On Monday's episode of The PCN Capitol Preview, Sen. Cris Dush, Majority Chair of the Senate State Government Committee, and Sen. Anthony Williams, Minority Member of the Senate State Government Committee, discuss voting laws in PA. Later, Sen. Judy Ward talks about her legislation to increase penalties for unintentional roadway deaths.
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00:21 - >>WELCOME TO THE PC AND CAPITAL
00:24 - PREVIEW. AND FRANCINE SHIRTS
00:27 - ARE TODAY. WE'LL DISCUSS SOME
00:28 - VOTING LAWS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
00:28 - BUT FIRST, WE'RE JOINED BY
00:29 - CARTER WALKER REPORTER WITH
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00:36 - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S
00:36 - DECISION IN A LOUISIANA VOTING
00:37 - RIGHTS CASE LAST WEEK MAKES IT
00:39 - HARDER TO CHALLENGE. POLITICAL
00:41 - MAPS IS BEING RACIALLY
00:42 - DISCRIMINATORY. PEOPLE SEE THIS
00:43 - AFFECTING PENNSYLVANIA'S
00:45 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.
00:46 - >>YEAH, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T
00:48 - GOING TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT
00:50 - ON PENNSYLVANIA. THESE RACIALLY
00:52 - GERRYMANDERED MAPS HAVE BEEN A
00:53 - BIG ISSUE IN THE SOUTH, BUT NOT
00:55 - SO MUCH HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
00:59 - AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY
01:01 - STATE WORKS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
01:04 - OUR RACIAL POPULATION CENTER
01:05 - EARLY, BUT THE COVERAGE AROUND
01:10 - THE CITY CENTERS AND BECAUSE OF
01:11 - HOW THEY ARE DISPERSED IN
01:12 - THERE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE
01:14 - IT NECESSARY TO. WE'RE ACTUALLY
01:17 - JERRY MAN TO GAIN PARTISAN
01:18 - ADVANTAGE. SO TRADITIONALLY,
01:19 - THE PARTIES HERE IN
01:21 - PENNSYLVANIA HAVE ENGAGED IN
01:22 - THAT A CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.
01:26 - THERE IS A CASE CITING WHAT WAS
01:26 - AT ISSUE IN THIS SUPREME COURT
01:29 - CASE OUT OF HAZLETON. BUT
01:30 - THAT'S THAT'S IN A LOCAL SCHOOL
01:32 - DISTRICT RACE. NOT A
01:33 - CONGRESSIONAL MAP.
01:34 - >>LET'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
01:35 - BACKGROUND WAS THE ORIGINAL
01:35 - INTENT OF SECTION 2 IN THE
01:38 - VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
01:39 - >>SECTION 2 IS AIMED AT
01:40 - PREVENTING RACIAL
01:43 - DISCRIMINATION
01:45 - IN VOTING AND THE WAY THAT
01:46 - OFTEN PLAYS OUT IS THAT PEOPLE
01:48 - WILL USE THAT SECTION TO SAY,
01:50 - HEY, THIS CONGRESSIONAL
01:51 - DISTRICT IS ILLEGALLY
01:54 - GERRYMANDERED AND IS
01:54 - PREVENTING A THIS GROUP OF THIS
01:55 - RACE FROM ELECTING A CANDIDATE
01:59 - OF THEIR CHOICE. AND SO THAT
02:01 - WAS WHAT WAS AT ISSUE IN
02:04 - LOUISIANA.
02:05 - >>THEY BE.
02:06 - >>WORKS THERE FELT THAT THE
02:07 - MAPS WERE DENY BLACK VOTERS,
02:10 - THEIR ABILITY TO SELECT
02:11 - CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE.
02:14 - SO 2 DISTRICTS WE'RE DRAWN TO
02:15 - GIVE BLACK VOTERS A MAJORITY
02:17 - THAT THEY CAN SELECT A
02:20 - CANDIDATE THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR
02:21 - VIEWS OF SUPREME COURT SAID
02:22 - THAT THAT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE IT
02:24 - IS TAKING RACE DIRECTLY INTO
02:25 - ACCOUNT WHEN DRAWING THE
02:27 - BOUNDARIES OF THOSE MAP.
02:28 - EVEN THOUGH THE INTENT WAS TO
02:32 - GIVE THEM POLITICAL POWER WHEN
02:34 - A LOT OF TIMES THE CHALLENGE TO
02:35 - THIS TO THIS LATEST BATCH OF
02:37 - STRONG AS PREVENTING POLITICAL
02:38 - POWER. THE SUPREME COURT SAID,
02:39 - LOOK, WE WE CAN'T TAKE RACE
02:40 - INTO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE
02:43 - AREA AND I DIRECTION.
02:44 - >>BEING THAT THE UNITED STATES
02:46 - IS MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE TODAY
02:48 - THAN IT WAS WHEN THIS PROVISION
02:49 - WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1965.
02:50 - IS THIS PROVISION STILL
02:53 - NECESSARY?
02:54 - >>WELL, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT
02:55 - ARE YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
02:56 - COUNTRY HAS EVOLVED BEYOND THE
02:58 - TIME WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN,
03:02 - BUT THEIR COURSES, PEOPLE STILL
03:03 - SAY NO. BLACK PLAYERS FACED
03:03 - DISCRIMINATION OF POLLED
03:06 - VOTERS. BUT ARE THE COLORS
03:07 - FACE DISCRIMINATION IN OUR
03:07 - COUNTRY? AND SO WE STILL NEED
03:08 - THESE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE.
03:11 - >>NOW, A MOMENT AGO, YOU JUST
03:12 - REFERRED TO A CASE IN HAZLETON
03:14 - THAT THIS PROVISION IS BEING
03:15 - INFO TO REGARDING THE HAZLETON
03:16 - CITY COUNCIL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN
03:18 - WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
03:19 - >>RIGHT. YEAH. THERE'S 2 CASES
03:21 - AT A HAZLETON. ONE WAS AGAINST
03:23 - THE WAY THAT THE CITY DROVER IT
03:25 - CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THEY
03:28 - HAVE AN AT-LARGE VOTING
03:30 - DISTRICT ELECTION METHOD AND
03:31 - UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,
03:34 - THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
03:35 - SUED THE AS THE CITY UNDER
03:38 - SECTION 2 SAYING THAT WAS
03:41 - PREVENTING HISPANIC VOTERS FROM
03:41 - ELECTING CANDIDATES OF THEIR
03:42 - CHOICE WHEN THE TRUMP
03:43 - ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO
03:43 - OFFICE, THEY DROPPED THAT CASE
03:47 - HAS BEEN BACK UP BY VOTERS.
03:50 - THEY'RE INDIVIDUALLY. BUT
03:51 - THERE'S A SEPARATE UNRELATED
03:53 - CASE THERE IN THE SCHOOL
03:54 - DISTRICT WHERE TO RESPECT FOR
03:54 - OTHERS HAVE SUED UNDER SECTION
03:58 - TO THE READING RIGHTS ACT
03:58 - SAYING BASICALLY THE SAME THING
03:59 - ARE AT-LARGE METHOD OF ELECTING
04:03 - SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IS
04:03 - PREVENTING HISPANICS FROM
04:05 - ELECTING THE CANDIDATES OF
04:07 - THEIR CHOICE. SO REALLY CLEAR
04:09 - YET EXACTLY HOW THIS THIS
04:10 - RULING IS GOING TO AFFECT CASE.
04:13 - AND THAT EVER COME BACK FROM
04:13 - ME, LAWYERS IN THAT IN THAT
04:16 - FOR THEIR TAKE ON IT. BUT
04:17 - CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE
04:18 - IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE LOOKING
04:18 - AT A CERTAIN KIND OF MOVE
04:20 - FORWARD.
04:21 - >>AND SOME OF HIS LEGISLATIVE
04:22 - DISTRICT BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN
04:23 - CHALLENGED SEVERAL TIMES IN
04:25 - RECENT DECADES. WHAT THE STATE
04:25 - LAW SAY ABOUT USING FACTORS
04:28 - LIKE RACE OR PARTISANSHIP AND
04:31 - DRYING THIS REDISTRICTING.
04:33 - >>SOME OF THE EXPERTS I SPOKE
04:35 - TO, THEY WORRY THAT WITH THE
04:36 - SUPREME COURT WEAKENING THE
04:40 - PROTECTIONS AGAINST IT, RACIAL
04:40 - DISCRIMINATION WITH THIS CASE,
04:43 - MORE STATES MIGHT LOOK TO DO
04:44 - PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING OF
04:45 - WHICH COURSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT
04:47 - OF CARE IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL
04:49 - BECAUSE PARTISAN AFFILIATION
04:50 - AND RACIAL IDENTITY, OFTEN THE
04:54 - LINE IN MANY CASES, THE THING
04:55 - IS IN PENNSYLVANIA, AS I'M SURE
04:56 - YOU WELL KNOW, MANY FOLKS WHO
04:58 - REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD OUR
04:59 - CONGRESSIONAL MAPS SHOW SEVERAL
05:00 - TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE
05:04 - YEARS FOR BEING ILLEGAL
05:05 - PARTISAN GERRYMANDERS UNDER OUR
05:06 - STATE'S CONSTITUTION. WE HAVE
05:09 - A GUARANTEE TO A FREE AND EQUAL
05:10 - ELECTION AND THE WAY THAT
05:13 - CLAUSE GETS INTERPRETED BIDEN
05:15 - COURSE USED FOR RENT PARTISAN
05:17 - GERRYMANDERING. SO THAT'S WHY
05:18 - SOME OF THE EXTRAS I SPEAK TO
05:20 - FEEL THAT THIS DECISION IS
05:21 - GOING TO HAVE LIMITED IMPACT.
