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. >> congresswoman sheila jackson-lee has proposed a bill to have a commission with new reparations when i'm elected president -- would you sign that bill?would you sign that bill? >> i firmly support sheila jackson-lee's bill to study reparations would you sign a bill for reparations yes, i do there are things we need to do in this country that's been a long time in coming, one of those is to move forward with reparations. >> looks like an altar car. in fact, it is an altar car. the modern version. but the bigger question is, will we get reparations in this country? the real question is, do you want to live in a place where people like the ones you just saw on the screen have more political power? where humor and dissent are criminal acts, lying is the currency of public life, for lawyers whose names you don't know can destroy you for thinking the wrong thing. you've seen that world before, twitter, imagine if it had control of the u.s. military. the author of the book "we have overcome," professor, thanks for coming on. so, define for us, if you would, what it means to be "woke," every

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so let's discuss now with democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee, she's a member of the judiciaryoday approved a subpoena by the way for the unredacted mueller report. congresswoman, thank you so much. first, i have to get your reaction to this "times" report. and if it's true, this is not cnn's reporting. some members of the team feel that mueller's findings are more damaging to the president than the attorney general let on. >> don, i think that's what democrats are saying and particularly that's what the judiciary committee has been saying. as you well know when general barr issued his letter it was framed as the conclusions of the mueller report. his summarization of the actual conclusions, a truth, a narrative, that is unfortunate. and even in the document that director mueller had he indicated that he did not exonerate the president. but within minutes, hours of the mueller report, but more importantly the letter from general barr, the president and his team were celebrating that he'd been exonerated. let me explain just briefly, the mueller report was done by a lawyer, a fo

i'm going to ask congresswoman sheila jackson lee to weigh in. she's next. >>> so here's the breaking news. president trump and his attorneys are preparing for a major battle with house democrats to resist a growing number of requests for information. that is according to "the washington post." aides tell the post the white house counsel and the president's legal team are ready for the legal fight over subpoenas from congress. so joining me now to discuss is congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. she sits on the house judiciary committee. so it is great to have you here to discuss this story. congresswoman, thank you so much. i want to get your reaction to this breaking news from "the washington post." here's what the report says in part. it says, the administration does not plan to turn over information being sought about how particular individuals received their security clearances, trump's meetings with foreign leaders and other topics that they plan to argue are subject to executive privilege according to several aides familiar with inter

i want to bring in democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. congresswoman, thank you. quickly, why did you decide to bring in counsel like in the old days of bobby kennedy and fred thompson and people like that? why did you decide that counsel would be more effective in grilling the witness? >> well, first of all, let me say to you good evening, and this judiciary committee, 2019 judiciary committee, is pa painstakingly going to really direct its questions to the crux of what we want to know. so there will be certainly comments made by members, but we are going to be focused on important answers to important questions. the reason, of course, because precedent has been set. it's been done in whitewater and watergate and a number of others. no, this is not an impeachment proceeding, but it is an investigatary oversight proceeding and there is nothing unusual. democrats are courteous, rather. they believe -- if they believe in the rule of law, they believe in the protocol of apprising the witness that they'll be under oath and there will be other aspects of the questionin

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knowledge tom malinowski, a freshman member from new jersey and ted lieu was a knowledge already, sheila jackson lee from texas, and hank johnson from georgia, very distinguished member. left saying our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power. yield to the distinguished chairman, mr. jeffries. >> thank you madam speaker. any questions? >> my question is for speaker pelosi. we just ran a story saying that the white house put pressure on i.c.e. to try to release undocumented migrants into democratic systems as political retribution during the shutdown standoff. would you comment? rep. pelosi: i do not know anything about it, but again, it is another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the united states and the disrespect for the challenges we face as a country and people to address who we are, a nation of immigrants. >> what do you think about mitch mcconnell? he has been saying that he wants to make 2020 a referendum on socialism. rep. pelosi: come on. [laughter] rep. pelosi: why don't they make it a referendum on the positive suggestion they may have for the good of the america

jersey, ted lieu was acknowledged already as lincoln "four score and several years the pbmc, sheila jackson lee from texas, and hank johnson from georgia. very distinguished member of -- all members going for the bus now. saying what we always say, our diversity is our strength. our unity is our power. our founders directed. with that, i yieldspeaker, mr. . >> thank you madam speaker. any questions? >> my question is for speaker pelosi. we just ran a story saying that the white house put pressure on ice to try to release undocumented migrants into asocratic systems political retribution during the shutdown standoff. would you comment? not knowsi: i do anything about it, but again, it is another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the united states and the disrespect for the challenges we face as a country and people to address who we are, a nation of immigrants. what do you think about mitch mcconnell? he has been saying that he wants to make 2020 a referendum on socialism. why don't they make it a referendum on the positive suggestion they may have for the good of the american people?

