>>> IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO THE MOTION?

HEARING NONE I RECOGNIZE THE CENTER.

>> GOOD EVENING, ONE OF THE LONGEST DAYS OF THE GEORGE ALLEGES THAT IF SESSION IS UNDERWAY, BOTH CHAMBERS ARE VOTING ON DOZENS OF BILLS.

ON THIS DAY 2024, WELCOME TO THE ONE-HOUR LAWMAKER SPECIAL ON DAY 28 OF THE GEORGE'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I'M DONNA LOWERY, IN ATLANTA, THE DAYS BID -- IS BIG BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE A CHANCE OF BECOMING LAW OR NOT, BASED ON WHETHER THEY GET A FAVORABLE VOTE IN THE HOUSE OR SENATE, THROUGHOUT THE HOUR WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WE WILL HEAR FROM LEGISLATORS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION.

AMONG THE INTERVIEWS COMING UP, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JONES.

AN ANALYSIS FROM POLITICAL INSIDERS.

LET'S GET STARTED AS ALWAYS BY GETTING THE NEWS SO FAR TODAY FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT, SARAH?

>> HI DONNA, TODAY'S CROSSOVER DATE THE CAPITAL, BOTH CHAMBERS ARE RACING THROUGH HIS BILLS AND SPEAK OF THE SENATE IS KIND OF 58 BILLS, NEW LIFE PLAYED FOR EARTH.

THE FIRST THE SIZE DEBATE HERE SPLAYING THE IMAGE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG ME SHOW IT TO YOU, WE ARE LOOKING AT IMAGE, THE WORDS AMERICA WILL BE WRITTEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE THIS REPRESENTS PATRIOTISM, A COMMITMENT TO OUR TIES THE INTERESTS OF NATION ABOVE ALL ELSE NATIONAL WRITING AND THAT OFFERED BY JOSH McMORRAN, WITH DONALD TRUMP ON SOME WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO WORK ON THE AUTHOR HAS TO CHANGE, A SECOND AMENDMENT THIS BILL, THAT NEEDED SENATOR MICK LAUREN LICENSED THE RECOGNIZING DON'T >> DONALD TRUMP FIRST WOULD BE THE WAY YOUR NAME THE BILL AFTER BROUGHT THE AMENDMENT YOU GET A CENTER OF THE BILL AS DONALD TRUMP TO THE HOUSE, I WILL GO TO THE SIGNING ARE IN THE END THE AMENDMENT FILLED, 34-19 AND SR 16 DEALT WITH INCREASING ENTITIES, AND RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS SIMPLE TO ESSENTIAL ASPORTATION OF OUR CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS, AND MAKE IT THE TOUGHEST DATE TO BE A >>> OUR AND THE BILLS WILL TAKE IT FROM ATTRACTING KINDLY BACK DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF THE VICTIMS TO HELP REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

>> THE RESOLUTION IN THE SUPPORTING BILL WILL ALLOW AN AMENDMENT TO STICK VISION SO THAT THE STATE CAN USE CIVIL FORFEITURE OF CONVICTED TRAFFICKERS TO HELP FUND RESOURCES FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.

BOTH LEGISLATION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

>> FINALLY A BATTLE OVER BOOKS.

ANALYTE BRANDS CHOOSE THEM.

SB 390 WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF ONE'S ASSOCIATE WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S RESOURCES, AND ACCREDITATION.

>> DOES THIS NOT GIVE GEORGIA -- CAST A PALL OVER OUR REPUTATION AS A STATE COMMITTED TO LEARNING?

>> THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO PUSH A RADICALS SOCIALIST DREAM AGENDA TO OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO STARTED THIS, NOT US, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO LOSE MEMBERSHIP.

>> THE HOUSE IS PASSED DOZENS OF BILLS AND THE VOTES ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN AS THE DAY CONTINUES.

THE LATE SPEAKER DAVID RALSTON'S LEGACY WAS HONORED THROUGH TWO MEASURES, FIRST LAWMAKERS PASSED A RESOLUTION NAMING A HIGHWAY IN THE COUNTY AFTER RALSTON, THEN THE HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED HOUSE BILL 1409, LIMITING THE LIABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY ALL THE PURITY WE HAVE CHOSEN THE FUNDING MECHANISM WHERE THE WILL ALL BE FOR NAUGHT, UNLESS THE MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE PROVIDE SERVICES THAT THIS BILL IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

>> TWO PEOPLE CLOSE TO RALSTON, INCLUDING HIS SON, CAME TO THE HOUSE, VOTING ON CHANGES, AND CHANGES INCLUDE GARMENTS FOR, AND THE AREAS.

>> TOP 30 AND THE PROGRAM EXIST TODAY, >> NOT EVERYONE WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES SOME NUMBERS BACK, AND THE FILM >> THE GREAT MODERN PHILOSOPHER JAY-Z SAYS AND LIE, WOMEN LIE, NUMBERS DO NOT LIE.

2007, THE INDUSTRY HUNDRED DOLLARS HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS DIRECT IMPACT, TODAY THE FILM AND TELEVISION AND IS REDIRECTED BACK IS $4 BILLION.

IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT THIS WILL, HOUSE BILL 1180, SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO ALL BUSINESSES THAT GEORGE'S COMMITMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

>> THE BILL PASSED 131-34, THE HOUSE ALSO APPROVED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE JAILS REPORT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR CUSTODY TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.

AND DETERMINING NATIONALITY.

>> DEAR -- HIS LIVE DONNA BACK TO WRAP UP SO FAR, AT THE CAPITAL, ALL THE ACTION THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH KEY LAWMAKERS, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

FOR NOW I WANT TO BRING IN OUR GUESS FOR THE EVENING IN THE STUDIO, FIRST, MARTHA, A COLUMNIST AND MEDIA PERSONALITY AND A FORMER STATE DIRECTOR OF FIELD OFFICES FOR GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY RAN AS A REPUBLICAN FOR CON.

AND THERAN JOHNSON, POLITICAL STRATEGIST AND FOUNDER AND CEO OF PARAMOUNT CONSULTING GROUP AND ALSO A FORMER SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE BIDEN AND HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND HAS SERVED AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO SEVERAL DEMOCRATS OF THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.

WELCOME TO LAWMAKERS, WE WILL HAVE FUN THIS HOUR, ONE OF THOSE BIG DAYS.

