunque por hoy por hoy la primera prueba fue superada. >> joanna gracias javier, por tu informe. mÉxico moviliza militares para reforzar la seguridad en su frontera sur a dÍas de que donald trump asuma la presidencia y alertan que el consumo de alcohol puede causar siete tipos de cÁncer. tenemos la advertencia de la mÁxima autoridad de salud de estados unidos. jennifer: cuando entró el doctor y nos dijo de que era leucemia, es una noticia que ningún papá espera. el regalo más grande que el st. jude me ha dado es poder ver crecer a mi hijo. southern new hampshire university hace posible lo imposible. puedes terminar tus estudios a tu ritmo y a un precio accesible. desde el momento que apliqué online para snhu, el proceso de admisión fue bastante fácil y me apoyaron muchísimo. con más

joining us now is senator ruben gallego, a democrat of arizona, a member of the homeland security and governmental affairs committees. senator, thank you so much for being with us. first, i just want to get your reaction to president trump's funding freeze. the pause that was put on it by a federal court. do you think the president has the authority, as the white house says, to take this step? >> absolutely not. >> what he is. doing is. >> illegal and is. >> causing chaos. you know, this is money that's been appropriated by congress, democratic and republican members of congress and senators and passed and passed into law. and the president doesn't have a right to unilaterally just cut whatever he wants. now, just imagine if this power was taken over and used by a democrat to go after republican priorities. it's too much power that it's given to one person. it's against what our founding fathers thought of the separation of powers, and we certainly need to stop it, not just because of the constitutional reasons, because this is actually going to hurt people, is going to cause people t

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algunos como jared hoffman de california, y rubÉn gallego, de arizona, que no asistieronn 2017, planeanelecto trump viajÓ este sÁbado de florida hacia la capital y en declaraciones a nbc news, defendiÓ su decisiÓn de mover la ceremonia y el desfile a interiores por el pronÓstico de frÍo extremo. se ha confirmado que un factor clave para trump fue la amenaza de las temperaturas gÉlidas a la salud de los caballos que serÍan utilizados por la policÍa. este es el establo de la policÍa de parques. los caballos usualmente estarÍan aquÍ a la vista del pÚblico, pero de momento nos dicen, estÁn resguardados por las inclemencias del tiempo. como es tradiciÓn, el presidente electo pasarÁ la noche en blair house, la casa presidencial de huÉspedes, a unos pasos de la casa blanca y segÚn la agenda oficial, este domingo visitarÁ el cementerio nacional de arlington para colocar una ofrenda en la tumba del soldado desconocido. detrÁs de la estaciÓn de trenes y autobuses y union station, que estÁ transformÁndose por dentro porque va a ser la Última parada del presidente el dÍa de la inauguraciÓn. ahÍ va

harris comforted a young boy right before she administered the oath of office to incoming senator ruben gallego. his son spoke up. >> and, sally, you did it again. >> oh, you know what, sweetheart? but you know what? you know what? don't you worry about it, because there's still so much work to do. so it's not that we can win. we're not defeated, right? we know what that word defeated means. are we defeated? no, we're not defeated. right. >> harris, as you see, assured the boy that losing the presidency wasn't the end. giving him a hug before swearing his dad into office as arizona's newest senator. she then gave the boy a high five and sent him on his way, smiling. it was a sweet moment. a lot more to bring you here this friday night. fire stations are set to close this monday in oakland. the chief discusses the effect the closures will have on response times. this might make you think twice before taking your next drink. a new warning from the surgeon general about the link between alcohol and cancer and get cracking. crab season is finally almost here. you'll hear from some very excited crab

joining us now, democratic senator ruben gallego of arizona. senator, some of the weekend's immigration enforcement sweeps happened in arizona. what do you know about the operations? were all the people arrested undocumented? were they all unlawful immigrants? >> we don't have very. >> much specifics so far. and obviously, if they're going after these criminal aliens, people that have warrants for their committed crimes, you know, we hope that they are able to find them. but we are seeing, though overall, is that there's not much of a difference between what was happening during the biden administration and the trump administration. and so far, this is more what it seems like to be a show. an act. and this is why i really encourage president trump and the republicans to really work with us, democrats and republicans in the senate to come up with a real, true. >> bipartisan border security. bill that. will include. >> deportations of. >> these criminal. >> aliens, because right now, it does not seem that there is much success in their aims and g