05:23 - NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T
05:24 - TRADITIONALLY ENGAGED IN RACIAL
05:26 - GERRYMANDERING CARE AND
05:27 - PENNSYLVANIA, BUT ALSO BECAUSE
05:29 - WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL LAYER
05:30 - OF PROTECTION IN THE STATE
05:32 - COURTS THAT WOULD PREVENT, YOU
05:34 - KNOW, REALLY EGREGIOUS PARTISAN
05:36 - GERRYMANDERS.
05:36 - >>EVEN IF DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
05:38 - WERE ABLE TO MOVE UPDATES TO
05:39 - THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WHAT'S
05:40 - THE LIKELIHOOD THAT PRESIDENT
05:43 - DONALD TRUMP SIGNED IT?
05:44 - >>THAT WILL BE PROBABLY PRETTY
05:45 - UNLIKELY. YOU KNOW, HE HAS HIS
05:48 - OWN ELECTION PRIORITIES AS THE
05:49 - VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS NOT ONE
05:50 - THAT HE'S MENTIONS. I WOULD
05:53 - EXPECT HIM, YOU KNOW, IF THE
05:54 - DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL, IF THEY
05:55 - PUT SOMETHING BEFORE AND I
05:56 - WOULD EXPECT THEM TO THE TO
06:00 - >>PENNSYLVANIA'S PRIMARY
06:02 - ELECTION IS MAY 19TH. JEFF, ANY
06:03 - SENSE OF WHETHER THIS U.S.
06:04 - SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE
06:04 - VOTING RIGHTS ACT WILL IMPACT
06:05 - VOTER SENTIMENT THE SPRING?
06:09 - >>YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S HARD
06:10 - TO TELL. I TALKED WITH SOME
06:11 - ELECTION DIRECTORS WHO EVEN
06:13 - BEFORE THIS DECISION ARE SAYING
06:15 - THEY DIDN'T EXPECT A HIGH
06:17 - TURNOUT IN THIS PRIMARY
06:17 - ANYWAYS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
06:20 - COURSE LOCAL RACES, SOME SENATE
06:22 - AND HOUSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE
06:23 - COMPETITIVE, BUT WE DON'T
06:25 - REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO HAPPEN
06:26 - TO TAKE IT AS A CRIMINAL TRIAL
06:28 - PRIMARY OR SEND U.S. SENATE
06:29 - PRIMARY. IT'S REALLY GOING TO
06:31 - DRIVE VOTERS OUT TO THE POLLS.
06:33 - >>WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH
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06:36 - JOINING US THIS MORNING.
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07:46 - TODAY ARE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
07:47 - STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
07:49 - SENATOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND
07:51 - MAJORITY CHAIR SENATOR CRIS
07:51 - DUSH. LET SENATOR DUST WILL
07:52 - START THE LAST WEEK. THE U.S.
07:53 - SUPREME COURT REVISE THE VOTING
07:56 - RIGHTS ACT REMOVING RACE AS A
07:57 - CONSIDERATION IN DRAWING
07:58 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, TC THE
08:01 - STAFFING IMPLICATIONS OF
08:02 - PENNSYLVANIA.
08:03 - >>AND POTENTIALLY THE
08:05 - PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT
08:07 - STRUCK DOWN MAPS BACK IN 2017
08:11 - AND THAT ACTUALLY I AGREED WITH
08:12 - THE FACT THAT THEY STRUCK THOSE
08:14 - MAPS DOWN, NOT GOOFY, KICKING
08:14 - DONALD DUCK. DUCK THING WAS.
08:19 - JUST ABSURD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE
08:20 - THE AUTHORITY TO WRITE THE NEW
08:23 - MAPS, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
08:30 - IT'S ALWAYS PART OF THE
08:31 - DISCUSSION AND HAS BEEN FOR AS
08:32 - LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE
08:33 - LEGISLATURE. I KNOW PROBABLY
08:35 - FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES BEFORE
08:38 - WHERE RACE WAS A FORCED TO BE A
08:41 - PART OF
08:42 - THE DECISION-MAKING. WE'RE AT A
08:44 - POINT HERE IN AMERICA RIGHT
08:45 - NOW. COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES
08:48 - IN THE WORLD THAT I'M IN.
08:51 - WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE.
08:52 - WE NEED TO GET TO WHAT DOCTOR
08:55 - KING SAID. YOU KNOW, JUDGE
08:56 - PEOPLE BY THE CONTENT OF THE
08:56 - CHARACTER RATHER THAN THEIR THE
08:59 - COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
09:00 - AND WE'RE PROGRESSING TO THE
09:01 - POINT WHERE I THINK WE'RE READY
09:04 - FOR THAT. AND
09:07 - WE DON'T WE SHOULDN'T BE USING
09:10 - THAT AS A DETERMINATION ON WHAT
09:13 - OUR MAPS ARE GOING TO BE.
09:13 - >>SENATOR WILLIAMS, YOUR
09:14 - THOUGHTS ON THE SUPREME COURT
09:16 - DECISION.
09:16 - >>WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY
09:19 - CHILLING FOR AMERICA.
09:24 - THE REALITY THIS ENDESA.
09:24 - OUR KEEP OUR SIMILAR VALUES
09:27 - ABOUT FAMILY.
09:28 - 82 IS IN THE CONCUSSION EARLY.
09:30 - SO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THE SAME
09:32 - LAWS. BUT GETTING TO WHERE WE
09:35 - ARE.
09:36 - AND THE REASON WHY THAT TICKLE
09:41 - PART OF THE SECTION OF THE
09:42 - CONSTITUTIONAL FLAWS TRAFFIC
09:42 - WAS BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THAT.
09:46 - RACE DISABILITY BLINDNESS OR
09:51 - IT WEATHER. ARTS AND
09:53 - THAT SEXUAL WERE USED AGAINST
09:55 - PEOPLE. WELL, BECAUSE THEY NEED
09:55 - TO BE ELEVATED. THEY NEED TO BE
09:56 - LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD.
10:01 - AND SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
10:02 - DOCTOR KING SPOKE ONLY ABOUT A
10:04 - LITTLE 60 YEARS AGO AND TODAY
10:07 - WE
10:08 - STILL HAVE ON AN EVEN PLAYING
10:09 - FIELD THAT AMERICAN LAW FIRM,
10:11 - THAT DATA,
10:13 - IN FACT, HE'S ONLY BEEN IN
10:13 - RECENT YEARS AFTER AMERICAN TO
10:14 - THIS COUNTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
10:19 - ENJOY THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
10:20 - IT'S NOT BEEN 100 YEARS AFTER
10:22 - AMERICA'S IT HAD THE RIGHT TO
10:23 - VOTE. SO THIS IS JUST THAT
10:25 - WE'VE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED.
10:28 - PARITY AND ESPECIALLY THIS
10:29 - CLOSE RACE. AND THAT'S
10:31 - UNFORTUNATELY NOT ACCURATE.
10:32 - IS THAT ACCURATE? AFTER
10:33 - AMERICANS ARE BASED UPON THE
10:36 - DATA, IT MEANS TO PLAY IT.
10:39 - HOUSING ECONOMIC SEPARATION
10:40 - BETWEEN PEOPLE DOING THE SAME
10:43 - EXACT JOB IN AMERICA GETTING
10:45 - JUST BEFORE SHE PAY LESS.
10:46 - AND SO IT'S A NICE THING TO
10:47 - SAY. BUT IT'S A HARD THING
10:50 - APPARENTLY TO EXECUTE.
10:55 - >>REALLY IS NOT PLAYING OUT
10:56 - AS MUCH AND AMERICA AS FAR AS
11:00 - THE OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT'S
11:01 - INTERESTING IS IT'S A
11:02 - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
11:02 - OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES.
11:10 - THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS IN
11:11 - THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
11:14 - THE ASIAN COMMUNITY
11:14 - DISABILITIES. MY FAMILY'S BEEN
11:15 - INVOLVED WITH DISABILITY RIGHTS
11:19 - FOR A LONG TIME. THE
11:21 - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
11:25 - OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS.
11:26 - WHEN YOU HAVE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE
11:31 - THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE,
11:31 - ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE
11:32 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT
11:39 - THEY LIKE TO KEEP US SEPARATED.
11:40 - AND I I DON'T SEE THAT SO MUCH
11:40 - IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
11:43 - BUT
11:44 - THERE ARE PLACES AND TIMES
11:45 - WHERE WE'RE WE'RE SEEING THAT.
