TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND A REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN LAWMAKER HO IS A PASTOR IN HIS DISTRICT, BUT FIRST, RALLIES BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ENERGY TO THE CAPITOL.

ON KEY ISSUES, POLITICAL LEADERS ARE TRYING TO UPLIFT.

>> DON'T SHOOT GUNS.

DON'T SHOOT GUNS.

>> Mary: GUN VIOLENCE DREW AN ANNUAL CROWD TO THE CAPITOL AS LAWMAKERS CONSIDERED NEW RESTRICTIONS.

>> I THINK WE ARE ASKING FOR GUNS TO BE LOCKED UP, RIGHT?

SO WHAT F WE JUST SAID, LOCK THEM UP.

[ Laughter ] RIGHT?

COME ON, WITH ME!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

>> I KNOW IN MOMS ARE IN THE HOUSE, THINGS GET DONE.

[ Cheers and applause ] >> IF WE LOSE THE TRIFECTA, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.

>> REPUBLICANS TOOK ON DEMOCRATS ON TAX DAY.

>> WE ARE TAKING MORE MONEY OUT OF MINNESOTANS' POCKETS.

AUTOMATICALLY.

AUTOMATICALLY.

AND IN THE TAX COMMITTEE, WE TALK QUITE A BIT ABOUT PROGRESSIVITY.

REGRESSIVE TAXES.

THE GAS TAX IS ABOUT AS REGRESSIVE AS YOU CAN GET.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING.

WE'RE EALLY HURTING THE POOR.

>> BROKEN PROMISES BY THE DEMOCRATS.

INSTEAD OF $2,000 CHECKS TO EVERY MINNESOTAN, SOME MINNESOTANS OUT OF THAT $18 BILLION SURPLUS, RECEIVES $260, WHICH THEY TAXED.

THEN TOO.

>> D.F.L.

MEMBERS WENT BACK TO THEIR DISTRICT AST YEAR AND GOT FEEDBACK ON WHAP.

THE EXTREME POLICY IS TAXATION AND REGULATION, EVEN SOME OF THE SOCIAL POLICY.

[ PEOPLE CHANTING ] >> Mary: SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR THE MINNESOTA DEBT FAIRNESS ACT AS IT PASSED IS A THE HOUSE.

>> YOU WANT THEM TO PASS THIS BILL?

YOU WANT THEM TO PASS THE DEBT FAIRNESS BILL?

>> ALL: YEAH!

>> THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO!

>> THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN USH ISSUE.

THIS IS NOT A RURAL, URBAN DIVIDE ISSUE.

THIS IS IF A FAIRNESS ISSUE.

>> RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY MEDICAL DEBT.

ALMOST EVERYONE IN THIS SPACE.

IT IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR PEOPLE, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

[ Cheers and applause ] >> Mary: AND IN THIS BONDING YEAR -- >> CAN I HOLD THAT?

AWWW!

>> Mary: PUPPIES FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY MADE THEIR CASE FOR A SPOT IN THE STATE FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

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