. >> algunos como jared hoffman de california y ruben gallego de de arizona, que no asistieron en dosistir esta vez las estrategias estrategias pasadas, repetirlas como es el boicot, no ayudaron nada para cambiar el sentir, el pensamiento de los seguidores de trump. >> por su parte, el presidente electo trump viajo este sabado de florida hacia la capital y en declaraciones a nbc news defendio su decision de mover la ceremonia y el desfile a interiores por el pronostico de frio extremo. >> se ha confirmado que un f factor clave para trump fue la amenaza de las temperaturas gelidas a la salud de los c caballos que serian utilizados por la policia. >> este es el establo de la policia de parques, los caballos usualmente estarian aqui a la vista del publico, pero de momento nos dicen que estan en resguardados por las i inclemencias del tiempo, como es tradicion del esidente electo pasara la noche en blair house, la casa presidencial de hu huespedes, a unos pasos de la casa blanca. >> y segun la agenda oficial, este domingo visitara el cementerio nacional de arlington para colocar una ofren

harris comforted a young boy right before she administered the oath of office to incoming senator ruben gallego. his son spoke up. >> and, sally, you did it again. >> oh, you know what, sweetheart? but you know what? you know what? don't you worry about it, because there's still so much work to do. so it's not that we can win. we're not defeated, right? we know what that word defeated means. are we defeated? no, we're not defeated. right. >> harris, as you see, assured the boy that losing the presidency wasn't the end. giving him a hug before swearing his dad into office as arizona's newest senator. she then gave the boy a high five and sent him on his way, smiling. it was a sweet moment. a lot more to bring you here this friday night. fire stations are set to close this monday in oakland. the chief discusses the effect the closures will have on response times. this might make you think twice before taking your next drink. a new warning from the surgeon general about the link between alcohol and cancer and get cracking. crab season is finally almost here. you'll hear from some very excited crab

she sworn in arizona senator ruben gallego paid his condolences. >> you know what, sweetheart, don'to do, so it's not that we are defeated. you know what that word defeated means? no, we're not defeated, right. that's right. that's right. [ chuckling ] >> i guess that's her new job. >> i just want to clarify one thing: he's not crying because she lost. he's crying because she's still sending him fundraising e-mails. this kid can't get another e-mail into his in box. she just keeps sending them and sending them. plus you remember this as a little kid, sometimes you cheer up when you're around the smell of alcohol. and any little kid meeting kamala harris is probably getting a little bit of a whiskey buzz. >> hey! give the girl a break. she deserves a glass of wine or whatever she enjoys. >> fair. >> fair. gal his son seems to be handling the victory. here's kathy griffin. >> it's been a few seven years since my trump decapitated head photo scandal where on the no fly list and the interpoll list and now he's going to be president again and i'm on the enemies list. so you couldn't see m

ask ruben gallego or catherine cortez masto. there's such a heavy emphasis, no disrespect, to the blue-collar working-class voters in west virginia and ohio. that's not the future of the party. the future of the party is in the southwest. remember when we used to talk about turning texas blue? you have not heard much of that lately, right? the issue set remains the same. the states that are likely to turn more blue if you get back to a more populist economic agenda are going to be taxes more than ohio for those reasons , for those same reasons. that is where the growth is happening. one final point. there has been a lot discussed about polling in the latino community over the past couple years. in every single one of the races, the democratic polling was wildly wrong with latino voters. they were promulgated and pushed out. bidens pollsters who became harris's pollsters were all the same. they were putting out data showing donald trump would get 31% of latino vote. 15 points lower -- 15 points lower than what actually manifested

john fetterman and ruben gallego, for example. >> andrew, thank you. the rest of the nightcap is staying with us. but before we got a break i want to turn back to the fires in los angeles. hopefully my colleague is with me now. are you there? >> reporter: hey, stephanie, we are up in the hollywood hills. we moved from the pacific palisades where we were earlier to see so much devastation, and then all of a sudden this fire up in the hollywood hills in runyon canyon, a very popular hiking spot in all of los angeles started to go up. there than evacuation orders given for this area, and we are seeing choppers coming through. you come this way, this fire engine here is loading up. so you've got water coming out of these fire hydrants. emily that would be a yeah okay thing, but tonight it is such an important point. the water is pressurized in this area, it is something that we did not see happen in the pacific palisades around 3:00 in the morning. the water pressure drop, and so often fire crews were going to those fire hydrants to try to put out those fi