11:50 - BUT I THINK WE'RE PROGRESSING
11:52 - BEYOND THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE'S
11:55 - TOLERANCE FOR IN THE BOX AND I
11:56 - WORK WITH IN THE MILITARY AND
11:59 - CORRECTIONS
12:00 - AND EVEN IN MY RELATIONSHIPS
12:03 - WITH THE INMATES IN THE
12:06 - PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT JUST
12:13 - ALL ONE OF THE ACTORS
12:14 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUY. HE SAID
12:16 - THAT NOT. AND HE SAID IF YOU
12:18 - WANT IT TO STOP, STOP TALKING
12:21 - ABOUT IT BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE
12:22 - TALKING TO THE POINT HE WAS
12:25 - MAKING, WAS THAT.
12:26 - IF IT'S ALWAYS A POINT OF
12:27 - CONTENTION, THEN IT'S ALWAYS
12:30 - GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WHEN THAT
12:33 - WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT
12:34 - UNIFYING AS AN AMERICAN, THEN
12:35 - THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED GETTING
12:35 - TO THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS OF
12:38 - OUR CONSTITUTION.
12:39 - >>WE BELIEVE THIS IS JUST THIS
12:42 - IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND THAT
12:43 - PRESSURE WHO THE ACTOR IS A
12:44 - SURE WAY. BLACKS YOU'RE TALKING
12:48 - ABOUT. BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING
12:51 - IN MY WELL, A NEW MAYOR.
12:51 - IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE
12:52 - DIFFERENCE IS YOU DON'T RESOLVE
12:54 - THE DIFFERENCES. SO SAYS JUST
12:56 - THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM IS A
12:57 - PROBLEM. THAT IS A PROBLEM.
13:01 - SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT
13:02 - LOGIC COMES FROM, CHRIS, BUT IT
13:03 - DOESN'T HOLD WATER IN TERMS.
13:05 - I WAS OUT THERE FOR US. THE
13:07 - REALITY IS IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING
13:08 - THAT THESE ISSUES DO STILL
13:10 - EXIST, I CAN POINT TO,
13:10 - UNFORTUNATELY, TOO MANY PLACES
13:14 - WAY TOO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE
13:14 - TALK ABOUT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO
13:17 - DO WITH LIVING SEPARATE I'VE
13:20 - INTERACTED WITH YOU
13:20 - SIGNIFICANTLY. WE MAKE IT WILL
13:21 - MARK KARR AND JUST SEE YOU AS A
13:23 - PERSON. THE OUTLIER WHO
13:25 - REPRESENTS THE POPULATION OF
13:25 - COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T WANT TO
13:28 - BE CONNECTED.
13:28 - I DON'T ALLOW THAT TO INTERRUPT
13:29 - WHO I AM OR HOW I OPERATE WITH
13:31 - HUMAN BEINGS. I TAKE PEOPLE
13:34 - FOR WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY
13:34 - ARE AND THE RESULTS WERE NOT
13:38 - TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND SO THE
13:39 - DISTRACTION OF HOW PEOPLE FEEL
13:40 - ABOUT IT. MOSTLY I WILL TALK
13:42 - ABOUT THAT A LOT. APARTMENT,
13:44 - THE REALITY IN AMERICA AS IT
13:44 - STANDS TO PEOPLE IN YOUR
13:45 - DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT, IF
13:48 - THEY'RE ALL COLOR. WELL, WITH
13:50 - ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY DO NOT
13:51 - HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE
13:53 - PEOPLE HAVE. NO, THAT DOESN'T
13:54 - MEAN IT WAS PEOPLE SIT THERE
13:56 - AND COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE
13:57 - HOUSEHOLD. MY FATHER, LOOK,
14:00 - THERE'S REASON VERY CLEARLY,
14:00 - BUT TO SAY WHAT LIABILITIES
14:02 - WILL BE A FRONT OF YOUR LIFE.
14:02 - BUT THAT'S NOT TO EXCUSE NOT TO
14:07 - GO OUT. IT IS NOT FIGHT FOR
14:08 - THIS COUNTRY, NOT BELIEVE IN
14:08 - THE POSSIBILITIES. THAT KNOWS
14:12 - NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT ALL.
14:13 - IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING HONEST
14:14 - ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND NOT
14:15 - SUGAR COAT IT. WITH ALL DUE
14:17 - RESPECT, THE CURRENT WHICH WE
14:20 - LIVE POLITICALLY.
14:21 - IN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
14:24 - CURRY OUT EAST IN TV SHOWS THAT
14:25 - ARE ALIKE. I LIKE THE ISSUE
14:30 - OF RACE. SO TO SUGGEST THAT
14:31 - SOMEONE IN THE AFTER FROM THE
14:34 - COMMUNITY IS DIVIDING US TO
14:35 - KNOW WHO THAT IS. I DON'T KNOW
14:37 - WHAT LEADER THAT YOU'RE TALKING
14:38 - ABOUT OR INFLUENCERS WITHIN
14:40 - OUR COMMUNITY ARE TALKING
14:40 - ABOUT. IT IS DRIVING THE MASSES
14:43 - OF AFTER AMERICANS TO TALK
14:45 - ABOUT. WE NEED TO HAVE A FAIR
14:46 - SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM.
14:48 - AND HERE'S THE REASONS WHY
14:49 - WE'RE AND SOME OF THAT HAS TO
14:52 - DO WITH RACE HERE.
14:53 - >>AT LEAST 7 DIFFERENT STATES
14:56 - HAVE REVISED THEIR LEGISLATIVE
14:57 - DISTRICTS IN ADVANCE OF THE
15:00 - 2030, PRESS, A CENSUS DATA TO
15:00 - SUP 8 THAT PENNSYLVANIA WILL
15:03 - FOLLOW SUIT ON THAT.
15:07 - >>I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING
15:09 - RIGHT NOW. SIMPLY BECAUSE WITH
15:12 - THE DEFIANT DIVIDED
15:12 - LEGISLATURE, THE KNOW-HOW WHO'S
15:13 - CONTROLLING THE HOUSE AND THE
15:16 - SENATE. GETTING SOMETHING
15:16 - THAT'S MEANINGFUL ACROSS THE
15:17 - LINE. I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.
15:21 - >>SENATOR WILLIAMS?
15:22 - >>WELL, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS
15:27 - >>YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE YOU
15:28 - KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR SENATOR
15:30 - DOES, BUT I'M I'M WATCHING
15:32 - >>COMMENTATORS AND OPINION
15:34 - SHAPERS TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
15:35 - HOW, YOU KNOW, RAY SHOOTING
15:39 - UNARMED QUALIFIER. THESE ARE
15:40 - THE SAME PEOPLE AROUND THE
15:41 - COUNTRY SAYING WE NEED TO
15:42 - INTRODUCE LEGISLATION FOR A
15:45 - REPUBLICAN, A
15:45 - REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SEEING IT
15:48 - IN CONGRESS. SO IT'S OK TO TO
15:52 - A POLITICALLY.
15:54 - DRIVIN PARTISAN DRIVIN
15:55 - DISTRICT. BUT WHEN YOU TALK
16:00 - ABOUT SABLE BLIND. BIG OF
16:02 - COLOR. THOSE THINGS APPARENTLY
16:04 - ARE, YOU KNOW, UNFAIR
16:05 - ADVANTAGE. BUT BEING A
16:08 - REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT IS WHAT
16:09 - WE SHOULD BE DIVIDED AIRLINES
16:10 - AND I I DON'T SEE THE LOGIC
16:13 - IN THAT. WELL.
16:14 - I WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN THE
16:16 - COURT AND ONE POINT I IT SORT
16:18 - OF POINT THAT THE PARK WAS THE
16:19 - AL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT
16:21 - QUITE SURE THAT THE COURTS WILL
16:24 - ALLOW FOR THAT TO BE WHAT IT
16:25 - SHOULD BE. AND THAT IS IF
16:26 - YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY
16:28 - POLITICS, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING
16:31 - WELL, ONE STANDARD TO PREVAIL
16:32 - AND SHOULD ALLOW ANY STANDARD
16:32 - PREVAIL, ONLY POPULATION, BUT
16:33 - THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
16:35 - >>WE'RE GOING TO TALK QUITE A
16:38 - BIT ABOUT LEGISLATIVE
16:38 - LEGISLATION BEFORE THE STATE
16:41 - SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT
16:41 - COMMITTEE. BUT I GET YOUR
16:43 - OPINION ON ONE OTHER ITEM AND
16:43 - THAT IS THE SAVE ACT, WHICH
16:46 - PASSED THE HOUSE IN FEBRUARY.
16:47 - IT SITTING BEFORE THE U.S.
16:48 - SENATE RIGHT NOW. WHAT YOUR
16:48 - VIEWERS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS?
16:55 - >>21. OH, WELL, AS GAS A LITTLE
16:56 - BIT, I WAS OFTEN I'VE LET OFF
16:57 - THE FIRST 2 OUTLET YOU TAKE
16:59 - TAKE POINT ON THIS ONE. WELL,
17:02 - BEING.