i was just talking to sheila jackson lee backstage. extraordinary leader and mentor to me when i was a member of congress. we talked about reparations at her house bill 40 that is so important to the future of everyone in this country to ensure that we know our history, we stop story so that visiting injustices on future generations and begin the work of repair. i remember meeting with councilmember amanda edwards, again here in houston texas, on access to capital for communities that have then excluded from capital from the very foundation of this country -- communities that have been excluded. epicenter is at the of a maternal mortality crisis, three times as deadly for women of color -- she explained to me that in a community like arlington that does not have a mass transit system, even if you are covered, try getting to a clinic or a hospital. someone interjected, even if you get to that clinic or hospital, there's disparate treatments for women of color in this country that also help to explain a disparity in infant mortality that

sheila jackson lee pushing to create a commission to study the impact of slavery and reparations.ng me, don joins, attorney and former georgia state representative. thanks for being here. i want to go to you first. why is this an idea? here we are in 2019. why is this an idea that is suddenly catching on? is it just election year politics or something that is real? >> you know, this has been an issue that has come up in american politics since the 70s. now we have candidates that are really willing to open up and speak about it and a young progressive group of people in colleges that are looking forward to the reparations issue. listen, all we're talking about is studying an issue where american has given reparations after world war one, for internment camps, all kinds of situations. so why not discussing the idea for one of the most horrible portions of american history, slavery. let's discuss it. >> jason: horace, your thoughts? >> this is a school, a ruse. the democrats and progressives have no actual agenda to offer black americans or for that matter any working americans in t

on reparations, now he's talking about he supports sheila jackson lee's bill for reparation. thought we landed on mars and not the moon and argued about it. listen to what he said. he says we need to get people, we need to force people, he didn't say reeducation camps but that's what he means. so we can go face-to-face, eyeball to eyeball and that we need to pay reparations. there are a lot of people in the northern part of the country who died to free slaves. should they pay reparations in the south question mike they were fighting the war. are we going to let it go? >> laura: wasn't he a little bit more reasonable not so long ago? was he always this left-wing? >> he is so late in the loafers he floats off the ground at times. when he ran and i watched he had $80 million, he was on television every commercial break for months and months. never said anything. never said anything. >> laura: put the graphic up on the screen. we have a number of -- trump versus biden, trump-o'rourke. trump-sanders. they are all pretty much a dead heat, tied with this had to have polling but came

jouning me to discuss is sheila jackson lee of texas. she sits on the house judiciary committee.resswoman, thank you so much. i'm going to get your reaction to this breaking news. and it says theed a m administr does not plan to turn over information, trump 's meetings with foreign leaders are subject to executive privilege. according to several aids familiar with investigation. so how will you respond to the white house? >> well, obviously this is the last draft of breath of this administration. the reckoning that there is new leaders in town and the article one body, the united states congress, in this instance the house of representatives is prepared to do its job. we knew after a period of time there would have to be some gas and some attempt to fight back by the administration after getting a sense of cavalierness, not caring, not being concerned about what this congress was beginning to do. but once we began to unravel the whole litany of unfortunate incidents in the white house and its administration, it the tactic is to set up barriers and begin to have their counsel star

i'm all for sheila jackson lee is a bill that would set up a reparations commission.was signed into law in a heartbeat but i want to make sure that in every community at every level come here in the commonwealth of virginia perhaps especially, that we ready to have that conversation person-to-person, eyeball to eyeball, just like we are doing in this room right now. i'm convinced if we do that, we will form the consciousness and the political will to take the action necessary, to repair the damage done, repair the root of the word reparation, and to stop visiting that injustice on future generations. thank you for asking the question. really appreciate it. >> i know there are some hands of the i'm really sorry i don't have time for these two left. >> i'm -- haven't met yet. i'm here to ask a question, expressed concern about the way give a talk about mental health. you know our core human rights, civil rights demand and we don't want to be locked up in institutions, and we want to control our own allies, you ben going around the country describing what goes on in pris