a record of seven latino senators are now in the senate, with the addition of democrat ruben gallego and republican bernie moreno, and democratic senator andy kim is now the first korean american senator in u.s. history. though there has been some controversy, including the milestones set by congresswoman sarah mcbride, who was the first out transgender member of congress. but the democrats win ultimately led speaker johnson to vow to effectively ban transgender women from using women's restrooms in the capitol. and even though females make up about half of the u.s. population in congress, fewer than one third of its members are women. there are now 150 women in the house and senate, and that's actually a decrease since last congress, when 151 women served. it's the first time that number has gone down in more than a decade. and in the gop house, no women will be chairing any house committees. that's the first time since 2006. it's also something that republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis called unfortunate. that's it for inside politics sunday. you can follow me on x at mk raj

in a statement explaining his vote your colleague, arizona's democratic senator ruben gallego said this, quote, we must give law enforcement the means to take action when illegal immigrants break the law to prevent situations like what occurred to laken riley, who was, of course, killed by someone who was undocumented. you voted no on that. how do you respond to senator gallego? >> look, the administration already has the authority to detain people that have committed violent crimes for deportation and they should, but this bill is so broad that if you are a dreamer and you take a tube of toothpaste from the store, you can be detained for deportation. that to me is a terrible overreach. so the president already has the authority. i don't mind confirming he has the authority, but i don't want to broaden that to be able to deport dreamers for taking a tube of toothpaste. >> what do you say to those who would argue that your vote ignores the security concerns that voters expressed in this last election? >> i would say, look, i support the deportation of people who commit violent crime.supp

she swore in newly elected senators where arizona senator ruben gallegos, young son, paid his condolences. >> and sally, you did it again. >> oh, you know what, sweetheart? >> you know what? >> don't you worry about it, because there's still so much work to do. so it's not that we can win. we're not defeated, right? we know what that word defeated means. >> are we defeated? >> no, we're not defeated. right? that's right. >> that's right. >> hahaha! >> guess that's her new job. well, yeah. >> i just want to clarify one thing. he's not crying because she lost. he's crying because she's still sending him fundraising emails. this kid can't get another email into his inbox. she just keeps sending him and sending him. plus, you remember this as a little kid. sometimes you tear up when you're around the smell of alcohol and any little kid meeting kamala harris is probably getting a little bit of a whiskey buzz. >> hey, give the girl a break. she deserves a glass of wine or whatever it is she enjoys. fair. fair. gallegos son seems to be handling trump's victory better than some adults, though. ji

>> i don't know if he likes that new nickname, but, you know, you're going to have people like ruben gallegois unified as they were in the past when donald trump won in 2016, and it was just an all out assault of no, no, no. but i also think they're just so surprised, like nobody expected. tulsi gabbard, who most of them remember from the 2016 russia investigation and have very strong concerns about who she is, you know, and her ties to some foreign governments that they were shocked that she was named robert kennedy jr. they'rt really know how to attack them yet. >> and that's what they're trying to figure out. so that brings me to my quick final question, which is it seems like pete hegseth is going to be fine. >> but to each of you, is there one name that you think might be a sleeper that doesn't get through court? >> and then brendan, i think tulsi gabbard, i think the intel committee is a serious committee. >> they have serious concerns about there. they've had concerns about her since 2016. >> i've heard members over the last 5 or 6 years when i worked up there, expressed concerns abou

senator ruben gallego of arizona, thank you for your time tonight, sir. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this tuesday night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> good evening chris. i have two really, really, really good guests this hour. did you hear? >> i did, i heard i think i well, i definitely know who one of them is, who we promoted on our show, the governor of minnesota, tim walz, and i'm looking forward to that. i have an inkling who the other is. >> yes. the other one is you. we're getting tim walz, his first interview, the democratic vice presidential candidate, of course, his first interview since the election. really excited to talk to him tonight. not quite as excited as i am to talk to you about this insanity that we are living through right now. and also your new book, which i find. a constructive, realistic and sober approach to feeling sane in this environment. >> thank you. that's wonderful. i'm going to see you in a few few minutes. i'm going to watch the governor of minnesota. >> all right. thanks, chris. appreciate it. see you in a m