I WANT TO START WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD A LOT, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE OBSERVATIONS ARE SO FAR TODAY >> IT'S NOT A LOT MORE CROSSOVER DAYS, AND ALREADY THREE AND FOUR A, AND THE SCHOOL CHOICE BILL, WE ARE NOT SEEING MUCH, I'VE GOT A LOT OF ABOUT THAT TODAY, PEOPLE EXPECTED TO SEE SOMETHING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CROSSOVER DAYS, BUT AND THOSE WATCHING, OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR OBSERVATION OF OUR TODAY.

>> WITH MARTHA WE ARE BOTH DOWN THERE, AND THE THING REALLY THAT MARTHA TALKED ABOUT THE COMMITMENT TO GET THE THINGS DONE, LOOKING HOW FAST THE HOUSE SIDE VERSUS SIDE IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR WOULD MAKE SURE YOU GET IT PARTIES.

AND ONE THING I SAW, AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET THE PAST, WE WENT TO EXPAND MEDICAID FULLY BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET HOW IS THE, THE SURPLUS.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH OF FISCAL SPENDING BUT ALSO A LOT OF MONEY PLISKOVA.

AND SURPLUS.

AND PASSING THE HOUSE TODAY, AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT WAS IN THE WORKS, AND GET RILEY'S DEATH, AND IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE ROLE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, AND ALSO THE STATE LEVEL AND NOT A SILLY AND THE VOTES THE PAST, BIPARTISAN OUT OF THE MANY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL ULTIMATELY PASS DAY, I WAS OKAY THAT IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND THE RULE IN IMMIGRATION.

>> AND A WELL-RESPECTED YOUNG REPUBLICAN, AND A DISCIPLINE WAY, RESNICK WESTERN, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO RILEY.

THE CONDOLENCES GO OUT OF THEIR.

AND WITH THE SUSPECT.

DEFINITELY IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, THE RATS, WE HAVE BE BOLD, TO LET SOMEBODY LEGALLY, TO CRIMES AND HARM PEOPLE, WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT, IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO SAY.

I'M CONSCIOUSLY AND PATIENTLY WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION WILL SAY, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOW LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WORK WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL TO ENFORCE THE LAW IF THE BILL WERE TO PASS BOTH CHAMBERS.

>> MORE TO SAY, AND WILL BE FAVORABLE TO WERE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO THE GOLD DOME WHERE SARAH HAS THE BUSIEST COMMITTEE CHAIRS WITH HER, OF ANY DAY, THE HEAD OF THE RULES, AND OF SWAINSBORO.

>> CHAIRMAN, YOUR CHAIRMAN -- SESSION AS WELL AS GERMAN THE HOUSE GOING VERY WELL, GREAT STAFF KEEPING US ON >>> AND GOT INTO THIS EARLY WITH THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF RICHARD SMITH, AND HIS WORKING VERY WELL AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

>> SPEAKING OF THE PASSING SMITH, SERVED QUICK >> AND I'VE KNOWN RICHARD, A LEGISLATIVE FRIEND, AND CITY THAT SPENCER READY HIGH STANDARDS, CONTINUING TO DO THAT HE WAS DOING.

HOW DEEP ABOUT THE PROSPECTS?

BIGGER HOPEFULLY THEY WILL WORK WITH US KEEP FORWARD, CAME OUT OF A MIDI THAT THE >> HAD APPOINTED, LISTEN TO PEOPLE OF THE STATE, AND, AND THE TAKEN GO WITH YOUR >> TO TALK WITH KEY ASPECTS QUICK >> SEVERAL THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.

TO STREAMLINE, AND WE DID THAT SURE IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MEN, PATHWAY SOMETHING WAS AREA DO THAT AS LONG AS THEY DO CERTAIN BEEN PART OF THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, PART OF THE, THERE, TAKE INDIGENT MEDICAID, AND I THINK IT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN DOING MORE DOCTORS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN STATE AND A LOT OF US, AND REALLY LEAD THE WAY ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, DONNA, BACK YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GIFTED OF GOSPEL I TODAY, BUILDING HOSPITALS IN RURAL GEORGIA THERE HAS BEEN THIS BATTLE IS ABOUT SEO AND, WHETHER WE NEED ARE NOT GOVERNOR, REALLY WANTS TO GET RID OF THE GOOD COMPROMISE HERE ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO TEACHING HOSPITAL ASPECT POPULATION IS GROWING ANDERSON GEORGIA BLAIR ON AND THE RESIDENCIES OF THAT MUCH SOMETHING ON THAT TOO ADDITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA MEDICAL IT'S GOING TO BE PUT FORTH, IT'S MOVING ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> THERE WAS ONE PERSON TO BUILD COMING DEMOCRATS FAVOR THE AND THEN HOLDING BACK HAS, DEMOCRATS WERE FOCUSING ON MEDICAID RUNNING BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE DOCTOR COULD BE SEEN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ON MEDICAID BUT THEY DID SAVOR THIS TODAY.

>> I'M A SPORT OF EXPANDING MEDICAID STATE, WHEN THEY SAY THE STUDY COMMISSION, AND FOR EXPANDING INDICATED HOUSEWORK, YOUR NOW FOR LESS HITTING ON SOME, HE WAS ADAMANT THAT HE DID LAST YEAR LAWMAKERS, THE TENANT GOVERNOR, DOWN, BUT HAVING CHAIRMAN WHICH FORTUNATE AND SAID DEATH OF RICHARD SMITH THE BILL HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE SUPPORT AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DETAILS, AND HOSPITALS TO, AND CURRENT HOSPITALS HOSPITALS, AND THE SAME RULES, EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING HEALTHIER OPTIONS I WANT TO ASK MORE ABOUT THE ADDING OF MORE OPTIONS FOR MORE.

THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE HOSPITALS TIED INTO THAT, PEOPLE COME INTO THE RESIDENCY IN THE HOSPITAL THEY MIGHT DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED, THE DOCTOR THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AND WE HAVE >> GOOD HOSPITALS IN GEORGIA, A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND HOSPITALS THAT ARE DOING IT FOR LONG TIME COMING TRUE THEY ARE TO AS WELL, BUT GROWING.