i support sheila jackson lee's bill that would require any notification to the fbi if there is foreign interference or attempts for foreign assistance to a campaign. >> remarkable that you need bills to do normal things that are to do when you see a crime in commission. thank you for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, william barber is here to respond to the homophobic attacks from a trump supporting evangelical leader. next. you. you inspired us to create internet that puts you in charge. that handles anything. that protects what's important. and reaches everywhere. this is beyond wifi. this is xfi. simple, easy, awesome. >>> mayor pete buttigeig is a historic candidate. the first openly gay in the united states. he has been gaining traction, running third in national polls of democratic primary voters. one of the things he has done is take on vice president mike pence for hypocrisy as an evangelical christian for so strongly enabling donald trump. franklin graham, a vocal trump supporter himself had about enough of it n. a series of treat tweets he said mayor buttigei

senator booker introduced a measure on the senate side that matches up with what sheila jackson lee hasis study the matter and see what they come up with. the line, democrats and reparations, the likelihood reparations whatever become official remains slim and prominent leaders of the black community call the idea nearly impossible to implement. let's start with you. >> the reparation conversations, i think is a scam, a con job news is black america isn't going forward. if you get my instagram, 1000 comments talk about this issue. a lot of black americans reject the narrative. with the democratic candidates are looking to do is a vote for us and if we win there will be a big check for you. although a lot of these candidates have been pushing this narrative, if you look at the study at issue this is something you can do now. you don't need to run for president to get this done. disappointing that they have from the playbook out the window and -- shannon: do you think these contenders are genuine and others using it as a manipulative tool to gain votes? >> whether they are genuine or not

. >> sheila jackson lee form a commission to study how to do reparations. >> when i elected presidentuse] >> would you sign that bill? yes. >> would you sign it? >> if the house and senate pass that bill of course i would sign it. >> i firmly support congresswoman jackson lee's bill to study reparations. >> would you sign the bill for reparations? >> yes, i would. i already support that bill. >> there are things that we need to do in the country that have been a long time and coming. one of those is to move forward with reparations. >> tucker: well it's like an altar call. in fact, it is an altar call, the modern version. but the bigger version isn't will we get reparations in this country. the real question is do you want to live in a place where the ones like you saw on the screen have more political power where humor and dissent are criminal acts, where lying is the currency of public life names you don't know destroy you for thinking the wrong thing. you have familiar with that world. have you seen it before. it's called twitter. imagine if it had control of the u.s. military. aut

i was just talking to sheila jackson lee back stage. extraordinary leader and mentor to me when i was a member of congress. we talked to reparations and her house bill 40 which was so important to the future of everyone in this country, to ensure that we know our history and true story so that we stop visit injustices and we begin to repair. i met with amanda edwards on access to capital for communities that have been excluded from capital from the very foundation of this country. talking to alyssa same on who is heads up the naacp. this state is at the epicenter of a ma turn mortality crisis three times as leadly. in a city like articling that does not have a mass transit system. if you are covered, try getting to a hospital and someone else interjected even if you get to the clinic or hospital, there is different treatment for women of color that helps to explain a disparity in infant mortality and white america and black america in 2019 than it was in 1850, 15 years before the abolition of slavery. showing up, listening and incorpora

joining me now a member of that committee, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, a democrat from texas who the judiciary committee. it's always good to see you. i'm wondering since you were on that call yesterday -- i know you've said you're not ready to pursue impeachment. could what the speaker calls obtaining the facts then change your mind? >> well, first of all, good morning to you and it's wonderful to be with you. if you don't mind i'd like to offer my sympathy and concern to the people of sri lanka for the terrible tragedy that occurred. i think there are several narratives that we can speak to, one of which we don't want to be the narrative for the american pooe people. that's the one of the trump administration, and his leadership suggesting that nothing happened and it was a waste of time. the other is the conversation was not a public conversation yesterday, but i think generally what should be captured is that leadership and that members of congress, democrats in particular, want to be sure that we adhere to the constitution. our duty under the constitution to follow the rule

. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee has proposed a bill to form a commission to study how to do reparations. if you are elected president, would you sign that bill if it came across your desk? >> when i am elected president, i will sign that bill. >> if that bill were to pass and come to your desk, would you sign it? >> if the house and senate passed that bill, of course, i would sign it. >> would you sign that bill? >> yes. >> if you are president of the united states, would you sign that bill if it passed the congress for a commission on reparations for slavery in the united states? >> i would. >> would you sign the bill for reparations?s yes, i would. i already support that bill. >> sean: let's keep track of the radical agenda for the modern democratic party. reparations, check, open borders check, supreme court packing, check. abolishing the electoral college so new york and california to decide, new jersey to decide, check. and during birth and even post birth abortions, yeah, check. of course, congressowman ocasio-cortez will tell you how to run your business. they will tell you, and

jackson lee-maloney amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from missouri. mrs. wagner: i thank think friends across the aisle, certainly the gentlewoman from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee, and my good friend from new york, carolyn maloney, who wanted to speak on the amendment but is held up in a hearing she is chairing presently. i thank them for their bipartisan support and urge all my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady and i'd be pleased, more than pleased to yield time to the chairman of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. ms. nadler: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i support this bipartisan amendment which would ensure that entities focused on sex trafficking maintain eligibility for choose grants. we know that sex trafficking is a serious problem in the united states. at this time, choose grants are available for the purpose of enhancing the safety of youth and children who are victims of or exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or sex trafficking and for

. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee has proposed a bill to form a commission to study how to do reparationselected president, would you sign that bill if it came across your desk? >> when i'm elected president, i will sign that bill. >> i formally support congresswoman jackson lee's bill to create a commission to sudity reparations. >> yes, i already support that bill. >> absolutely i would sign that into law. >> the house and senate pass that bill, of course i would sign it. >> reparations is one long time progressive goal but it's getting more attention and more support. another is medicare for all, an idea president trump and other republicans label as socialist. the nation's top elected democrat speaker nancy pelosi waded into that debate, just like on impeachment, taking a position at odds with most of her party. we all share the value of health care for all americans, quality affordable health care for all americans. what's the path to that? when most people say they're for medicare for all, i think that means health care for all. a lot of people like their employer-based insurance an

i support sheila jackson lee's bill that would require any notification to the fbi if there is foreign interference or attempts for foreign assistance to a campaign. >> remarkable that you need bills to do normal things that are to do when you see a crime in commission. thank you for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, william barber is here to respond to the homophobic attacks from a trump supporting evangelical leader. next. by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity. and live claritin clear. when didwhen i needed ton? jumpstart sales. build attendance for an event. help people find their way. fastsigns designed new directional signage. ...and got them back on track. get started at fastsigns.com. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medicatio

how to close racial wealth gaps and close education gaps in the community and he would sign sheila jackson-lee's legislation to set up a commission to study reparations, so he definitely got a lot of energy and applause here, but so did someone else. kamala harris brought this message. i'll take a listen to what he had to say and it got the attention of the crowd. >> as far as i'm concerned, when we truly have justice in our country it will mean that we have economic justice, we will have housing justice and we will have educational justice. and there must be and we need leaders who will fight to get us there. >> i know we're hearing from more 2020ers as we stand here the rest of the day. someone else who is prepared to make news is elizabeth warren, and she's going to say she wants to end the senate fill bust tore pass legislation that puts her as one of the only sitting senators who is out there saying that as a 2020 candidate so we'll see what the reaction of the crowd is and the energy in this packed room as bernie sanders wraps up. >> thank you very much, ali vitale. >> jonathan allen, what

sheila jackson lee is one of the members of that eating, she is actually speaking right now in the house judiciary committee. we are airing that over on c-span3 if you want to watch that this morning. al is in florida on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: i'm a democrat now, but i don't think not much longer. too much stuff going on. we are not doing anything. we lost the election and we can't get over it. we just can't get over it. the border is out of control. health care is out of control. i guess we can do nothing until the election and you know we are going to lose the election. that's my opinion. i'm looking to become a republican, sir. host: what is the most important issue to you heading into the 2016 election? caller: basically safety, jobs. you don't have an economy if you don't have -- if you have not -- and of jobs and we sold our self out to countries like china and vietnam. this country is built on manufacturing. the democrats ain't doing nothing. they sold us out. that's why i'm going to be switching to become a republican. host: did you support hillary clinton?