17:03 - LOT OF FANS SAY THAT THAT IS
17:09 - THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF REASONS
17:10 - WITHIN THAT BODY. THERE ARE
17:10 - THINGS THAT PEOPLE SUGGESTED IT
17:13 - STANDS FOR.
17:14 - YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO
17:15 - THE WEEDS OF IT, FORCING
17:17 - DOESN'T SAVE MONEY. PEOPLE JUST
17:20 - PUT THAT SOMETHING RIGHT.
17:22 - WELL, I WILL RESPECTFULLY
17:23 - DISAGREE AS WE ARE. AND WE DO
17:27 - SO OFTEN.
17:28 - >>WHAT I WILL I WILL SAY THIS,
17:29 - THE THE POINTS OF CONTENTION
17:32 - THAT ARE MOST
17:35 - OFTEN CITED ARE THEY SAY THE
17:38 - WOMEN WHO MARRY, I CAN'T GET
17:39 - ID'S THAT HAVE THEIR PROPER
17:40 - NAME ON IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
17:43 - THE LADIES THAT I TALKED TO WHO
17:43 - HAVE BEEN MARRIED, MARRIED,
17:46 - DIVORCED AND REMARRIED.
17:49 - THEY FIND THAT AND THEY'RE
17:53 - HAVING A VOTER ID. IT'S
17:54 - SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL.
17:55 - WE NEED YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ID
17:58 - TO BUY LIQUOR E CIGARETTES.
18:01 - JUST THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
18:02 - THINGS HERE AND AMERICA THAT
18:02 - YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ID IN ORDER
18:05 - TO PURCHASE THEM.
18:09 - ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO
18:10 - ARE COMING AND EXERCISING THE
18:13 - THE RIGHTS OF THE FRANCHISE
18:14 - HOLDERS ARE IN THE IN THE
18:17 - FRANCHISE HOLDERS IS CRITICAL
18:20 - AND BUY.
18:24 - WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OVER THE
18:28 - YEARS WHERE THE FRONT HAS
18:29 - ACTUALLY OCCURRED. AND IN 20
18:32 - JUST THIS YEAR, WE HAD OVER
18:33 - 2500 FRAUDULENT VOTES IN
18:34 - LANCASTER VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
18:39 - THOSE THINGS THAT KIND OF STUFF
18:40 - NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. AND ONE OF
18:40 - THE WAYS TO DO THAT AS HAVE
18:44 - VOTER ID AND I'M SURE THAT
18:44 - THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE
18:45 - TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO
18:47 - ARE COMING TO EXERCISE THAT
18:47 - RIGHT ARE INDEED THE FRANCHISE
18:49 - OWNERS.
18:50 - >>SENATOR, LET ME FINISH AND
18:53 - >>I WELL.
18:56 - >>YOU KNOW, IT IS A
18:59 - IRONY TO ME THAT PEOPLE ARE
19:00 - TIRED OF THE 4 AD, WHETHER IT'S
19:01 - FOR I MEAN, WE CAN DEBATE FRAUD
19:02 - A LOT BECAUSE FRANKLY, THERE'S
19:05 - NOT A LOT OF THAT. AND FRANKLY,
19:05 - THE ONES LANCASTER COUNTY, A
19:09 - LOT OF REPUBLICANS. SO I'M NOT
19:10 - QUITE SURE WHO'S IN CHARGE OF
19:12 - FRAUD THIS WITH THIS WEEK.
19:13 - BUT VOTERS HAVE OFTEN POSITION
19:16 - THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE SECURITY
19:17 - IN THE VOTING PROCESS, WHICH
19:19 - I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
19:21 - BUT THE REALITY IS IF YOU
19:22 - REGISTER TO VOTE, THERE'S A
19:23 - PROCESS. I MEAN, I GOT A
19:26 - VACATION IS A PART OF THE
19:27 - QUESTIONS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK
19:27 - AT THE CASE. AND WITH ALL DUE
19:30 - RESPECT. YOU KNOW, TO WHATEVER
19:31 - WOMEN SO JUST SPOKE TO. THERE'S
19:32 - A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
19:35 - OLDER.
19:37 - WHO UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE
19:38 - THE ABILITY TO GET THE
19:41 - DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED.
19:42 - I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE FOR A
19:42 - LOT OF PEOPLE. AND SO IF YOU
19:46 - MAKE IT REASONABLE, MANY PEOPLE
19:46 - WOULD CONFORM TO UNDERSTAND
19:48 - THAT YOU NEED TO SUPPORT
19:50 - GETTING RICHER TO VOTE AND
19:51 - VOTING WITH THAT IN PLACE.
19:53 - SO IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT ABOUT
19:55 - WHETHER YOU ARE PROPERLY
19:56 - IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON THAT'S
19:57 - REGISTERED THE RIGHT TO VOTE
19:59 - ITS THE MATH. IT THAT ARE
20:04 - REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH TO
20:05 - GUARANTEE THAT VOTE. SO WE
20:08 - ACTUALLY AGREE ON ELEMENTS OF
20:09 - MAKING SURE YOU'RE RIGHT OVER.
20:10 - SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A
20:13 - PROBLEM. WE JUST NEED TO
20:13 - ENSURE THAT THAT ACCESS IS NOT
20:14 - CUT OFF A CERTAIN FOLKS FOR
20:16 - SOME OTHER FOLKS. WHAT
20:18 - PROVISION COULD BE MADE FOR
20:19 - SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T CURRENTLY
20:20 - HAVE ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS OR
20:21 - WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A
20:22 - PROPER ID. PERHAPS THEY DO HAVE
20:23 - A PASSPORT. THEY DON'T HAVE
20:24 - A DRIVER'S LICENSE. WELL, I
20:27 - DON'T HAVE THE LIST, BUT THERE
20:28 - ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER DOCUMENTS
20:29 - SAID THE LAW ACTUALLY ALLOWS TO
20:31 - BE USED TO. SO IT'S NOT THERE
20:33 - ARE SOME EXTENSIVE LIST
20:34 - ACTUALLY.
20:36 - >>INSIDE PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO
20:37 - HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM SAY,
20:38 - WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS
20:39 - TO THIS SO THEY DON'T HAVE
20:42 - ACCESS TO THAT. BUT THERE ARE
20:44 - OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT THE SAVE
20:45 - ACT ACTUALLY ALLOWS TO BE.
20:46 - THAT'S HOW MANY OTHER STATES
20:48 - CURRENTLY HAVE VOTER ID.
20:50 - THAT I COULDN'T. I'M I DON'T
20:53 - HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER TO.
20:54 - >>ALL OPPOSE THIS. TO BOTH OF
20:55 - YOU. SENATOR, DOES SHE HAD
20:55 - MENTIONED ABOUT THERE BEING
20:58 - VOTER FRAUD? HAS THERE BEEN
21:00 - ANY EVIDENCE OF FRAUD OR VOTER
21:01 - DISENFRANCHISEMENT AS A RESULT
21:02 - OF VOTER ID IN STATES THAT HAVE
21:04 - IT?
21:07 - >>I'M NOT AWARE OF
21:08 - >>TONY, YOU HAVE I DON'T HAVE
21:11 - ANY IT WILL. FIRST OF ALL,
21:12 - EVERY REPUBLICAN STATE AND IN
21:13 - AN AMERICA THAT THAT SITS IN.
21:15 - A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SENATE
21:19 - AND HOUSE HAS VOTER ID OR WHAT
21:19 - PEOPLE WOULD DESCRIBE. AS FOR
21:22 - THE DEDICATION BUT
21:25 - >>THE
21:28 - >>OUTLIER RELATIVE TO
21:29 - SUPPRESSION, WHICH WAS A
21:29 - CONCERN THAT THE INITIAL PART
21:32 - OF THIS. THE DAY STILL BEING
21:36 - DEVELOPED. I DON'T KNOW IT.
21:37 - HONESTLY. I'M NOT QUITE SURE
21:38 - THAT THE DROP-OFF IN VOTER
21:39 - PARTICIPATION IS ANYTHING TO
21:41 - DO WITH A VOTER IDENTIFICATION.
21:45 - SO MUCH IS WELL, THOSE ARE NOW
21:45 - BEING TO THE POINT. CLEARLY
21:47 - WE'RE TIRED OF HERE BY ARE YOU
21:50 - AND THEY DON'T MISS A TRUST.
21:51 - GOVERNMENT, REPUBLICAN AND
21:54 - DEMOCRAT, RURAL URBAN AND
21:54 - SUBURBAN, WE DON'T TRUST
21:56 - GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE THEIR
21:57 - PROBLEMS ANYMORE. SO I THINK A
22:00 - LOT OF IT, I CAN'T SAY IS FOR
22:01 - DEDICATION. I THINK THEIR
22:03 - VOTER. I'M TIRED OF YOU GUYS
22:06 - ARE GOOD. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
22:08 - >>TONY, I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH
22:08 - IT STRONGLY. I THINK YOU AND I
22:15 - BOTH HAVE SEEN IT. THE THE
22:15 - DISENFRANCHISED FEELINGS OF
22:16 - THE END OF THE FEELING THAT
22:20 - PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY ARE BEING
22:23 - DISENFRANCHISED AS WELL
22:24 - THEIR ANGST AT US AND THE
22:26 - FEDERAL LEGISLATURE AS WELL
22:29 - IT'S PRETTY STRONG. AND AND
22:32 - DESERVEDLY SO.