>> DEMOCRATS OBVIOUSLY SEE IT IS A GOOD WE HAVE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC, WE WANT TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR ALL GEORGE, THE BILL, I THINK A LOT OF THEM CRYSTAL THE CHAIRMAN AND OTHERS, FOR THE REPUBLICANS AND A LOT OF GOOD INKS THE BILL, THE SENATE HAS LUMBAR CHANGES IN THE SENATE, THEY WILL HAVE IS?

THEY DEFINITELY WILL THEY WILL MAKE CHANGES COME BACK WITH THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

GOVERNMENT TOO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A CHAIN HEAD THE CAPITOL, TENANT GOVERNOR FOR JONES, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR US.

>> HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL, AND IN PERSON.

WAS DISAPPOINTING.

>> GUYS STARTED WITH THAT, YOU STOOD WITH MORE THAN 50 BILLS, AND HOW HAS IT BEEN GOING TODAY.

>> AND MOST OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS WE HAD IS PARTIES, AND EARLIER IN THE SESSION, BUT WE WERE TODAY, TO CARE OF INDIVIDUAL SENATORS PUBLICANS IN THE RATS, AND WE HAD A FEW HIGHLY DEBATED ISSUES, REALLY MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD, ALMOST UNANIMOUS, AND THIS WOULD IT'S A AND HERE, WE ARE GOING TO CALL TONIGHT.

>> I WOULD ASK YOU A FEW, AND LATER IN THE DAY, THE FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT, SB 180 DID PASS, BUT IN THE GENERAL SIMPLY A LONG TIME, LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THIS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE COME UP BEFORE, TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

>> IT'S A TOPIC IT MIRRORS THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND IS TO BE A HOTLY CONTESTED ISSUE.

WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG THE SENATOR, USED TO BE HIGHLY CONTESTED AND GOT VERY LITTLE DEBATE AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT AND THE ONLY BUILT.

THE SENATE ALSO PASSED A BILL WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT LEGISLATION?

>> THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY LARRY WALKER OR --PASSION ABOUT AND SOME OF THE AND AND AND DID WAS NECESSARY HE PASSED THAT OUT TODAY AND ABOUT ABOUT AS MILD-MANNERED AS YOU WANT TO BE AROUND AND BE SUPPORTIVE WITH THAT IT WAS GOOD MOVE ON HIS PART & IN THE PAST THE HOUSE THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN ATHENS.

>> RIGHT, I DIDN'T SEE THE EXACT LANGUAGE, AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WE WILL COME AT SOME MEASURES, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN SIMMERING FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH THE SANCTUARY CITIES, AND CITIES IN GEORGIA NOT RESPONDING TO LAWS THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON THE BOOKS LIKE ATHENS HAS BEEN DOING, WE HAVE AN INVASION GOING ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER, IS NOT AN IMMIGRATION ISSUE, THEY SAY EIGHT OR 9 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE COME ACROSS THE BORDER, THE TRUTH IS THEY DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE COME ACROSS THE BORDER.

>> ENTRIES AN INCREASE IN INCREASE IN AN INCREASE IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH CITIES LIKE ATHENS, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THOSE GIVES A GO TO THE UNIVERSITY GEORGIA, I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, THE THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, THE WHY ATHENS IS ATHENS, BECAUSE OF THE KIDS WHO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY YEAR, IF WE CAN'T PROTECT THEM FROM A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, AND HOLDING ELECTIVE OFFICE.

AND DISCUSSING THAT IF THE MAYOR GAVE A RESPONSE, AND THE DA OVER THERE THAT WON'T PROSECUTE CRIMINALS, AND IT'S BEEN FESTERING FOR QUITE SOME AND UNFORESEEN MURDER THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IN ATHENS.

>> IN THE COMING WEEKS OF COURSE, A QUICK FINAL QUESTION, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN THE SENATE TONIGHT?

>> AND THE BILLS, 720 RIGHT NOW, WE MIGHT GET DONE, EIGHT OR 830, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T WANT TO BE A LATE- NIGHT BY ANY MEANS.

NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL IS COMING UP.

SO I'M GLAD I HEARD ABOUT REFORMING COM AND HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE AND THAT SOMEBODY WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR SINCE LAST YEAR, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, I DISCUSSION WITH THE HOUSE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US IN THE SENATE.

>> TALKING TO LAWMAKERS ABOUT THAT COMING UP.

I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME ON THE SHOW, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE DONNA, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU GOT CALLED OUT, DEFINITELY HEARD WHAT HE WAS SAYING ON THIS.

YOUR THOUGHTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT, BUT START WITH THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, SEVERING TIES WITH THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, WOULD YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.

>> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CALLED ME OUT, I HAD LUNCH IN HIS OFFICE THERE.

>> HE MUST'VE HAD SOMETHING GOOD.

>> HIS PATH NATIONAL STAFF WERE FANTASTIC.

WHAT YOU SAW FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, HAS REALLY GROWN INTO THIS ROLE AND HAS A COMMAND OF THE ISSUES, HE SAID THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, BUT SNUCK UP ON US AND CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE, BUT YOU DID HAVE A ROBUST DEBATE BETWEEN SENATOR MING LAUREN AND LEADER, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WAS LARRY WALKER'S PASSION, TALKED ABOUT HOW HE SPOKE VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BILL, HE'S WELL RESPECTED BEEN THE LEGISLATURE FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE OTHER THING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S AWAITED REALLY GOOD JOB OF SHOWING.

AND AGAIN THIS IS A TRAGIC DEATH THAT HAPPEN, THE SUSPECT TO MURDER THE CITIZEN STUDENT, BUT I JUST WISH THAT THE LEGISLATORS WOULD HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF URGENCY AND PASSION DEATHS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE STATE ALONE, AND 10 CHILDREN THAT HAVE DIED IN THE HANDS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

IF YOU COME BACK WITH A SIMILAR ENTHUSIASM, A MURDER IS A MURDER NO MATTER WHO DOES IT, BUT YOU REALLY PUT THE EFFORT FORWARD, LIKE WE'VE SEEN WITH REPUBLICANS ON THE ISSUE, WE HAVE TO COME WITH RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP.

10 GUARD WAS PLACED AND PERMIT FOR THE TIME OF GUN DEMOCRATS HAD TO FIND A WAY TO COUNTER WHAT HAPPENED, I'M NOT AGAINST THE BILL, LET'S BE CLEAR, IT'S NEEDED, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ENFORCE.

