HEY, NOW, WHEN I WORE MY APRONE MOVE, YOU WOULD FOLLOW ME TO THE... >> ERIC: THE END OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS LOUD, CHAOTIC AND CHARACTERIZED BY MANY AS UNPRECEDENTED.

IT WAS ALSO MARKED WITH SOME EMOTIONAL RETIREMENT SPEECHES ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

OUR MARY LAHAMMER HAS MORE.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, POINT OF ORDER.

>> UNDER 11 -- POINT OF ORDER.

>> Mr.

PRESIDENT!!

>> Mary: AN UNUNPRECEDENTED SUSTAINED SHOUTING MATCH MARKED THE ND OF SESSION.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, RIGHT HERE.

POINTS OF ORDER.

POINT OF ORDER.

>> Mary: AS DEMOCRATS WHO RUN THE SENATE STRUGGLED TO SPEAK ABOVE REPUBLICANS YELLING FURIOUSLY IN THE MINORITY AS A BILL 2,000 PAGES LONG PUSHED THROUGH.

>> Mr.

PRESIDENT!!

>> Mr.

PRESIDENT!!

>> Mary: IN THE CHAOS, THE MAIN WORK OF SESSION, A BONDING BILL, DIDN'T GET THROUGH IN TIME.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT.

>> IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT, NO BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

>> IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT.

>> NO BILLS CAN BE PASSED AFTER MIDNIGHT, Mr. PRESIDENT.

>> JUST FEEL GROSS COMING OFF THAT SENATE FLOOR TODAY.

THE ABUSE OF THE RULES, THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILLS THAT ARE COMING OFF THERE AND, BY THE WAY, THEY USED AN ALLEGED FELON TO PASS THESE BILLS.

>> Mary: THE FELONY ARREST AND CONTINUED VOTING BY SENATOR MITCHELL PROVED A STRAIN TO SESSION.

>> MY EARS ARE STRIP RINGING.

ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE MINORITY USED HIS VOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T PASS A BONDING BILL.

THE BONDING BILL CAME TO US LATE, WE LOST IT BY ABOUT 30 SECONDS, IF YOU FOLLOW THE RESULT, WE CAN'T PASS MIDNIGHT.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING] >> Mary: THE HOUSE HAS OFTEN HAD ROWDY ONCLUSIONS, REPUBLICANS THERE, TOO, PROTESTED.

>> RIDICULOUS.

ABSOLUTE CHAOTIC END TO THE SESSION AND THE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY ABSOLUTELY RAMMED THROUGH 2,860 PAGES.

THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER IN THE CHAMBER, ANYONE IN WATCHING OR WANTING TO GO ONLINE TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THERE, THERE WERE ONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WERE COMBINED INTO THIS ONE EXTORTION BILL.

>> Mary: THE DFL LEADER HAS SEEN POLITICS CHANGE OF LATE.

>> YOU'VE SEEN A REAL COARSENING OF DEBATE IN THE TIME THAT I'VE HERE HERE FROM WHAT THE TEA ARTY CAME IN IN 2010 TO WHEN THE TRUMPET SUPPORTERS CAME IN.

IT'S JUST BEEN A COARSENING AND WHERE WE USED TO HAVE DEBATES, WE NOW HAVE PEOPLE SCREAMING AT US.

THERE IS A MUCH MORE MEAN-SPIRITED FLAVOR TO THE DEBATE.

>> Mary: AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT BALLOT QUESTION AGAIN FAILED TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

>> UNITED.

>> Mary: DEMOCRATS' COMPLETE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT BROUGHT ONE BIG COMPROMISE AT THE ENDS TO KEEP AND ASSIST UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS.

>> THIS IS HARD, NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> THIS DAMN BILL.

[Laughter] OH, MAN.

ITS RYE BEEN TWO LONG YEARS.

>> Mary: LAST YEAR, IT WAS AND STILL IS THE ONLY VETO THE GOVERNOR ISSUED IN THE TRIFECTA.

>> THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT FAIR WAGES, FAIR TREATMENT AND PROTECTING WORKERS.

>> WHAT AM I MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

I'M EXCITED UBRRRR-LIT GOT DOWN, EMS GOT DONE.

>> Mary: NOW THE FIGHT MOVED TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHERE ALL 134 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ARE UP FOR REELECTION ALONG WITH THE DFL TRIFECTA AND THE RETIREMENT OF A COUPLE OF HIGHLY RESPECTED LAWMAKERS COULD FURTHER CHANGE THE CULTURE HERE AT THE CAPITOL.

>> MY FIRST TEN YEARS, THIS PLACE WAS FUN.

IT'S CHANGED.

IF YOU HAPPEN BY THE LITCHFIELD WALMART, YOU CAN PAUSE, OINT AT ME AND SAY, "THERE HE IS, THE LAST EISENHOWER REPUBLICAN."

HE TRIED TO DO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.

[Applause] [Laughter] >> THIS PLACE RUNS ON RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIPS I'VE HAD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, I VALUE, I TREASURE, AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM.

I THINK ABOUT THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAT IN THESE SEATS FOR SO LONG, AND I LOOK AROUND THIS CHAMBER AND I SEE SO MANY FACES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN REPRESENTED HERE BEFORE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

SO FOR ALL OF US WHO WANT TO COME HERE TO MAKE CHANGE, THIS IS FOR YOU.

♪ COMING GATHER AROUND, PEOPLE WHEREVER YOU ROAM.

♪ AND ADMIT THAT THE WATERS AROUND YOU HAVE GROWN.

♪ AND ACCEPT THAT SOON YOU'LL BE DRENCHED TO THE BONE.

♪ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO -- WELL, YOU BETTER START SWIMMING OR YOU'LL SINK LIKE A STONE ♪ >> EVERYBODY SING WITH ME.

♪ FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A'CHANGING ♪ >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.

THANKS.