22:33 - >>HAS GOVERNOR SHAPIRO VOICE
22:34 - WHETHER HE WOULD SIGN A VOTER
22:37 - ID BILL.
22:38 - >>I DON'T THINK HE HAS. NO, I
22:39 - DON'T THINK HE'S IN SUPPORT
22:42 - OF IT. WELL, I KNOW YOU SO.
22:45 - >>HE HAS TO ME MY NOSE AND 2
22:46 - TEETH AND GOVERN AS AN
22:47 - EXPRESSION OF PAIN. WE HAVE
22:49 - 6 PRESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT.
22:52 - THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE THEIR
22:56 - >>POTENTIAL VOTERS HAVE A RIGHT
22:57 - TO DO THAT. HE'S MADE THAT
23:00 - CLEAR.
23:01 - I DON'T THINK HE STANDS AS MANY
23:05 - DEMOCRATS A LOT TOO.
23:06 - OUR OPPOSITION TO CARE TEAM TO
23:06 - VOTERS WHO REGISTER TO VOTE.
23:10 - ARE LEGITIMATE.
23:12 - WOULD YOU ADMIT FOLKS TO VOTE?
23:15 - I THINK HE'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT
23:17 - THAT. HE'S ONE OF THE FEW
23:20 - DEMOCRATIC
23:22 - GOVERNORS AND THEN MANY
23:22 - REPUBLICANS FEEL IN ALL OF US.
23:26 - A FAIR SHAKE. HE POLLS VERY
23:29 - STRONGLY ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA
23:30 - PERIOD. SO I CAN IMAGINE JUST
23:33 - STANDING ALL.
23:34 - THE SIDELINES AND SAYING I'M
23:36 - AGAINST ALL VOTER
23:36 - IDENTIFICATION RULES IS IT JUST
23:38 - HASN'T BEEN AS POSITION AS HE'S
23:43 - >>LET'S SHIFT OUR FOCUS NOW TO
23:44 - TALK ABOUT A PRIMARY ELECTION
23:44 - SYSTEM ON LAST DECEMBER, A
23:47 - GROUP OF 5 INDEPENDENT VOTERS
23:48 - AND PLEADING POLITICAL
23:49 - COMMENTATOR MICHAEL SMERCONISH
23:50 - FILED A CHALLENGE TO THE
23:52 - STATE'S CLOSED PRIMARY SYSTEM.
23:53 - THE SUPPORT OF THE PRIMARIES.
23:57 - ABSOLUTELY NOT.
23:58 - >>A LOOK. THIS IS I LIKEN THIS
24:00 - TO THE BALTIMORE COLTS OR THE
24:03 - IS USED TO BE CALLED THE RAVENS
24:04 - PICKING THE TEAM MEMBERS FOR
24:07 - THE STEELERS AND EAGLES.
24:08 - YOU LET SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S
24:09 - NOT A PART OF YOUR PARTY COME
24:13 - IN AND THE SIDE.
24:16 - THE MECHANISMS ARE THERE FOR AN
24:19 - INDEPENDENT PARTY TO ACTUALLY
24:23 - HAVE A CANDIDATE. THE
24:23 - MECHANISMS MECHANISMS ARE
24:24 - THEY'RE WITHIN THE ELECTION LAW
24:27 - IT'S JUST THAT THEY CHOOSE NOT
24:31 - TO DO IT. THERE INDEPENDENCE IS
24:31 - TO THE POINT WHERE THEY DON'T
24:32 - EVEN THEY DON'T TRUST ANY
24:35 - PARTIES. A LOT OF TIMES.
24:36 - BUT IF THEY WERE TO COALESCE
24:37 - AROUND A CANDIDATE, THEY CAN
24:37 - GET A CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.
24:42 - TO HAVE PEOPLE UNDER. WE'VE
24:43 - SEEN IT IN OTHER STATES.
24:46 - THERE ARE EXAMPLES IN OTHER
24:48 - STATES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
24:49 - SWITCHED IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE
24:51 - THE PRIMARY FOR THE OTHER
24:53 - PARTY. THE OTHER MAJOR PARTY.
24:54 - AND THAT'S HAPPENED ON BOTH
24:55 - SIDES OF THE FENCE. SO IT'S
24:58 - NOT A SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE
24:58 - TO EITHER THE DEMOCRATS OR THE
25:01 - REPUBLICANS.
25:06 - SENATOR WILLIAMS.
25:07 - >>PARTIES, THE DEMOCRAT WILL
25:07 - STAY THERE WITH THAT. BUT I
25:10 - BELIEVE IN LOCAL FARMERS WELL,
25:11 - I THINK ACTUALLY THE WHOLE
25:14 - SYSTEM.
25:14 - PRIMARY VERSUS THE GENERAL
25:17 - ELECTION IS VERY COSTLY.
25:18 - AND I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD
25:20 - BE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY.
25:22 - THEY WERE STANDING IN HIS
25:22 - ELECTION CYCLES. FIRST OF ALL,
25:25 - THE SECOND OF ALL, THE FASTEST
25:26 - GROWING POLITICAL PARTY IN
25:29 - AMERICA FOR INDEPENDENCE AND
25:32 - THEY'RE EXHAUSTED WITH
25:35 - DEMOCRATS. THE REPUBLICANS.
25:35 - >>BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
25:37 - BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
25:39 - >>AND THE RESULT IS. INCREASED
25:41 - COST OF LIVING. SUEDE SHOES.
25:46 - LACK OF HEALTH CARE. QUALITY
25:49 - EDUCATION
25:51 - DOESN'T PERFORM WELL ABOVE THE
25:52 - LAW. SO THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT
25:55 - YOU SO
25:56 - WE WILLIAMS STANDS FOR. WHAT
25:57 - YOU TONY WILLIAMS ARE DOING TO
25:59 - RESOLVE MY PROBLEM, WE WILLIAMS
26:03 - IS DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY IS
26:05 - THIS IS STATES ARE TELL ME IF
26:07 - YOU NOT ALL TO THE NEXT GUY
26:11 - OR GAL REGARDLESS OF PARTY
26:13 - AFFILIATION, THOSE WHO THEY
26:13 - FEEL MOST OF THEIR FIGHT WITH
26:15 - THEIR COMMUNITY SHOULD
26:17 - REPRESENT THAT. NOT BECAUSE
26:17 - THEY'RE REQUIRED TO VOTE FOR
26:20 - DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. AND
26:21 - YOU SEE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IN
26:24 - RECENT POLLS AS RELATES TO HARD
26:26 - BIG 10 REPUBLICANS. CHOOSING A
26:29 - DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. ON THE
26:31 - PRESIDENT AND THEIR PART BLAME
26:34 - IT ON. EVERY INDIVIDUAL KNOWS
26:37 - WHAT AND WHEN WE WILL SERVE
26:40 - BUSH. BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU
26:43 - KNOW, THEY'RE TAKEN A HIT.
26:44 - BECAUSE OF OUR PERSONNEL AS
26:47 - OPPOSED TO PERFORMANCE. IT'S SO
26:48 - I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE ANYONE
26:50 - HAS TO DO IS SAY, LOOK, I'M
26:52 - PROUD TO BE A DEMOCRAT FOR
26:53 - THESE BOEING REASONS. BUT VERY
26:56 - CLEAR. ALSO, CABLE RUN AN OPEN
26:57 - PRIMARY AGAINST A GREAT PARTY
27:01 - PARTY. STATE PARTY, 0 PARTY,
27:02 - REPUBLICAN PARTY AND STAND ON
27:05 - MY RECORD.
27:09 - >>I KNOW IT'S INTERESTING THAT
27:11 - FIRST OF ALL, WHAT TONY'S
27:14 - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITH THE THE
27:15 - IDEA OF JUST A 2 PARTY KNEELED
27:16 - ON GEORGE WASHINGTON WARNED US
27:21 - AGAINST THAT. BUT AS
27:22 - WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE PLAYING BY
27:22 - THE RULES AND WE'RE WE'RE
27:26 - GIVEN. AND THE
27:29 - ITS INTERESTING WHEN PEOPLE SAY
27:32 - THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE
27:35 - AND THAT THEY CAN'T RUN AGAINST
27:36 - THE INCUMBENTS OR WHATEVER I
27:36 - TOOK ON THE SPEAKER OF THE
27:38 - HOUSE, HE AND HIS FATHER AND
27:38 - HELD THE SEAT FOR A
27:39 - HALF-CENTURY BEFORE OUR FIRST
27:41 - CHALLENGE THEM.
27:43 - AND I WAS TOLD I'D BE
27:44 - DESTROYED. I WOULD BE ABLE TO
27:44 - LIVE IN MY OWN COMMUNITY.