BUT POLITICIZING THE ISSUE, NOT ALL REPUBLICANS, SOME OF DONNA, DEMOCRATS HAVE TO COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY VOCAL ON IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE STATE.

>> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THAT, NOT JUST ABOUT WHETHER LINCOLN RILEY WAS MURDERED, THERE IS ALSO BEEN HUNDREDS OF FENTANYL POISONINGS THAT HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION HAS BEEN HAPPENING, AND HOPE TONIGHT THAT I PRINT OUT BEFORE AND WHAT'S BEEN ON MY PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT BOTH A VERY STRONG DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND A STRONG REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE EXACT SAME LAWS THAT PRESENT BIDEN HAD, AND THEY DID A MUCH BETTER JOB MANAGING THE BORDER THAN PRESENT BIDEN HAS, THE FACT THAT HE SAYS I CAN'T DO THIS SO I CAN DO THAT, I HAVE TO HAVE LEGISLATION JUST DOESN'T WORK, THIS IS WHY THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO ACT.

ONE FINAL COMMENT, THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE BILL IN THE SENATE, IT WAS REPUBLICANS FAULT, THEY DID NOT EVEN GRANT TO THE FLOOR TO A VOTE, THERE IS A BILL THAT WAS PASSED DOWN THE HOUSE SIDE THAT COULD BE BROUGHT, SO LET'S HOPE THINGS AND GET THE CONFERENCE AND COME NEGOTIATE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, GO TO VOTE AND GET TO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

>> LOOK, THERE IS A BILL RIGHT NOW, WITH THIS IN TODAY WAS GREAT BUT A LOT OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GO BACK TO WASHINGTON AND PASS A BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL THAT IS RIGHT THERE NOW.

>> OR TAKE UP THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN PASSED.

>> DONALD TRUMP INSTRUCTED THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE NOT TO DO IT, IT IS A CRISIS, AND THE LEVEL OF HYPOCRISY, THE PRESIDENT UNITED STATES IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, AND HE'S DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD POSSIBLY DO WITH THE EXECUTIVE POWER, A BILL RIGHT NOW THAT REPUBLICANS REFUSED TO VOTE ON, IT'S NOT A GREAT DEAL DESPERATE BILL, SOME LATINO LEADERS SAY IT DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO BUT IT IS BETTER THAN REPUBLICANS.

>> THERE IS A BILL THAT THE REPUBLICANS BROUGHT THAT COULD BE PUT ON, THE ONLY VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ARE ON THE HOUSE SIDE.

THE SENATE PRESENTED A BILL BUT THEY NEVER VOTED ON IT.

>> I LOVE THIS DISCUSSION, KEEP IT GOING.

KEEP IT GOING, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THINGS GOING AFTER WE HAVE A BREAK.

STAYOVER WITH A SPECIAL CROSSOVER DAY AND A ONE HOUR SPECIAL FOR LAWMAKERS.

>> LAWMAKERS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GEORGIA FARM BUREAU, WITH OVER 80 YEARS OF HELPING EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN OUR STATE, AFTER ALL, AG IS GEORGE'S ONE --100 YOUR INDUSTRY, THE NUMBER 1 INDUSTRY, GEORGIA FARM BUREAU WORKS TO REPRESENT USERS ACROSS GEORGIA AND THE STATE CAPITAL, DURING THE SESSION AND YEAR- ROUND.

GEORGIA FARM BUREAU, THE VOICE OF GEORGIA FARMERS.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO ARE ONE HOUR SPECIAL CROSSOVER DAY, ISSUES TODAY, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO THE GOLD DOME, WERE SARAH HAS REPUBLICAN SENATOR BILL CALVER.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT, HE IS COMING, WE KNOW THAT, SARAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AND YUPPIES HE SEES THAT, TODAY'S GOING TO WRAP UP, THE EVENING WILL WRAP UP QUICKLY, THEY GET A LOT DONE, BUT HE IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD NOW.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS WHERE THERE WAS SO MUCH DONE BEFORE CROSSOVER DAY, THAT THIS --SOME OF THE SAME AT LEAST ON THE SENATE SIDE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE.

>> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAID, I THINK YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT, BUT ALSO IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER THAT JOHN DRAWINGS IN HIS SECOND YEAR TOO BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH DAVID RALSTON'S DEATH.

THE BOTH OF THEM ARE KIND OF GROWING INTO THE JOB AND GETTING THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, THEY KNEW THE GOVERNOR OF COURSE IN A DIFFERENT ROLE, THEY'RE ALL LEARNING HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AND I THINK THIS YEAR HAS BEEN GOOD.

OF COURSE IT HAS HELPED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME BIG THINGS, OTHERWISE WITH THE BUDGET MY KIND OF THING THAT MAKES IT EASIER AND DON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY AND EVERYTHING AND WE DO HAVE THE SENATOR BILL CALVERT OF ATHENS, HEY SARAH.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE >> KENNY TELLS ABOUT THE SESSION.

>> WE HAD THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND GOT ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOGETHER AND WE PASSED A SET OF RULES THAT WE WILL BE FOLLOWING HERE IN THE COURSE OF OUR INVESTIGATION.

THEY WERE ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUBPOENA WITNESSES FOR LIVE TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, TO SUBPOENA DOCUMENTS OR TAPES OR RECORDINGS OR OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE.

AND WE WILL BE MEETING ON A PERIODIC BASIS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK AND HOPE TO RECEIVE SOME TESTIMONY PERHAPS, WE HAVE JUST ISSUED A SUBPOENA TO ASHLEY MERCHANT, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS, THAT HAS OBTAINED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT INFORMATION SHE MAY HAVE ATTAINED.

AND SOME OF IT, PEOPLE OBJECTED TO, AND WAS MAYBE NOT ADMITTED IN THE COURT PROCEEDING BUT IT MAY BE RELEVANT TO US.

OUR MISSION IS JUST TO GET TO THE TRUTH AND FIND OUT WHAT THE FACTS ARE, SO WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE COURT SYSTEM, SO THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST STEP BUT I EXPECT WE WILL BE HAVING MORE PEOPLE COME TESTIFIED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND SUBPOENAING ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

>> SO CAN WE EXPECT ANY LEGISLATION FROM THE COMMITTEE?

