BUT AT THE MOMENT, BARRY, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

>> Barry: REPRESENTATIVE HEINTZEMAN, YOU ARE ON THE LEGACY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM A VIEWER.

IT'S NOT STRICTLY LEGACY COMMITTEE RELATED ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR IT, DNR RELATED.

GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY.

THIS IS REFLECTING ON AN AREA THAT APPEARED IN RECENT WEEKS, DEALING WITH THE CARP PROBLEM.

THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WILL THERE BE A BUBBLE BARRIER PUT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO DEAL WITH THE CARP PROBLEM AND MORE GENERALLY WILL THERE BE DNR REGULATING THAT?

>> THE QUESTION ISN'T SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO THE FUNDING COMING TO LEGACY FOR ANY PROJECTS.

BUT THERE WAS NO BILL OR ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION OR PROPOSAL THAT I RECALL, BUT THERE HAS BEEN IN THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

EARLY ON IN THE DNR BUDGET, WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE A CARP BARRIER THERE.

IT'S A $17 MILLION PROJECT.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE VOTING IN MINNESOTA AND HIT BY A FLYING CARP, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A HUGE ISSUE HERE IN MINNESOTA.

AT THE MOMENT THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE BILL, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE, IT'S QUITE HEAVY, ALMOST 400 PAGES.

I HAVEN'T YET FOUND A CARP BARRIER.

I'M REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IN CASE SOMEBODY MAY HAVE CAUGHT IN THE COMMITTEE, SHARING MY FRUSTRATION, BUT IT HASN'T, FOR WHATEVER REASON, FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT BILL ON THE HOUSE SIDE.

BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE SOMETHING BREAK ON THAT.

GLAD TO HAVE THE QUESTION BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY.

>> Barry: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CARP AND THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LASARD.

>> I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE INVASIVE SPECIES, WHETHER THEY BE IN THIS CASE FISH OR OTHER TYPES OF ANIMALS OR AQUATICA, THAT I RECEIVE E-MAILS ON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSALS ARE OR THE AREAS ARE.

BUT THE FACT THAT WE IN MINNESOTA HAVE A PHENOMENAL NATURAL RESOURCES ACROSS THE STATE, LAKES, RIVERS, ET CETERA, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO PRESERVE IT.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET DAMAGED BY ANY OF THESE INVASIVE SPECIES, NONNATURAL SPECIES IN MINNESOTA TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROTECTED TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT GENERATION CAN INDEED ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS IN MINNESOTA.

>> Barry: SENATOR BOLDON, YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> I DON'T SERVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE NOR HAVE I EVER.

SO I HAVE NOT HEARD SPECIFIC PROPOSALS OR HAVE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT I WILL SAY AGAIN BROADLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WONDERFUL NATURAL RESOURCES IN MINNESOTA AND HEARD OF PROTECTING THOSE RESOURCES AND PLANET AND ENVIRONMENT AND TAKEN STEPS TO BE SURE WE ARE PROTECTING THAT AND HAVING IT CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL AND USABLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

IT'S CERTAINLY A PIECE OF THAT, AND OF COURSE I CAN'T SPEAK TO SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THE BILL.

>> Barry: LET'S GO BACK.

WHAT KINDS OF TOPICS DID THE BILL COVER THIS YEAR?

WHAT WERE THE CONTROVERSIES AND THEN WE WILL GO WITH SENATOR BOLDON.

AGAIN, THERE HASN'T BEEN ACTION ON THE SENATE SIDE OR FINAL VOTING ON THE SENATE SIDE.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

TELL US ABOUT THE PAN OF ACTION AND WHAT IT IS.

>> I CAN HELP BRING CLARITY TO THE LAZARD SAMS IS A PIECE OF THE PIE, SO TO SPEAK, IF YOU ARE IN THE LEGACY COMMITTEE.

THE LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDS A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES.

IT'S PART OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE SITE AND ALSO FUNDS CLEAN WATER AND PARKS AND TRAILS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART, AND PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER WHEN THE LEGACY AMENDMENT WAS PASSED, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO ANY CONTROVERSY OR ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN KIND OF A DIFFERENCE FROM YEARS PAST, THEY WOULD POINT YOU TO A FEW THINGS.

THE LAZARD SAMS COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE HUGE IN THE BILL AND GO TOWARDS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT MOST MINNESOTANS APPRECIATE.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANT PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE HANDLED.

OVER ALL, THOUGH, THERE WAS CONTROVERSY COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE.

TYPICALLY THE BILL HAS HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT COMING OUT, AND IN THIS CASE IT HAD BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION TO LEGACY BILL, AND I WILL QUICKLY SPEAK TO THAT AND THRRVE CARVE OUTS THAT MANY ON THE GOP SIDE FOUND OBJECTIONABLE.

WE HAD TO KIND OF WORK THAT OUT AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET SOME OF THAT RESOLVED.

I DID ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

I AND PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS TAKEN THAT GOT AT AN ISSUE OF GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE APPLYING OR INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND MONEY, AND THEIR LEADERSHIP COULD PREVIOUSLY, TO MY AMENDMENT APPLY IN SPITE OF SOME CHALLENGES AS IT MIGHT RELATE TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND A JUDGMENT SPECIFICALLY IN THE CASE OF ONE PARTICULAR GROUP THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THAT DIRECT APPROPRIATION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

WITH THAT AMENDMENT ADDED, WHICH I HOPE IS GOING TO BE IN THE FINAL PRODUCT, CLEAR SAILING FOR THE LEGACY BILL.

BUT WE ARE NOT AT THE END YET, BARRY, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Barry: IT PASSED THE HOUSE AND GONE TO THE SENATE.

>> CORRECT.

>> Barry: I REALIZE I MAY NOT SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND NOT NECESSARILY THE EXPERT, AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES OVER FROM THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE.

BUT IF YOU COULD ENLIGHTEN US ABOUT THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE IS IT IS A TEAM SPORT.

NONE OF US CAN KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ISSUE ISSUE.

I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT TO REPORT AND WORKING ON OMNIBUS BILLS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

HAVING NOT HEARD IT YET, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT IT YET.

>> Barry: VERY GOOD.

YOUR AUTHORITIES LEGACY COMMITTEE, LEGISLATION ET CETERA.

>> BEING AT A DISADVANTAGE, NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, HAVEN'T HEARD OR DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, HASN'T BEEN TO THE