27:49 - THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IT'S.
27:51 - WHAT HAPPENS IS TONY KNOWS,
27:54 - TOO, BECAUSE HE'S ON
27:55 - HIS COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE OUT
27:57 - AND WE'RE TALKING WITH PEOPLE
27:59 - AND THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE
28:02 - TRYING TO EARN THEIR VOTE.
28:05 - YOU PICK THE PARTY RIGHT NOW
28:08 - THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU THE MOST
28:08 - ALIGNS WITH YOUR VALUES AND
28:11 - YOUR BELIEFS.
28:15 - AND YOU STEP INTO THE ARENA
28:16 - AND TAKE THEM ON AND IT TURNED
28:18 - OUT WELL FOR ME AGAIN, I SAID
28:22 - I WAS SOMEBODY CONSENT WAS JUST
28:22 - A JUST TO JAIL GUARD AS ONE OF
28:25 - THE PHRASES THAT WAS USED.
28:26 - AND TAKING ON THE SPEAKER OF
28:29 - THE HOUSE.
28:33 - IT CAN BE DONE.
28:33 - >>WHAT ABOUT PRIMARIES? AND
28:35 - THAT CAN BE CAN BE DONE.
28:38 - BUT THE CHRIS REALITY IS THIS.
28:40 - YOU TOOK ON HISTORICAL FAMILY
28:42 - BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF
28:48 - IS THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT
28:49 - IRAN IRAN AGAINST THE PARTY,
28:49 - THE PARTY. I MEAN, THE PARTY
28:52 - STRUCTURE WAS DO THAT AND THAT
28:54 - INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT, MY ENTIRE
28:55 - POLITICAL SYSTEM, PEOPLE ARE
28:55 - RIGHT THAT THAT THEY THEY ARE
28:57 - READY. YOU GOT TO BE A
28:59 - PROGRESSIVE MODERATE OR
29:00 - CONSERVATIVE BILL. NOTHING ELSE
29:02 - EXISTS APPEALING. SO PEOPLE WHO
29:04 - ARE POOR CAN'T WRITE ANYTHING
29:05 - WITH INDEPENDENT THINKER.
29:07 - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE U.S.
29:10 - INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT, I READ
29:11 - THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ONE, HE
29:12 - ACTUALLY CAN DO THAT. NO DOUBT
29:15 - ABOUT IT. BUT IT IS CHALLENGING
29:16 - TO RUN AGAINST A TONY WILLIAMS
29:19 - WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO
29:20 - COMMUNICATE GOES ALMOST EVERY
29:22 - SINGLE DAY. HE WANTS TO.
29:24 - AND FRANKLY IS RUN AGAINST THE,
29:26 - YOU KNOW, PERSPECTIVE. HE'S
29:29 - WHAT PUTIN CALLS STAMPS.
29:31 - BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CAREER
29:33 - POLITICIAN, FAMILY LEGACIES
29:35 - ARE NOT READY, GET SET ALL THE
29:36 - TIME BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE.
29:39 - YOU'RE RIGHT. I DO WORK AT MY
29:40 - JOB AFFECTING PEOPLE. RESPECT
29:40 - ME AS SUCH UNITS WHICH SHOULD
29:44 - BE WHAT I DON'T THINK IT'S, YOU
29:45 - KNOW, FAIR FOR SOMEBODY TO COME
29:46 - AND SAY, WELL, WE HAVE SOME
29:50 - BUILT-IN ADVANTAGES BECAUSE
29:52 - OF THAT. THAT'S TRUE. WE CAN'T
29:53 - DENY THAT TO BE TRUE. SO THOSE
29:56 - WHO BELIEVE THAT I CAN'T EVEN
29:58 - RUN A QUICK WRIST IN
29:59 - CALIFORNIA. IT'S WORKING FOR
30:00 - REPUBLICANS TO RUN FOR
30:01 - GOVERNOR, BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW
30:05 - THAT OVER IN PRYOR BECAUSE YOU
30:06 - WAITED TO ROMNEY'S REPUBLICANS
30:07 - AND NO DEMOCRAT IN THE FALL
30:11 - BASED UPON HOW THEY ARE.
30:12 - YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE RULES
30:14 - OPERATE OUT THERE THIS TIME
30:15 - AROUND THAT JUNGLE PRIMARY IS
30:18 - AN ANIMAL OF ITSELF AND I'M NOT
30:21 - GOING TO THAT SARAH WOULD OFTEN
30:21 - PRIMARY BENEFIT ONE PARTY OVER
30:24 - THE OTHER.
30:26 - >>WELL, I DON'T THINK SO.
30:27 - I DON'T I DON'T. I THINK THAT'S
30:29 - THE POINT. I THINK THAT THERE'S
30:30 - A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY.
30:31 - CHRISTMAS WEEK COMES UP.
30:35 - MY COLLEAGUES WE'LL SHARE IT.
30:36 - NO, I THINK THEY WOULD BE A
30:37 - LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT AN
30:40 - OPEN PRIMARY SEASON.
30:43 - I THINK WHO WOULD BENEFIT WOULD
30:47 - BE THE PEOPLE WHO
30:48 - >>FORWARD TO BRING CAMPAIGNS
30:51 - IN.
30:54 - TO EFFECTUATE WHO WILL BE ON
30:57 - BOTH BALLOTS. I MEAN THAT
30:57 - THAT'S WHERE I THINK MONEY WERE
31:00 - REALLY JUMP IN BECAUSE THEN
31:03 - THE PRIMARY IS THE LOWEST
31:05 - TURNOUT ELECTION. IT'S A FAR
31:07 - GREATER IMPACT ON YOUR VOTE
31:08 - SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER
31:10 - PEOPLE.
31:13 - WHEN IT COMES TO WHO'S
31:14 - FINANCING THOSE THINGS. AND I
31:17 - KIND OF STUFF THAT'S WHERE IT
31:18 - GETS. IF WE IF WE INDEED HAVE
31:22 - OPEN PRIMARIES
31:24 - IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO GET
31:24 - A CAMPAIGN ORGANIZED TO GET
31:27 - FOLKS OUT.
31:29 - ON THE ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER JUST
31:31 - TO GET THE THE PRIMARY CHAINS.
31:32 - SO YOU BASICALLY GOT 2 PEOPLE
31:35 - OF THE SAME.
31:37 - SCHOOL BACKGROUND RUNNING
31:38 - AGAINST ONE OTHER SIMILAR OR
31:39 - WHAT THEY HAVE ON CALIFORNIA
31:41 - RIGHT NOW.
31:45 - >>CHRIS ASKED YOUR QUESTION A
31:45 - QUICK TOUR. SO BECAUSE YOU
31:46 - THOUGHT THE COAST TO START
31:47 - TIME, YOU CLOSE THE STRAIT.
31:49 - SO GEORGE WASHINGTON IS FOR
31:50 - WHAT I HAVE FOR. WHY NOT FOR
31:52 - THAT?
31:54 - WELL, GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS
31:57 - AGAINST PARTIES.
31:59 - AND FACTIONALISM AND IT'S NOT
32:01 - QUITE HONESTLY. I THINK WE ALL
32:05 - OUGHT TO BE JUST AMERICANS.
32:06 - SO THAT AND HOLDING HOLDING TO
32:09 - THE IDEALS OF AMERICA.
32:09 - >>THEREFORE, WHY WOULD YOU NOT
32:12 - BE IN SUPPORT OF?
32:13 - LET'S THE BILL THAT WOULD SAY,
32:14 - YOU KNOW, GEORGE, IF IT'S GOOD
32:17 - ENOUGH FOR GEORGE.
32:19 - THEN WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE
32:21 - MORE PARTICIPATION BEING
32:23 - PROGRAM.
32:26 - >>WELL, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE
32:27 - THEIR CANDIDATE, THEY'RE FREE
32:28 - TO DO. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH
32:30 - REALLY. AND TODAY'S WITH
32:31 - TODAY'S MEDIA, IT WOULDN'T TAKE
32:32 - MUCH TO HAVE THAT 3RD PARTY ON
32:33 - ABOUT. THEN YOU HAVE A REAL
32:36 - HORSE RACE GOING ON.
32:37 - >>WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR
32:37 - DISCUSSION JUST A MOMENT.
32:39 - BUT FIRST, LET'S GIVE OUR
32:40 - GUESTS A BRIEF BREAK. WHILE WE
32:40 - LOOK AT WHAT PACE SINCE CAMERAS
32:44 - WILL BE THIS WEEK ON THE NEXT
32:44 - PIECE AND CAPITAL PREVIEW WILL
32:47 - FOCUS ON THE STATE BUDGET AND
32:48 - BUSINESS DAVID TAYLOR,
32:49 - PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
32:51 - PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS
32:53 - ASSOCIATION AND FELICITY
32:54 - WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
32:55 - THE PENNSYLVANIA POLICY CENTER
32:56 - WILL BOTH BE HERE TOMORROW
32:58 - MORNING LIVE AT 9 O'CLOCK.