i am all for sheila jackson lee's bill that was of a reparations commission. would sign that into law in a heartbeat. but i want to make sure in every community, at every level, here in the commonwealth of virginia, perhaps, we are able to have a conversation eyeball to eyeball just like we are in this room. i am convinced if we do that, we will form the consciousness and the political will to take the action that is necessary, to repair the damage done, to what has been done to generations. >> i only have time for these two. >> hi, i am here to ask a question and express concern about how you have been talking about mental health. since you have been connected with., you know that our civil rights demand -- we do not want to be locked up in institutions. we want to control our own lives. yet been going around the country, describing what goes on in prison. my question is, what would you -- i am friendly. it is ok. is, what woulde you do as president to protect the fundamental civil rights, including mental health disabilities to control our own health care, t

not even allowed a bill called h.r. 40 that was introduced by a congresswoman out of texas, sheila jackson-leen't. these folk are not serious, they're just waving the bloody shirt. >> yeah, absolutely. trish: david and niger, good to see you both. i'm all for economic opportunity. >>> coming up, everyone, 18 states in this country now offering subsidized college to illegals. tonight an attorney is here who says giving tax dollars to non-citizens might actually be breaking the law. >>> but first, jussie smollett saying no way is he ponying up 130 grand in damages to the city of chicago for the massive lie that he told. now the city is suing him for that money, and my next guest says he may now have to pay triple the price. >> at the end of the day, this mr. smollett who committed this hoax, period. ♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture now might not be the best time to ask yourself are my bones strong? life is full of make-or-break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen a

right now, has asked a lot of candidates after they finish if they would su pour, if elected, sheila jackson lee's current legislation in the house to set up a commission to study reparations. this has become a hot button in the democratic primary field. all of the candidates have answered more simply than i've heard politicians answer with either a yes or absolutely yes. so far that's a test they have established here at the national action network for what they would like to see out of their 2020 field. the interesting thing about pete buttigieg, he's obviously one of the newer comers to the 2020 race and people don't necessarily know a bunch about him. take a listen to what he had to say here introducing himself to the crowd. >> as one of our pastors puts it back home, everyone knows how to come visit us in church before an election. what are you going to do after the election? i believe an agenda for black americans needs to include five things that all of us care about. homeownership, entrepreneurship, education, health and justice. >> reporter: and he says, you know, what are you going to do

speaking with congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she and her chairman have mentioned the "new york times" report that says for all the talk about a uniform process where the doj would release it to everybody, the "times" reported the white house has had a jump on special consultations, multiple conversations. the story breaking late tonight. our live coverage on "the beat" continues. and i bring in a new guest. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> you've been here, viewers have come to know you as one of the legal voices we we rely on. my colleague doesn't tweet on every story but she has posted on something that sit a striking set of points. she quotes jerry nadler saying barr is planning to hold his own press conference about mueller, without mueller there. that has been confirmed by mueller's former spokesperson just this hour. and rachel notes, well before anyone will be allowed to access even barr's redacted version of mueller's findings. why? where's mueller? i put her simple questions to you. >> i think bob mueller is bidi

so joining me now is democratic congresswoman sheila jackson-lee of texas. thanks for staying up late for us, we appreciate it. >> thank you so very much. and we wish our friends in the nation around the world happy easter and happy passover. >> there you go. it's a weekend for a lot of people to be together. >> yes. >> so let me ask you this, congresswoman. now that you have read the mueller report what are you going to do? >> well, the first thing that i'm going to do is to demand, as a member of the judiciary committee, and as our chairman will do, that we get an unredacted copy, that we get all of the supporting documents, and that mr. mueller will appear before our committee, along with mr. barr, before the end of may. the second thing, the second group of things that i want to do is to make it clear to the american people that what has transpired in the last 24 hours is unusual, and frankly disappointing. if president dwight d. eisenhower had come back to life and read the actions that were detailed in this report he would not associate that with the p