>> I HOPE SO.

THAT OF COURSE IS OUR CHARGE, TO INVESTIGATE THIS AND LEARN THE FACTS AND DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEED TO AMEND ANY EXISTING STATUTES OR CREATE NEW STATUTES TO RESTORE THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE, THE OUTRAGEOUS ALLEGATIONS.

AND ALLEGED MR.

PRIDE SEASON CONDUCT AND PERHAPS FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETIES, REALLY UNDERMINING THE DEBTOR ON -- UNDERMINING THE PUBLIC SPACE AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SO IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT BY MAKING NEW LAWS OR AMENDING EXISTING LAWS TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHERE THE GUARDRAILS ARE, ETHICALLY, WHAT IS PROPER FOR A PROSECUTOR TO DO, CAN YOU HIRE YOUR LOVER AND PAY HIM $750,000 AND BENEFIT FROM THAT BY TAKING TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK SO.

AND WE WILL FIND OUT, DOES THE LAW REALLY ALLOW THAT.

AND IF IT DOES, SHOULD WE CHANGE THE LAWS SO THAT WE CAN RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM.

>> SO YOUR BILL TO LEGALIZE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PROSPECTS IN THE HOUSE QUICK >> I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

WE HAD 41 SENATORS OUT OF 56 VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE BILL.

PRETTY OVERWHELMING SUPPORT WAY ABOVE THE TWO THIRDS NEEDED, I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF PEOPLE.

RESPONDING TO THE SAME CONSTITUENT PRESSURES, AND VERY PROBABLE AND HATE TO SPECULATE ON THE HOUSE, THEN IT BEFORE, AND WORKING MATTERS OUT THERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING >> THANKS SO MUCH, AND HE COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS THAT WAS FORMED TO INVESTIGATE THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANNY WILLIS.

>> ANOTHER ATHENS GUY, I COULDN'T THINK OF A PERSON WHO WOULD APPROACH IT AS FAIR AND OBJECTIVE, TAKING A SHOT AT THE END, WHETHER YOU CAN HIRE YOUR LOVER, AND $653,000 OVER A FOUR- YEAR PERIOD, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS, DONNA, HAVE SO MANY SHOWS, THE OPTICS OF THIS CASE IS BAD AND ALSO QUESTIONS JUDGMENT, WHETHER IT WAS BEFORE OR AFTER NATHAN WADE WAS HIRED TO SERVE AS A SPECIAL PROCESS.

UP UNTIL THAT POINT, WHICH WE FOUND THE ALLEGATIONS, THE CASING IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS MOVING PRETTY SMOOTHLY, THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE CASE FORWARD, WE HAD 19 DEFENDANTS AND ROUGHLY THREE OR FOUR THE MAP PLED GUILTY'S AND THE TROUSER MOVING PRETTY FAST.

THEN ENCOMPASSES INFORMATION THAT BASICALLY I THINK THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS BASICALLY DEALT WITH, WHETHER OR NOT HER PERSONAL AND FOR DESPERATE RELATIONSHIP INTERFERED WITH HER ABILITY TO DO THE JOB, IT WILL BE LEFT TO JUDGE McAFEE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S UNLAWFUL AND SHOULD SHE BE REMAINING.

NOW WITH THE CHAIRMAN'S COMMITTEES DOING, IS THE RIGHT THING, LOOKING AT CURRENT STATUTES AND CONDUCT WHETHER WE CAN CHANGE THEM, AND CONTINUE TO FIND THE FACTS.

ULTIMATELY LOOK, THE STATE LEGISLATORS, PARTICULARLY REPUBLICANS, AND BIPARTISAN COMMITTEES TOO, LIKE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AROUND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, WITHOUT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND OTHER AREAS DO BAD THINGS AND I HOPE THE SENATOR, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY OBJECTIVE, WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY WAS A LOVER OR NOT, IS THAT ENOUGH GROUNDS TO REMOVE HER FROM THE CASE.

IS FOR SPORTS BETTING, THE SENATOR IS A VERY CONVINCING PERSUASIVE CENTER YOU WILL CONVINCE YOU TO SAY YES, HE SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DEMOCRAT MINORITY CAUCUS TOO, IF YOU KEEP GIVING THE BILLS, IMMIGRATION, VOUCHERS, WILL THEY CHOOSE TO LOCKDOWN ON SPORTS BETTING, BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE, I'M A BIG PROPONENT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE PASSED, THEY LIVED ON TO THINGS ABOUT WHO WILL MINISTER IT AND WHERE THE MONIES COULD AGO AND THE REVENUE GENERATION THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.

>> WILL START WITH WHERE HE ENDED, IT HAS TO DO WITH SPORTS BETTING.

>> SEE WITH THE HOUSE IS GOING TO DO, WHAT THEY WERE PUT IN IT AND WHAT THEY WILL PUT THROUGH, THAT'S WITH THE NEGOTIATION REALLY HAPPENS.

I AM NOT OPPOSED TO SPORTS BETTING, BUT WHAT I DO THINK IT IS, IT IS REALLY HARD TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, I THINK THE RIGHT THING, THE SENATOR COUPLING INTO THE PEOPLE VOTING ON IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

WE WILL SEE HOW IT ENDS UP HERE AS FAR AS THE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WHAT I HEAR FROM MY LISTENERS OKAY, IS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE GQ SEE, THE OVERSIGHT AREA FOR THE JUDICIARY WE CAN MAKE COMPLAINTS DO THINGS, I THINK FOR A LONG TIME, AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE AHMAUD ARBERY CASE, THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE BALLOT BOX TO BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE.

SO I THINK HE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK THERE AND I THINK QUALIFYING IN A WEEK OR SO, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO QUALIFY TO RUN AGAINST HER.

>> STARTS NEXT WEEK, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, RIGHT NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CAPITAL, WHERE SARAH HAS DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE DRAPER FROM ATLANTA.

SPEAKERS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, REPRESENTATIVE DRAPER, YOU BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF SENATE BILL TO DO ONE, WHICH COULD AND AUTOMATIC MOTORIZATION, CONNECT AND WHY?

REGRETTABLY, IT DOES TWO THINGS, IT COULD AND AUTOMATIC LITERATURE MISSION IN GEORGIA AND ALSO MAKE VOTER CHALLENGES, CHALLENGING THE ELIGIBILITY OF VOTERS, EASIER.