32:59 - THE STATE SENATE WILL PAY
33:02 - TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S 200 50TH
33:04 - BIRTHDAY. THE U.S. ARMY FIELD
33:05 - BAND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WILL BE
33:06 - THERE ALONG WITH PATRICK BURNS
33:10 - FROM AMERICA TO 50 P A THAT'S
33:10 - ON TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW
33:11 - AFTERNOON. EXCUSE ME LIVE AT
33:14 - 01:00PM.
33:15 - ON THE ISSUES. LOOKS AT FUNDING
33:16 - FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES
33:19 - WITH CHRIS KERSHNER, EXECUTIVE
33:19 - DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S
33:21 - ADVOCACY CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
33:22 - SHOULD BE HERE WEDNESDAY AT
33:25 - 07:00PM.
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34:10 - RETURN TO OUR DISCUSSION ON
34:10 - VOTING POLICY. SENATOR LINDSEY
34:12 - WILLIAMS IS SPONSORING A
34:13 - PACKAGE OF BILLS AIMED AT
34:13 - REVISING ELECTION LAW. SELECT A
34:15 - LOOK AT SOME OF HER
34:17 - INITIATIVES. ONE OF THE
34:19 - PROPOSALS WOULD ALLOW FOR PRE
34:20 - CANVASSING FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS
34:21 - CENTER WINGS FOR THOSE THAT ARE
34:21 - NOT FAMILIAR. WHAT SHOULD WE
34:25 - KNOW ABOUT PRE CANVASSING?
34:26 - >>WELL, SO BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY
34:29 - MILLION NOW ABOUT. IN SOME
34:32 - STATES, YOU HAVE THE
34:35 - ABILITY TO TO GO THROUGH THOSE
34:35 - BALLOTS, NOT NECESSARILY COUNT
34:38 - THEM TO GO THROUGH THEM PRIOR
34:39 - TO PENNSYLVANIA. WE'VE FOR SOME
34:41 - REASON DECIDED WE START
34:44 - ELECTION DAY TO DO THAT.
34:45 - SO SHE'S TRYING TO RETURN TO
34:47 - THAT OPPORTUNITY.
34:49 - >>TO PHYSICIAN AT CENTER THAT,
34:53 - YES, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THE I
34:56 - COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT
34:57 - SECURITY BACKGROUND AND
34:59 - INFORMATION SECURITY AND
34:59 - INFORMATION PROTECTION FOR THE
35:00 - PENNSYLVANIA AIR GUARD AS CHIEF
35:02 - OF INFORMATION PROTECTION.
35:04 - WHEN YOU OPEN UP PROCESSES TO
35:09 - ADDITIONAL STEPS AND YOU GIVE
35:12 - MORE TIME AND REALIZE THAT OVER
35:12 - THE COURSE OF THE 4 YEAR TERM
35:16 - FOR THE GOVERNOR
35:16 - YOU'VE GOT 200 BILLION DOLLARS
35:19 - AND THE BUDGET.
35:21 - THERE'S A LOT OF INCENTIVE FOR
35:23 - PEOPLE TO TRY AND GAIN THE
35:26 - UPPER HAND ON THIS.
35:30 - AND SO 200 BILLION DOLLARS
35:30 - THAT'S ON. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A
35:31 - LOT OF MONEY. THERE'S AND, YOU
35:32 - KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT
35:32 - TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. WE'RE
35:34 - GOING TO HAVE ONE TO HAVE.
35:36 - THE ABILITY TO MOTIVATE THAT
35:39 - ARE IMPACTED.
35:41 - >>THE
35:41 - >>OPENING UP OF THOSE BALLOTS
35:44 - AHEAD
35:47 - OF TIME GIVES THE GIVES
35:48 - SOMEBODY THE ABILITY TO YOU
35:50 - CAN. I MEAN, YOU CAN RUN
35:51 - THROUGH THESE THINGS BY HAND
35:52 - AND JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE
35:53 - GOT THIS IS LOOKS GOOD AND SO
35:56 - COULDN'T.
35:57 - BUT AT SAME TIME IN YOUR HEAD,
35:58 - YOU'RE SAYING WHILE THERE'S A
35:59 - SIGNIFICANT IMPACT HERE FROM
36:03 - THIS. FOR THIS CANDIDATE, IT'S
36:06 - NOT THE ONE I WANT.
36:08 - LET'S WORK ON ON GETTING MORE
36:09 - MORE PEOPLE IN OUR TIME TO
36:12 - FIGURE OUT A WAY TO.
36:13 - MANIPULATED. WE'VE SEEN IT.
36:14 - I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE IT HASN'T
36:18 - HAPPENED. AND
36:22 - THE 3 MAIN MOTIVATORS FOR
36:22 - CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR MONEY,
36:23 - POWER AND SEX. AND
36:24 - UNFORTUNATELY, WE SEE THAT HERE
36:27 - AND
36:28 - HARRISBURG AND IN DC ALL 3 OF
36:29 - THOSE ARE SEEN IN CERTAIN IT
36:33 - WAS HIM ONE, ONE BODY. OR ONE
36:37 - GROUP OF PEOPLE.
36:39 - SO THE MOTIVATOR IS THERE FOR.
36:42 - PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO INFLUENCE
36:47 - ELECTIONS. AND GIVING
36:48 - EXTRA STEPS. SUCH IS ALLOWING
36:49 - PEOPLE TO SEE THE BALLOTS AHEAD
36:52 - OF TIME.
36:55 - IT JUST OFFERS ADDITIONAL
36:56 - OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TYPE
36:56 - OF FRAUD. ITS INTERESTING THAT.
37:01 - WHEN NOT UP UNTIL WE PASSED THE
37:05 - ACT. 77.
37:07 - WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
37:10 - RESULTS. ELECTION LIE.
37:11 - FOR ALL ABOUT EVERYBODY.
37:13 - THE CAST A BALLOT. NOW THAT
37:19 - WE'VE GOT THIS PEOPLE ARE
37:19 - SAYING, WELL, WE WANT HERE'S AN
37:20 - OPPORTUNITY. LET'S LET'S GET
37:21 - PRE CANVASSING TO GET IT DONE.
37:22 - THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THOSE
37:25 - COUNTED ON.
37:26 - THE SAME MIGHT PRIOR TO ACT.
37:29 - 77.
37:30 - IT'S EVEN MORE TELLING THAT
37:32 - GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE
37:35 - STAGECOACH FROM PEOPLE
37:36 - DELIVERING BALLOTS IN COUNTIES
37:37 - WITH A HORSE AND BUGGY AND THEN
37:41 - SENDING THE TELEGRAPH. WE STILL
37:42 - HAVE WE STILL HAVE ELECTION
37:46 - RESULTS THE NEXT DAY.
37:48 - WE CAN COUNT THE BALLOTS,
37:49 - ESPECIALLY WITH THE MACHINES
37:51 - THAT ARE DOING THAT.
37:54 - THAT THEY CAN MUCH QUICKER THAN
37:54 - THEY CAN BE DONE BY HAND AND
37:56 - HOW THEY WERE BEFORE. AND YET
38:00 - FOR SOME REASON.
38:02 - NOW, WITH ALL THE MACHINES AND
38:04 - THE COMPUTATION IS BEING DONE
38:05 - IN NANOSECONDS. WE CAN'T WE
38:07 - CAN'T GET IT DONE IN A SINGLE
38:08 - NIGHT. THAT TO ME IS
38:10 - PREPOSTEROUS.
38:11 - >>WAS JUST THIS ONE. THERE'S
38:14 - LOT MORE PEOPLE VOTED IN
38:15 - STAGECOACH HERE. WELL, FOR ONE
38:18 - THING. AND THE REALITY IS, YOU
38:20 - KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW
38:22 - CHRISTIAN SLIPPED TO THE BUT HE
38:24 - SUGGESTED THAT WE'VE SEEN
38:27 - PEOPLE IN ITALY THIS TELL ME
38:28 - WHEN THAT IS BECAUSE THE TRUTH
38:31 - IS WE INCREASED CAMPUS BEFORE
38:34 - IT WAS NO, IT'S THAT NOT ONE
38:35 - INCIDENT ANYWAY, USING DEMOCRAT
38:38 - OR REPUBLICAN. USING IT TO
38:40 - ADVANCE THE CAL. IT'S REALLY
38:43 - SORT ELECTION. SO I'M NOT QUITE
38:47 - SURE WHAT THIS LOOKED INTO
38:48 - THE PROCESS. THE REALITY IS
38:49 - WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THIS CAME
38:50 - BECAUSE OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
38:56 - WE'RE HARD TO KILL IN THAT TIME
39:00 - PERIOD. GIVEN AND THOSE
39:01 - BALLOTS. THAT'S SO LET'S TELL
39:04 - THE WHOLE STORY. SO WE'RE AT
39:05 - IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD?
39:06 - WOULD YOU COUNT THOSE BALLOTS?
39:08 - SO IT'S AN INTERN. THAT'S WHY
39:10 - THEY WANT TO HEAR THE PROCESS
39:13 - SPEED IT UP. AND WITH ALL DUE
39:16 - RESPECT TO TECHNOLOGY,
39:17 - TECHNOLOGY HAS NOTHING TO DO
39:19 - WITH THE PROCESS. APPRECIATE
39:23 - THE SINK OR FACT. KERRY.