may maya, you heard sheila jackson lee defending and i ask you, the republicans argue something very this is politicized beyond repair. >> i think the reality of most americans wanting to see the report is fundamental here. and the reason it's fundamental is because the constitution makes congress a co-equal to the executive branch. to the -- >> i'm so sorry to interrupt you. we want to go to kasie hunt because she's in the hall with doug collins. >> thank you so much. mr. collins, thank you so much for talking to us. in your view, what did we just see unfold today? >> a political theater. i tell you the rush to get something out so they can have highlights going into the spring break. that is what i call today. here is what is happening. you're subpoenaing action that is released next week. the five names talked about today have all been sent letters and all been cooperating in some form or another and yet we're now threatening them with subpoenas without any follow up. what happened today is a concern that we did get what we wanted last week and we want to find something this week.

>> so i'm actually supporting a bill, there's a congresswoman by a name of sheila jackson-lee that'shis bill out of the house to study exactly the response to your question and to your point and to support your point, look, we had centuries of slavery in this country. we had decades of jim crow. we had legalized discrimination and segregation. and then we had de facto discrimination and segregation. and to believe or suggest that those years of treatment and abuse and violence and crimes did not have an impact is to overlook the facts of history. and for that reason i support the legislation. and what we need to do to think about specifically what it means in terms of the next steps. but i thank you for that question. >> senator, yes or no, do you support financial reparations? >> i support we study that. let's look at this, for example. one of the issues that is very clear is that trauma, years of trauma or even one experience with trauma can lead to lifelong consequences. i'm supporting some work, partisan work that started years ago of looking at children who are growing up in a c

"the new york times" reporting tonight, and sheila jackson-lee is here. >> oh, good. >> she's going toy're going to go from this, asking, issuing subpoenas, how soon. she's got information i don't think you'll hear anywhere else. stay tuned for that. >> beautiful, i will be up once again watching d. lemon, the closing is the anatomy of a crisis in public confidence. >> i've been to all 59 states and i only have -- i mean, i've got a couple more to go to. >> you'll get there. >> i'll get there. >> see you later, bud. now, we don't know what's in the mueller report, but you should. and why? because the longer it goes this way the more nibbling around the edges. the more corrosion of public trust there's going to be. now you hear some of mueller's people saying i know what's in the report and the attorney general didn't tell you what he should have. now what? i have the closing argument about there's only one antidote to this, next. smile dad. i take medication for high blood pressure and cholesterol. but they might not be enough to protect my heart. adding bayer aspirin can further reduc

so i support legislation that sheila jackson lee from texas has introduced that would appoint a commissions and that commission would make a recommendation to the president on how those reparations should be done. this is important because sometimes say well, you know, what is the one best way to do it? and the process here is just as important as the result. i think of this in the way that i think of the truth and reconciliation commission of south africa. there's a healing process that needs to happen. so it's important that we get it right with a group of people from throughout the country that are well respected in their communities to make that kind of recommendation, not that it's the idea of just one person. >> let me jump in here. what would it look like? economists who study reparation say to adequately address slavery would cost $20 million. would americans be okay with that price tag? >> americans would be okay with acknowledgment, first of all an apology for what happened. and some sort of directed acknowledgment for the pain that was caused. you know, the amount, what that wou

and i want to recognize and acknowledge the work of congresswoman sheila jackson lee over the years in terms of ending violence against women. again, we take an oath to protect the american people. nearly 25 years ago congress honored that oath when we enacted the bipartisan violence against women act. united our communities and our country in a fight against domestic violence in america. today we honor that oath once more, passing strong bipartisan long-term vawa re-authorization that will save lives. again i want to salute karen bass, a champion for women's safety and security as chair of the judiciary subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security, and the many champions of vawa in the congress who have made today possible. again i acknowledge congresswoman jackson lee. we thank all of the survivors, victims, and advocates who have shown again rossity of spirit to tell their store -- generosity of spirit to tell their stories. nothing is more eloquent or effective of the stories that show this is not a legislative fight or issue fight, it's a personal fight about america's