either they were in the house like ruben gallego, who's now a senator, saying that it's, you know, theo we are seeing a different aspect. and that also means that the party is going to have to figure out what does it look like to be the opposition to donald trump? 2.0. what does it look like to for your entire party to be looking for leadership? and where do they get that? >> absolutely. i mean, even on meet the press this weekend, hakeem jeffries, the minority leader in the house, was asked who the leader of the democratic party is right now. and he didn't give a specific name. any name that he gave, frankly, would skyrocket to the top of the list. >> could he give himself? >> and you know what many people are, because he is, at this point, one of the stalwart democrats that has the public facing posture to be the leader of the resistance or whatever democrats want to call themselves. now, i also think for media, and you and i covered the first white house together, this is a this is a different moment. i mean, talk about the differences that you're expecting between being in that pre

you saw it with ruben gallego in arizona.issues that people care about, which democrats have always cared about. but i think what's the nature of our party is we have so many things we care about. and if we're talking about 100 things, not just 2 or 3. voters don't know that. that is the thing we care most about, and it's them and their families and how we can help them, you know, live the american dream and get every opportunity they need for their family. they will see in the next couple of years that trump did not mean what he said. he's not going to. have you heard him talk one minute about the cost of eggs, or the cost of food, or the cost of housing you have not. you've heard about enemies list, you've heard about retribution. you've heard about tax cuts for the uber wealthy. they are they are not doing what they said they were going to do. and so proof will be in the pudding for them and for us. we should be listening and talking about the things that people are worried about. and that's the economy and public safety.

to have bipartisan support for this bill, around i am grateful for senators john fetterman and ruben gallego who decided who sign on as cosponsors. i am heartened to see so many of my democratic colleagues come out in favor of this commonsense, straightforward legislation. but we can't lose focus now. we are so close to the finish line, so close to delivering results for the american people. for the voters who sent us here and for laken and her family. so now to my fellow senators, let's do right by the american people. let's heed their call, help keep them safe, and pass this bill. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent for two minutes to speak to this bill. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. merkley: thank you. we are now entering the vote that is referred to as cloture, or closed debate, but we can still consider amendments by unanimous consent. i came to the floor yesterday to point out that there is a deep flaw related to children in this bill, and both the majority

tenemos al demÓcrata rubÉn gallego de cara nueva que se convirtiÓ en el primer senador latino de arizona trabajo las cocinas, la factorÍas, en la construcciÓn como yo donde yo podÍa hablar con los latinos, los latinos que trabajan cada dÍa para traer comida a su casa para pagar la renta, para tener un futuro seguro para sus niÑos. yo cada dÍa fui a hablar. hablÉ con los latinos en todos los lugares. no nada mÁs en las calles, tambiÉn en los rodeos. fui a las cocinas, fui donde podÍa para hablar con ellos y hablar del futuro de su familia. por eso yo creo que yo ganÉ mucho mÁs que los demÓcratas. maria: ahora usted tiene que hablar exactamente cuando vienen leyes de inmigraciÓn, cuando el tema de inmigraciÓn estÁ ahÍ en el blanco de todos. gallego: en arizona nosotros entendemos la frontera mucho mÁs acorde que todos. lo que me dijeron especialmente los latinos que nosotros queremos asegurar la frontera, queremos asegurar lo que ellos necesitan para poder parar los crÍmenes. al mismo tiempo tenemos que encontrar una soluciÓn a la reforma migratoria. hay miles de familias aquÍque quieren s

not normally considered to be people crossing over to vote with republicans ruben gallego showing up sounding a very different note that it was years ago on the immigration issue. that something that's only going to be undermined if you have democrats at the state level saying we are going to fight you to the death to prevent the sanctuary city policy from being taken away. do you think that is something optically they want? of course not. >> people getting murdered by these people. on the issues of these democrats but i also noticed it's obviously very to go in and handle the venezuelan gangs are often times armed. there seem a little pushback from what they call the deep state on this very quick soma needs to figure that out very quickly to make it safe for ice agents to go in and i'm not sure these guys on the right side of voters. brandon johnson has an approval rating in the teens partly because citizens are not protected is not one to do the work. >> exactly will be watching to see that is for sure. still had entry denied. doge is rejecting former obama officials who want to jo