CHALLENGING THE ELIGIBILITY OF VOTERS IS ALREADY VERY EASY IN GEORGIA, WE PASSED A LAW IN 2021 THAT SAYS WE CAN MAKE UNLIMITED VOTER CHALLENGES AGAINST VOTERS, AND THAT HAS LED TO THOUSANDS OF MERITLESS VOTER CHALLENGES BEING FILED AGAINST GEORGIA VOTERS.

SO THIS BILL WOULD MAKE IT MUCH EASIER THAN IT IS ALREADY WHICH IS ALREADY VERY EASY.

>> YOU HAVE A BILL THAT AIMS TO PROTECT ELECTION POLL WORKERS?

>> YES IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE SEEN A MARKET INCREASE OF INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT, AGAINST OUR ELECTION WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO WHAT MY BILL WOULD DO IS ADD A LAYER OF SECURITY TO ELECTION WORKERS AND EXPAND PROTECTIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST, AND MAKES THE PERSONAL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.

ASKING FOR HOME ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS, THERE IS NO LIGAMENT INTEREST IN FOLKS GETTING THIS INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR HARASSMENT, THIS BILL WILL PREVENT AGAINST THAT.

>> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, DONNA, BACK IN THE STUDIO.

>> TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE'VE HAD SOME HILLS GO THROUGH, WE ARE EXPECTING MORE, YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY TO THAT SHE DISCUSSED QUICK >> I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF SENATE BILL 221, I DON'T NEED THIS, RIGHT NOW AFTER SENATE BILL 202, WE HAVE ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA WHERE IT IS EASY TO VOTE AND HARD TO CHEAT, AND I THINK WE HAVE SEEN GOOD RESULTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL ELECTIONS.

SO I DON'T SUPPORT THAT SENATE BILL.

AS FAR AS THE OTHER BILL ABOUT INTIMIDATION, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED FOR BASICALLY VOLUNTEERING.

I THINK THEY GET PAID A LITTLE BIT BUT IS NOT VERY MUCH.

AND WITH A TURNOVER WE'VE HAD RECENTLY, ABOUT PEOPLE BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, OKAY, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME COLLEAGUES ON THIS, BUT I THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE -- IT OUT TO BE EASY TO BE INVOLVED, THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID TO BE INVOLVED, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED IN POLLS DON'T WANT TO WORK IMPOSING MORE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN OLDER AND WE NEED TO BRING A NEW CROP OF PEOPLE AND MAKE IT EASY TO LOSE THEM -- THAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM, TO MAKE IT EASY AND THAT'S WHERE I AM ON THAT.

>> SO WE HAVE HAD SOME THAT HAVE PASSED, ONE THAT DEALS WITH WATERMARKS ON BALLOT AND ANOTHER THAT DEALS WITH PAPER BALLOTS, THAT THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER AND ALSO AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION, THAT PASSED IN THE SENATE, YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THESE ELECTION BILLS QUICK >> IS NOT A PERSON A LEGISLATOR --LEGISLATURE THAT CARES MORE THAN DRAPER, A ROCKSTAR FRESHMAN LEGISLATOR, AND HONOR WORKING, AND A DEMOCRATIC PART OF GEORGIA, I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS DISAGREE WITH THE BILL, THAT YOU AGREE A BILL, WE TALKED ABOUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE, AND DIVISION OUT TO THE THEN FORMER GOVERNOR, AND THE MOTOR VOTER, WHERE YOU GO AND GET YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE, YOU AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A REGISTERED VOTER, IS SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT SUPPRESSION OF PEOPLE NOT GOING TO POLLS, REPUBLICANS A WAY, LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERING TO VOTE, THE THING FOR ME IS, WHAT IS THE REAL INTENT OF THE BILL?

>> IS ALREADY VERY --VERIFICATION PROCESS.

SENSORY ESTATE RAVENS BERGER KNOWS THAT GEORGIA --SECRETARY OF'S DATE -- SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD RAFFENSBERGER, THE TURNOUT HAS BEEN LOW, WE CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER EMBARRASSING ELECTION, LIKE 2020 AND 2021, PEOPLE QUESTION THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTE.

I THINK YOU SEE SOME GOOD BILLS COMING TO THE LEGISLATOR, -- WANT TO TALK ABOUT QR CODES, AND ALSO VOTING MACHINES.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE A ROBUST AND OPEN CONVERSATION TRANSPARENT WITH GEORGIA VOTERS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WILL VOTE IN THE STATE.

>> CERTAINLY ROBUST, YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> I THINK MOTOR VOTER IS A GOOD THING BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS AUTOMATIC, I THINK YOU HAVE TO SAY YOU WANTED.

THAT KIND OF THING.

>> YES.

>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN IT WAS AUTOMATIC, YOU HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT DID NOT WANT TO VOTE, AND GIVEN THE OPT IN, YOU OUGHT TO MAKE ONE DECISION, I THINK THAT IS A FAIR THING TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO OPT IN.

I DON'T MIND THE WATERMARK BARRY, IT'S AN EXTRA LEVEL SECURITY, SO I DON'T MIND AT ALL.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PAPER BALLOTS, OVERALL, WE HAVE THEM WITH WHAT COMES OUT OF THE MACHINES, BUT THE ACTUAL PAPER BALLOTS, THE OLD SCHOOL ONES, >> YOU TOUCHED ON QR CODES, YOUR FEELINGS QUICK >> A TRICKY ISSUE, MARTHA DISAGREES WITH PAPER BALLOTS, ANALYTICAL BACK TO THE DAYS TO USE A PAPER ABOUT THE VOTE, WHEN I'M USING A MACHINE, WHEN I GET TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT AND MACHINE MYSELF, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT I AM LOOKING AT THE VOTES THAT WERE CAST, QR CODE, IT'S A BIG QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE ARE LIVING IN 2024, WITH OUR DEVICES, OR A SELF OFF-LINE, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO NOW, USE QR CODES, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT.

BACK TO THE OPTICS, MOTOR VOTER, IT WAS AUTOMATIC, LET'S NOT FORGET, AT A POINT IN TIME THERE WAS A GLITCH, WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR MONTHS, THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE AUTOMATICALLY BECOMING REGISTERED VOTERS AND IT WASN'T HAPPENING.

