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Clip: Season 2026 Episode 14 | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
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>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
>> GRATEFUL.
>> THANKS.
THE ONLY TIED LEGISLATURE IN THE COUNTRY MANAGED TO GET A LOT DONE BUT BIG SSUES STILL DIVIDED SESSION.
[ Banging Gavel ] >> THE HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED SINE DIE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THE EVENLY DIVIDED HOUSE CELEBRATED THE END ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
>> WE HAVE CLEARLY NOT AGREED ON EVERYTHING.
SOMETIMES IT FELT LIKE NOTHING, AND YET WE STILL GOT THE WORK DONE WELL AND WE GOT IT DONE ON TIME.
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON REDUCING FRAUD IN HE TATE OF MINNESOTA.
[ CHANTING ] >> HOLD THE VOTE!
HOLD THE VOTE >> DEMOCRATS WILL REMEMBER WHAT DIDN'T GET DONE AFTER A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS.
>> I AM GRATEFUL FOR TO MY HOUSE COLLEAGUES FOR HOLDING DOWN THE FLOOR FOR 36 HOURS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> SPEAKER DEMUTH OPENED THE DRAWER, TAKE -- OPEN THE DRAWER, TAKE OUT THE BILL, AND HOLD THE VOTE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> EVEN THE SPEAKER'S DAUGHTER SHOWED UP TO URGE ACTION ON GUN CONTROL.
>> I WAS HERE FOR MY MOM'S SWEARING IN THE FIRST TIME.
>> MIXED EMOTIONS TODAY?
>> MIXED EMOTIONS OF COURSE I MYSELF AM A SCHOOL SHOOTING SURVIVOR.
WE'D LOVE TO SO I VOTE AND I RECOGNIZE HOW CHALLENGING THAT IS.
>> A FEW MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENTS INCLUDING OUR FAILURE TOOK ON GUN VIOLENCE.
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND THE ABUSES OF I.C.E.
>> WE DID NOT GET A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE FOR A SINGLE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION BILL DESPITE THE TRAGEDY OF THE ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL, DESPITE REPEATED CRIES FROM MINNESOTAN WHO'S CAME TO THE CAPITOL DAY AFTER DAY, THE DOCTORS, THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, THE FAMILIES WHO BEGGED US TO TAKE ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE.
>> SENATE DEMOCRATS ONE-SEAT ADVANTAGE COULDN'T -- THE HOUSE'S HAND.
>> YOUR IGGEST REGRET NOT GETTING THAT THROUGH THE HOUSE?
>> YEAH, I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED, MARY LAHAMMER, THAT A -- CAN SOLVE HARD PROBLEMS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS WE FACE.
>> LEVERAGED A -- CUT AND BONDING BILL.
>> SHOWS THAT WE CAN WORK IN GETTING SOLUTIONS FOR THIS STATE.
IN PARTICULAR I'M PROUD THE MINNESOTA SENATE REPUBLICANS WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS THAT MINNESOTANS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
NUMBER ONE THE COST OF LIVING.
THE AFFORDABILITY
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