>> MARY: YOU JUST HEARD HIM THERE, RETIRING LAWMAKER AND LONG-TIME VOICE IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, REPRESENTATIVE DEAN URDAHL.

I'M WONDERING IF WHAT WE JUST SAW THERE IS WHAT YOUR MOST PROUD OF, THAT TOP TO BOTTOM GENERATIONAL RESTORATION OF THIS BUILDING.

>> I THINK SO.

IF I WERE TO LIST OVER MY 22 YEARS, MY PROUDEST MOMENT, IT WAS MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAPITOL RESTORATION.

LET ME MAKE CLEAR, THOUGH, I HAVE CHANGED JACKETS SINCE THAT DAY.

>> WE ALL QUESTION YOU ABOUT THAT.

LET'S REMINDS PEOPLE HOW LONG IT TOOK BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY I SPENT TEN YEARS WORKING ON THAT DOCUMENTARY.

IT WAS TEN, 20 YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE EFFORT TO FINALLY GET THAT THROUGH.

>> RIGHT.

I WAS ELECTED IN 2002 AND BEFORE THAT TIME, WHEN I WAS NOT IN THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING BY HERE AT NIGHT LOOKING AT THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND THINKING, BOY, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK SOME DAY, AND THEN FINALLY GETTING IN HERE AND WALKING AROUND AND LOOKING AND GOING -- >> Mary: AND WATCHES IT CRUMBLE.

WE SHOULD REMIND PEOPLE, THE BUILDING WAS FALLING OFF.

WE WERE IN DANGER.

THE WALLS WERE LEAKING, WATER GUSHED THROUGH THAT FAMOUS NIGHT IT FINALLY GOT THROUGH, RIGHT?

>> YES, YES.

>> Mary: IT WAS ALMOST BIBLICAL.

>> AND I WAS SPEAKING THAT NIGHT WHEN THE WATER STARTED COMING THROUGH BUT THAT WAS A POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE, FROM THE OUTSIDE, NOT BEING HERE, EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT.

BUT ONCE YOU GET IN HERE, AND YOU SEE THAT THE MURALS ARE BEING STAINED, THE WATER IS LEAKING, ARE CRUMBLING, THEY HAD TO PUT SCAFFOLDING AROUND THE CAPITOL TO -- >> Mary: TO PROTECT US.

>> TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

>> Mary: TO GETS IN AND OUT, YEAH.

>> AND SO IT BECAME PLAIN TO ME THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE.

>> Mary: AND HAD TO BE DONE IN BIPARTISANSHIP, BICAMERAL FASHION.

>> RIGHT.

FOR ONE THING, IT HAD TO BE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BONDING WHEN IT STARTED AND WHEN WE REACHED THE VOTE ON ITS, I THINK THE DEMOCRATS NEEDED 6 REPUBLICAN VOTES TO GET THIS GOING AND WE MANAGED TO -- IN A MORE BIPARTISAN MANNER THAN THAT GET THEM THE VOTES BUT, I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO O SOMETHING AND THERE WAS A PLAN TO DIG OUT UNDER THE STEPS IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL.

>> Mary: I REMEMBER THAT PLAN.

YOU MENTIONED CAPITOL INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN YOUR SPECIALTY HERE IN YOUR TIME AND THAT REQUIRES BIPARTISANSHIP, SO TAKE US A LITTLE UNDER THE HOOD.

HOW HARD IS IT TO BUILD AND HELP BUILD A BIPARTISAN SUPER MAJORITY WHICH YOU'VE DONE TIME AND TIME AGAIN HERE?

>> IT'S NOT VERY EASY.

[CHUCKLING] I HAVE TO, IN MY ROLE GO, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I'VE BEEN THE REPUBLICAN LEAD ON THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS HAS BEEN -- I'VE BEEN HERE 2 YEARS AND 20 OF THEM, 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE.

>> Mary: BUILDING VOTES.

BUYING VOTES?

NO, I DON'T -- I'M A PHILOSOPHY -- FIRST OF ALL, YOU DO THESE THINGS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SKILL, A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

>> Mary: RELATIONSHIPS AND PEOPLE HAVE TO LIKE YOU, QUITE HONESTLY, THEY HAVE TO LIKE YOU AND TRUST YOU -- >> TRUST IS THE WORD.

I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN, YOU KNOW, MY WORD IS MY BOND HERE, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN DO BUT I HAVE -- >> Mary: IS IT HARD BEING A NICE GUY ARE HAD, THOUGH?

HAS IT GOTTEN HARDER?

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT -- IT'S HARDER TO BE HERE, I WILL SAY THAT.

>> Mary: IS IT MORE EXTREME, MORE PARTISAN?

>> I FIND IT TO BE MORE EXTREME AND MORE PARTISAN AND, YOU KNOW, MY GOING BACK TO THE BONDING BILL, WHAT I TRY TO DO AND, AGAIN, AS A REPUBLICAN LEAD ON A COMMITTEE, OKAY, THEN THE CHAIR BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE BECAUSE HAT BILL IS NOT GOING TO PASS RIGHT NOW UNLESS THEY GET 11 REPUBLICAN VOTES.

>> Mary: IS IT GOING TO PASS HIS YEAR?

>> I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A BILL.

>> Mary: OKAY.

LAST UESTION, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PART OF YOUR LIFE, THE FILMMAKER, THE HISTORY TEACHER.

TELL US WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WHAT YOU HAVE COMING UP.

>> WELL, MY BOOK.

I'VE GOT A BOOK THAT'S TITLED "ENDS OF SESSION."

WHICH IS THE STORY OF MY LEGISLATIVE CAREER HERE.

WE'RE ABOUT UP TO MY LAST CHAPTER CALLED SINE DIE.

>> Mary: WOW.

>> AND WE'LL -- >> Mary: ANY MORE FILMS, PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW YOU'RE A HISTORIC FILMMAKER, RIGHT?

>> I HAVE NINE PUBLISHED BOOKS, A LOT OF THEM ON HISTORICAL FICTION AND RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WE FINISHED A YEAR AGO CALLED "UPRISING," AND THAT CAN BE SEEN -- IT'S BEING STREAMED RIGHT NOW.

GO TO XUMO, GO TO EW MOVIES AND UPRISING.

>> Mary: ANOTHER PROJECT, TOO, IN THE WORKS?

>> LAST FALL WE ACTUALLY FILMED -- WELL, WE DID ONE MOVIE AND PARTS OF TWO OTHERS AND THE MOVIE THAT WE DID, "ASSAULT ON FORT RIDGELY" WHICH IS KIND OF A CONTINUE WAYS OF "UPRISING" WILL BE PROPOSAL ISSUED IN LITCHFIELD AT THE HOLLYWOOD THEATER ON APRIL 23rd.

>> Mary: THANK YOU SO MUCH, REPRESENTATIVE URDAHL NOR YOUR SERVES AND CAREER.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN.

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