FOR THE POLITICAL ISSUE, I BELIEVE DEMOCRATS, WE WIN WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE, WE'VE SHOWN THAT IF TURNOUT IS HIGH AND WE GET PEOPLE OUT REGISTERED TO VOTE, WE CAN ACTUALLY WIN A STATE.

>> AND EVERYONE HAVE PERFECTION IN A SYSTEM WHEREBY PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ADJUDICATE IT.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO THE CAPITAL, RIGHT NOW DEMOCRAT SENATOR SAVANNAH WITH HER.

>> CASILLAS -- SENATOR MALLOW.

A BILL THAT WOULD SEVER TIES WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT BILL QUICK >> I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY EGREGIOUS THAT WE WANT TO SEVER TIES WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, MANY LIBRARIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION WITH RESPECT TO WHAT LIBRARIANS DO, THEY'RE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN THE STATE.

AND MAKE IT TOUGH WHERE FOLKS CAN FIND TO MAKE IT TOUGH AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND CULTURES, AND IT'S DISHEARTENING THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH THAT.

LEGALIZING WAS THE REASON FOR SUPPORT BEHIND THAT?

FIGURE THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IS BEHIND SPORTS BETTING, WE KNOW ABOUT THE LOTTERY THE STATE OF GEORGIA, WE'LL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN US THE EARLIER THAT A CHILD IS EDUCATED, AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE BETTER OFF THEY WILL BE.

YOUR BEHIND SPORTS BETTING, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW FOR THE INCREASED FUNDING FOR PRE-K TO TAKE IT OFF THE LOTTERY, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND THAT'S THE POSITION OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

>> DONNA, BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SOME OF THE THINGS TALKED ABOUT, YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> FULL DISCLOSURE, ON THE NINTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, FULL DISCLOSURE.

THAT I'M AN OPINION ON THIS, THE GROUP HAS A LOT OF ISSUES, I DON'T HAVE PROBLEM THE BILL, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER TIME AND I'M NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T TRUST THE ORGANIZATION, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS AN AGENDA, AND I THINK THE BILL IS FINE.

AS FAR AS SPORTS BETTING, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND HAVING THE CAUCUS BEHIND IT, WE WILL SEE WHERE IT GOES AND THAT WILL BE FOR EDUCATION ALSO.

>> THE THING WITH THE ALA IS NOT JUST THE SCHOOLS BUT LIBRARIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THEY CAN DECIDE HEY NO MORE, AND MOSTLY IT IS A FINANCIAL THING RIGHT QUICK >> YES, ANOTHER GOOD DEMOCRAT DOES DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT AREA, AND BRETT JONES, TO KEEP GOING, BUT NO, LOOK, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ALA AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT, I WAS EGREGIOUS AND SHOULD BE REVEALED REMOVED BUT SPORTS BETTING HAS TO HAVE HIS -- A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THEY GOT THE SENATE VOTE BUT CAN YOU GET TWO THIRDS, YOU HAVE TO GET ALL THE REPUBLICANS AND A FAIR NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET ALL THE REPUBLICANS TO AGREE WITH IT.

SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS BACK HOME, MOSTLY RELIGIOUS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT GAMBLING, A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT COME ALONG, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORT IT, I AM FORD, I WANT TO USE MY DEVICE TO BIT OF A FALCONS TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL, BUT I CAN DO IT LEGALLY IN GEORGIA UNTIL IT IS PASSED TO >> UNLESS YOU DO AN OFFICE POOL.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND HE PUT UP TO THE VOTERS, GIVING THE LEGISLATURES COVER TO SAY PUT TO THE PEOPLE, IF >> TREMENDOUS PUSHBACK, BOMBS AGAINST GAMBLING, GEORGIA BAPTIST MISSION BOARD, ALL OF THEM, THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM, THIS IS TYPICAL, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION.

>> IT IS PROBABLY 70-30 THAT IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY, THE TWO THIRDS THRESHOLD IS A HIGH THRESHOLD TO ME, A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, AND THE PEOPLE VOTE ON IT.

IF YOU RECALL, THE LOTTERY WAS A VERY CLOSE VOTE, AND SOMETHING THAT MILLER AT THE TIME PUT ALL OF HIS POLITICAL CAPITAL ON, RIGHT, AND LOOK AT HOW IT IS LOOKED AT AS AN INSTITUTION NOW.

I'M WILLING TO GO WITH LEGISLATORS ON THIS, I READ -- I BELIEVE IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, WE ELECT THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, THEY MAKE THEM AND WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BASED ON THE GUIDELINES TO VOTE ON IT OR WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT THOSE FOLKS IN OFFICE AGAIN AND GOING TO BE QUALIFYING NEXT WEEK, AND IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE LEGISLATOR IS DOING, THINK ABOUT IT.

>> SPORTS BETTING, THEY GO THROUGH, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT QUICK >> I THINK SO.

>> THERE IS STILL A LOT THERE.

THE ONE THING ABOUT IT, IT ALL GOES TO EDUCATION AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE HAPPY ABOUT.

>> PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHO GETS THE LICENSES, THE FOUR SPORTS TEAM SHOULD HAVE LICENSES BUT YOU HAVE FAN DUEL, AND OTHER SCOTT OTHER DIFFERENT ENTITIES, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW THE LICENSES ARE THE BILL AND WHO GETS IT, THAT'S WORD BROKE DOWN TWO YEARS AGO.

>> WE KNOW THE LOBBYISTS ARE LOBBYING FOR THAT NOW.

>> THE CASINO GAMBLING, CAN MUDDY OF THINGS AS WELL.

>> TALKING ABOUT SPORTS TEAMS.

I REALIZE THAT AUGUSTINE WOULD BE, IN TERMS OF THAT, ELIGIBLE FOR IT, DONE WITH THE RACING THERE IN HAMPTON AND ALL, SO IT WILL RUN THE GAMUT, I WAS THINKING MORE BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL AND THAT.

YOU CAN TELL I KNOW A LOT ABOUT GAMBLING.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU CAN BET ON ANYTHING.