and i think they miss an opportunity with somebody like ruben gallego who could be on that committeeu've got other people that just aren't scoring blows on people like hegseth. so hegseth was built for this moment. he is a culture warrior. he's detestable, he's slimy, he's sneaky, but he's good at it. and the democrats are going to have to find some people who are also good at it to combat him. otherwise they're just going to continue to get rolled. >> claire mccaskill, your thoughts? >> yeah, i mean, i get what he's saying, but it's i can assure you it's harder than it looks, especially when you have someone who has been highly rehearsed and is a communicator. by occupation. i mean, this is not your average nominee in terms of his ability to communicate. i do think that there will be other opportunities. and some of the democrats did a great job today, some not so good, but some did a great job. really, what we should be talking about is not how well the democrats did, but the ultimate failure of the republicans. because i'm going to tell you one thing that i dare any republican to

senate conference, along with support came from across the aisle from senator john fetterman and ruben gallego. i am grateful for the tremendous leadership of georgia congressman mike collins who originally introduced and led this piece of legislation in a bipartisan passage in the house not once, but twice. literally lapping the senate. when you look at representative collins, that is a true servant leader. he saw an issue that occurred right there with his constituency. his heart broke alongside theirs. and then he didn't just talk about it. he did something about it. representative mike collins put pen to paper. he said we are going to create a solution. we're going to make sure that no family has to experience the heartbreak that laken's family is enduring. that type of leadership is what comblefrm this body -- is what every member of this l body should strive for. as is already the case for various types of criminal activities our law would require customs enforcement would mandate these illegal aliens are detained until their removal from the p united states until they get the -- before

he goes on to say that freshman democratic senator, ruben gallego, expressed his support for the actn wednesday. other democrats expressed their support for the build. spokesman for senator mark kelly of arizona, garrett peters of michigan, dave mccormick of pennsylvania, confirming their support. georgia senator john also told cnn he would vote to advance to of the bill in and a spokesperson for senator tim kaine said the senator was still reviewing the legislation, so that is what is happening in the house and senate. the first bill passed in the 19 congress looks like it is headed for passage in the senate, as well. the house took action yesterday to punch the court over its case against gaza and benjamin netanyahu, the bill instructs the president to freeze property assets and deny visas to any foreigners who are materially or financially contributed to the courts efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute a protected person. protected persons is defined as current and former military and government officials of the united states, and allies who have not consented to th

senator ruben gallego, democrat from arizona, will serve as arizona's first latino senator.ost: the demographics of the 119th congress. you will see some new faces in washington, and c-span will be there to bring it to you. gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-span1 and the senate on c-span two. you can watch major hearings that are taking place on c-span3 and the other networks as well. you can also follow along here, the 119th congress, on our website, c-span.org, or our free video and mobile app, c-span now. we are live this morning and we expect at noon eastern time that the new congress will begin. what happens next is up in the air. will speaker mike johnson get the votes to retain the top post? we are asking you this morning to deliver your message to lawmakers. what do you want to see them act on first? do you think there should be bipartisanship? what do you think about the speaker vote? who should lead each party? let's go to robert in south carolina, republican. good morning to you. caller: good morning. how are you today? host: i am doing well. go ahead with

gallego, he so ploeg. but people weren't thinking he is progressive. they were thinking he gets me, right? isn't that what it's about? >> it is. and rubenay, i don't know anybody who uses the term latinx. if he did, you know, two feet on the side of the border. the biggest problem we have, joe, is large numbers of people in the country don't think about democrats. they think we are an urban party. terry was governor of virginia. i have a place in shen toeandoa valley. if you talk to them about democrats, they are confused. we have to reconnect with rural small town mid-city america. you know, you look at this -- i don't know what it is, tragedy in new york, this unitedhealthcare. but what -- it is exposed that people do not like these health insurance companies. there should be a bill to introduce -- the health care insurance access act of 2025, all right? if you just tell people you see them. i know your struggles. you are going to do better. >> terry, you know this. if there is a republican governor in the deep south that says i don't want the medicaid money, he is telling people in rural america he doesn't want money to help their ho

it's cosponsored by senators john fetterman and ruben guy yea goe of the -- gallego of the democratic party. now is the time for results. i have been encouraged by other members of the democratic party who have said this is a bill i would like to see across the finish line. last week we had 84 senators who voted to advance it. so each one of my colleagues is left with one simple question this week. what will you choose to protect? open borders or american families? to me, that's a pretty simple choice. it is time to fulfill the responsibility we have to the american people, to protect the citizens of this country from criminals who would do them harm. it is time to make sure that what happened to laken riley and her family never happens again. it is time to pass the laken riley act, and it is past time to choose american families. madam president, i look foortd this body having the courage to doed that this week. thank you, and i yield the floor. . . test. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: we are here in the second week of the 11