[Cheering] >> Mary: THE GOVERNOR BUNDLED ALL THE BIG BUDGET BILLS TOGETHER FOR A MASSIVE BILL SIGNING.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT BANKING POLITICAL CAPITAL FOR THE NEXT ELECTION, IT'S ABOUT BURNING POLITICAL CAPITAL TO IMPROVE LIVES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

[Applause] >> I GOT TO TELL YOU, WE ARE A TEAM.

THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT THIS YEAR.

>> WE MADE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE KIND WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THIS STATE SINCE THE FIRST MINNESOTA MIRACLE.

>> THE SENATE IS NOW ADJOURNED.

[Cheering] >> Mary: THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED WITH ELATION.

>> EVERYBODY'S BEEN SO NAUGHTY, YOU CAN APPLAUD.

[Applause] >> Mary: BIPARTISANSHIP PASSAGE OF THE LARGEST BONDING BILL IN HISTORY BROUGHT TOGETHERNESS.

>> BEING SO UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHICH PROJECTS COULD ALL FIT IN AND REALLY APPRECIATE HOW EVERYBODY WORKED TOGETHER.

>> IT'S BEEN A REAL BIPARTISAN EFFORT AND I'M VERY-I'M SPEECHLESS.

I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY.

>> Mary: NURSING HOMES ALSO GOT BIPARTISAN ASSISTANCE.

NURSES GOT SOME PROTECTIONS BUT SAW THEIR STAFFING MANDATES GUTTED.

>> BECAUSE OF THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVES.

THAT BILL HAS DIED.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S A IG DAMN DEAL.

I'M WE'LL PROUD OF IT.

>> Mary: OVERALL, REPUBLICANS REMAINED FRUSTRATED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC TRIFECTA.

>> THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST PARTISAN SESSION M NOT IN MY MEMORY BUT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE.

>> WE ENDED ON A HIGH NOTE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE LAST FEW BILLS HAVE BEEN BIPARTISAN BILLS WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT AND IT TOOK A TEAM EFFORT WITH ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.

>> WE'LL BE WEEKEND ON TIME TONIGHT AND HAVE DONE OUR WORK TO FUND OUR STATE BUDGET.

>> THIS LOOKS LIKE MINNESOTA.

AND AFTER THIS LAST ELECTION CYCLE, THE FOLKS WHO ERVED IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE LOOK MORE LIKE MINNESOTA TOO.

[Applause] AND I WANT US TO REMEMBER THAT THAT'S ALSO WHY WE'VE HAD SOME OF THESE BIG WINS THIS SESSION.

>> Mary: AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERSTATE THE IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND INDIGENOUS CAUCUS ON THE UNPRECEDENTED JOT COME.

>> WHAT MINNESOTA MAY BE KNOWN FOR RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT IS SEEING GEORGE FLOYD MURDERED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON CAMERA, E'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.

ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MINNESOTA IS BETTER THAN THAT.

>> IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT, ALL RIGHT?

WE'RE CHANGING THOSE POISONS AND SOME MEDICINES OF HEALING.

>> THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE MINNESOTA SUCCESS STORY.

[CHANTING] >> Mary: WHAT'S NOT KNOWN YET IS IF THE GOVERNOR WILL SIGN THE UBER BILL BACKED BY THE SOMALI COMMUNITY?

>> I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND I BELIEVE HE'LL DO THE IGHT THING.

>> Mary: BUT NO COMMITMENT YET?

>> BOUT A MONTHS AGO BEFORE THE BILL PASSED, WE SAT DOWN WITH STAFF AND WALKED THROUGH THE BILL AND THEY MADE A COMMITMENT AT THAT TIME THAT THEY WOULD SIGN THE BILL.