LEFT >> YES, I THINK WE CAN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU TOUCHED ON A LITTLE EARLIER, YOU TOUCHED ON MEDICAID, DID YOU THINK WE SEE SOMETHING WITH MEDICAID THE SESSION?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE LIKELY THE SESSION THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN, I THINK AS WITH ANYTHING IT TAKES TIME FOR THINGS TO GO ON.

AFTER THE PANDEMIC, EVEN REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND MAYBE THERE OUGHT TO BE SOMETHING THERE, THAT WE EXPAND.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF EXPANDING MEDICAID YET, I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUNDING, AND LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THE ARKANSAS MODEL WORD HAS BEEN DONE IN ARKANSAS, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE KIND OF A WAY TO KIND OF MEET HALFWAY ON IT AND GET SOME OF THE MONEY.

BUT I GET VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUNDING.

I KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS EVERYTHING FOREVER, WE ARE STILL SPENDING IT OVER THE LEVELS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T HAD COVID THREE YEARS, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUNDING, SO NOT THERE YET >> WHAT I HEAR IS THAT MONEY SEE HOW THINGS GO FOR ANOTHER YEAR LOOK AT THE ARKANSAS MODEL, GOVERNOR SANDERS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

>> WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CAPITAL RIGHT NOW, SARAH HAS ANOTHER GUEST, >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US REPRESENTATIVE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> SEVERAL BILLS THIS SESSION DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION, ONE OF THOSE THAT THE HOUSE PASSED TODAY WOULD REQUIRE JAILS TO REPORT THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF DETAINEES.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE BILL?

FIGURE IT WOULD DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT, ONE OF THE CONCERNING ASPECTS IS THAT IT WOULD MANDATE THIS PROGRAM CALLED 280 7G STATEWIDE, AND WE SAW DIPLOMATS AND OTHER THIS HAS LITERALLY BEEN APART FAMILIES HERE IN GEORGIA, SO IT IS A BAD BILL AND VERY CONCERNING.

SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT CONTINUES TO PROCEED.

I MENTIONED THE SAME BILL WOULD DEFUND LOCAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND PLEASE, AND CRIMINALIZED ON WAS BEEN OFFICERS.

I THINK HB 1105 IS A DANGEROUS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE GEORGIA HOUSE PASSED TODAY.

>> STAYING ON THE IMMIGRATION TOPIC, ANOTHER BILL THAT WOULD STOP FOREIGNERS FROM PURCHASING SOME FARM LAND.

>> I GET ANOTHER DANGEROUS DISCRIMINATORY PIECE OF LEGISLATION, ONLY ONE STATE IN THE COUNTRY HAS PASSED AND ENACTED THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHICH IS FLORIDA, THAT BILL WAS ENJOINED BY THE 11th CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR VIOLATING THE WAS CUT ONE IT WAS PRINTED BY FEDERAL LAW IN TO, IT VIOLATES THE 14th AMENDMENT, THE EQUAL PROTECTION UNFORTUNATELY AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOOD POLITICS FOR THE MAJORITY PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IN THE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND CITIZENS OF ASIAN AND HISPANIC DESCENT.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

DONNA, BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ARE WRAPPING UP WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS.

NEXT WEEK ON QUALIFYING BEGINS.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NEXT WEEK, WE WILL SEE SOME INTERESTING THINGS, SOME PEOPLE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE RETIRING, PLUS IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR FOR EVERYBODY.

SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS?

FIGURE ELECTION YEAR FOR EVERYBODY, BUT ODDLY ENOUGH WE DON'T HAVE STATEWIDE RACES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT, THE SET OF THE PSC SITUATION QUICKLY, I THINK THAT WILL DRIVE SOME IS, CONGRESSIONAL RACES, THE EXPERT ON CURRENT STUFF, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED TURNOUT AND EXCITEMENT BEHIND THE CANDIDATES, THE TOP OF THE TICKET HAS TO DRIVE EXCITEMENT.

IT'S PRESIDENTIAL BUT NO STATEWIDE RACES, THAT WERE.

AND I WAS REMIND PEOPLE, THEY DON'T CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL BOARD, OR THEIR COUNTY COMMISSION, THAT IS WHERE YOUR MONEY IS ACTUALLY SPENT.

I WAS REMIND PEOPLE, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE LOCAL RACES, IT'S TAUGHT --FUN TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL ALL THE TIME BUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE LOCAL RACES AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT RUNNING, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START.

>> WE HAVE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS RACES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING QUICK >> A FEW SECONDS TO GIVE MY BEST AND VERY SADDENED THAT OUR MINORITY LEADER, GLORIA BUTLER, IS GOING TO RETIRE, THIS IS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR IN THIS POSITION IN THE SENATE CAUCUS PERIOD, DEFINITELY SHE IS GOING TO BE MISSED.

BUT AS MARTHA TALKED ABOUT, YOU'RE WATCHING TO SEE IF ANYONE'S GOING TO QUALIFY AGAINST YOU, AND KEEP IN MIND, LEGISLATORS CAN'T RAISE MONEY DURING THE WAS THAT IF SESSION, SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE SURPRISES ON BOTH SIDES, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION, A STATEWIDE MILL GEORGIA, SHOW, IT'S THE BATTLEGROUND, SOME STATES THAT DEMOCRATS AND THAT I CAN PICK UP, AND REPUBLICANS THINK THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE AS WELL.

LOOK AT THE CALIBER OF THE CANDIDATES, THE QUANTITY OF CANDIDATES QUALIFYING AS WELL.

AND IF YOU ARE A SITTING LEGISLATOR, YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE FRIDAY IF YOU CAN, AND NOT HAVE ANYBODY OPPOSE YOU, I LOVE BEING AT THE CAPITAL AND SEEING EVERYONE COME IN, I AGREE WITH MARTHA, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE APATHY AND LACK OF UZI HAS THEM ON BOTH SIDES WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING, WE WILL HAVE REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES, A GREAT JOB ON THE SHOW, INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT THE ISSUES BUT MAKE SURE THEY GOT VOTE.

AND AND I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE SHE MIGHT FEEL THAT WAY BUT YES.

>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.

AND THE BINGO CARD, THE REPORTERS PUT TOGETHER, SOME LEVITY, KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WITH THE REST OF CROSSOVER DAY, ON GPB AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WE WILL BE THERE THE REST OF THE MEETING ON MONDAY, IN THE MEANTIME, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.