39:23 - AND SO THE PENNY FOR EVERY THE
39:25 - COUNT OF THE VOTE IS THAT
39:28 - PARTICULAR ELECTION CYCLE WE'VE
39:31 - A
39:32 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. WE'RE
39:32 - NOT COUNTING ON THAT EVIL.
39:33 - WE'VE HAD CONGRESSIONAL
39:36 - ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
39:37 - THEY HAVE NOT THINKING PLEASE
39:39 - ON THAT EVENING. SO.
39:40 - WHO HAS ROOM TO TELL THE STORY?
39:43 - LET'S TELL A COMPLETELY
39:44 - DIFFERENT.
39:44 - >>SURE. I MEAN, AND THE SHORT
39:45 - STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE,
39:46 - IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GO INTO
39:49 - DEPTH ON ALL OF THAT. YOU ARE
39:50 - AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT SOME OF
39:51 - THOSE ELECTIONS WERE HELD UP.
39:53 - IT EVEN BACK IN THE DAY THAT
39:54 - THE PAPER BALLOT. AND THAT WAS
39:56 - BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES. AGAIN,
39:57 - ELECTION FRAUD HAS BEEN GONE
39:58 - SINCE WE'VE HAD ELECTIONS IN
40:02 - THIS COUNTRY.
40:03 - SO THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES.
40:05 - CHRISTIE SLIP THAT IN THERE.
40:07 - >>ELECTION FRAUD IS NO BOOKS.
40:09 - TELL ME WHERE IT'S BEEN ONE
40:10 - PERCENT OF THE VOTING PROCESS.
40:16 - WHAT I MEAN, WHERE IT'S BEEN
40:17 - ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTING
40:17 - PROCESS. WE WEAR WHAT PERCENT
40:18 - OF THE VOTE IN A PARTICULAR
40:20 - ACTION.
40:20 - HAS BEEN SUBJECT OR BEEN
40:21 - AFFECTED WERE CONNECTED BY
40:24 - VOTER FRAUD.
40:27 - >>WELL, THEN, MILES FATHER WAS
40:27 - FLAWED. KNOW THAT ONE CAME DOWN
40:30 - TO ONE VOTE, SAYING THAT I WAS
40:32 - THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT LIKE,
40:32 - ALRIGHT, I DO HAVE AN EXAMPLE.
40:33 - I DO HAVE AN EXAMPLE. LEHIGH
40:36 - COUNTY.
40:37 - WE HAD IN THE 2021 ELECTION.
40:42 - WE PURPOSELY DID NOT
40:43 - RUN THE INVESTIGATION ON THE
40:45 - 2020 ELECTION. WE WENT TO THE
40:45 - 2021 ELECTION WITH LEHIGH
40:48 - COUNTY.
40:49 - LEHIGH COUNTY WITH THE DROP
40:53 - BOXES. THE DROP BOXES.
40:55 - WE SHOWED IT WAS SOMEWHERE
40:58 - AROUND 300 AND SOME.
41:01 - ADDITIONAL BALLOTS IN THE DROP
41:04 - BOXES USING THE VIDEO RECORDS.
41:06 - THERE WERE 300 BALLOTS MORE.
41:07 - THEN THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO
41:09 - SHOWED UP AT THOSE DROP BOXES.
41:12 - THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GOT
41:13 - INVOLVED AND CHECKED OTHER
41:15 - ABOUT DROP BOXES. THERE WERE
41:19 - ALMOST 1000 EXTRA BALLOTS.
41:21 - NOW THOSE EXTRA BALLOTS WERE
41:24 - FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
41:27 - I THINK THERE WERE 21 OR
41:27 - ELECTIONS THAT WERE WITHIN THAT
41:29 - MARGIN OF ERROR. SO THIS STUFF
41:32 - GOES ON AND GOES ON. IN A TEAM
41:34 - THAT WON THE ELECTION. THAT WAS
41:39 - ACTUALLY CAUGHT ONE ELECTION
41:39 - WHERE THE HERE'S ONE CAN DO IT
41:40 - WITH THIS IN EFFECT.
41:44 - >>IN THAT YEAR.
41:46 - IN PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS, THE
41:47 - WORK THAT DIDN'T THAT PEOPLE
41:50 - DIDN'T DO. IT'S TEDIOUS THINGS
41:51 - DONE. BY THE WAY, THE ONE USE
41:54 - IT WAS CAUGHT.
41:56 - CHRIS, WE DON'T HAVE A IT WAS A
41:57 - LITTLE ROCK. WE DON'T. WE
41:57 - DON'T. AND BY THE WAY, WITH ALL
42:01 - DUE RESPECT, I DO NOT WANT A
42:01 - DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN IN
42:03 - AMERICA THINKING THAT VOTING
42:06 - PROCESS IN THIS COUNTRY.
42:09 - IS NOT EFFECTIVE. DOESN'T
42:10 - FUNCTION, DOESN'T WORK WELL, WE
42:14 - SAY THAT AS A DEMOCRAT OR
42:15 - REPUBLICAN TO SUGGEST THAT
42:15 - THERE'S WITH ELECTION WHERE
42:16 - SOME IRREGULARITY, KURT, GREAT
42:20 - IF THEY GET CAUGHT AT SALUKI.
42:20 - SO THAT MEANS THE PROCESS WORKS
42:25 - FOR US. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
42:25 - HAVE A PROBLEM. DOES THE
42:26 - PROCESS WORK THAT SUGGEST THAT
42:27 - THERE WOULD BE LIKE ME SAYING
42:29 - WE GOT A
42:30 - JEWELRY STORE. PEOPLE ARE OKAY
42:32 - TO BREAK-IN TO VISIT ME TO JOIN
42:34 - SOURCE TO GO OUT OF IT MEANS
42:35 - THAT THE JEWISH OR SHOULD HAVE
42:38 - SECURE IS WHAT WE DO HAVE 4
42:38 - ELECTIONS AND THAT WE NEED TO
42:42 - HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S
42:42 - DIFFERENT. WE'RE CURRENTLY
42:44 - WORKS. DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF
42:45 - SENSE TO ME. THEY WEREN'T
42:45 - CAUGHT NUMBER ONE. NUMBER 2,
42:46 - THERE'S NO WAY TO VERIFY WHO
42:49 - WON THE ELECTION.
42:50 - >>THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE.
42:50 - THAT'S THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION
42:53 - FOR ME ON THIS IS YOU CAN'T
42:56 - CERTIFY YOU SHOULDN'T BE A
42:57 - CERTIFYING ELECTIONS WHEN, YOU
42:59 - KNOW, THERE'S 1000 EXTRA
43:00 - BALLOTS OUT THERE THAT YOU
43:03 - CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR.
43:04 - AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT YOU
43:06 - DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS
43:07 - REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT,
43:08 - INDEPENDENT, WHOEVER THAT WAS
43:10 - VOTED IN THOSE EXTRA BALLOTS.
43:11 - BUT THOSE BALLOTS WERE ALL THAT
43:13 - LEGAL. AND BUT THE END, THE
43:16 - PEOPLE WEREN'T CAUGHT. THEY
43:17 - WEREN'T ARRESTED. BUT THE
43:19 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SAID THAT
43:21 - HE WILL START PROSECUTING GOING
43:24 - FORWARD.
43:27 - AND THAT HAS ACTUALLY A
43:27 - SIGNIFICANT WAY AND LET THE
43:29 - MARKET WORK. RISK SAYS, FIRST
43:33 - OF ALL, THIS IT WAS
43:33 - IDENTIFIED.
43:34 - >>YOU SAID THAT IN KITS TO
43:34 - PEOPLE K FUNDING THIS PEOPLE.
43:38 - THEY DID STOP THE PROCESS.
43:39 - BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT YOU
43:40 - DID RESPOND TO WAS IN A SINGLE
43:44 - ELECTION CYCLE. THERE ARE
43:46 - THOUSANDS ELECTIONS A YEAR.
43:47 - WE'RE NOW FACES DID NOT OCCUR.
43:51 - TO BRING. AND I ASKED FOR ONE
43:53 - PERSON. YOU BROUGHT ONE
43:54 - INCIDENT. WE DO HAVE ONE
43:54 - PERCENT FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
43:57 - CHRIS.
43:59 - AND THE IDEA OF WHERE WHERE WE
44:01 - WE WE WE WOULD ASK YOU, YOU
44:04 - HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD.
44:05 - 3 MINUTES OFF OF ONE INCIDENT.
44:10 - WE DO NOT HAVE A CRISIS OF
44:12 - FRAUDULENT VOTER ACTIVITY IN
44:12 - PENNSYLVANIA GOT PERIODS.
44:15 - STOP.
44:18 - >>LET ME JUMP IN HERE JUST
44:18 - BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE
44:19 - MORE MINUTES. I WANT TO TOUCH
44:20 - UPON A FEW MORE TOPICS. LET'S
44:23 - TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
44:24 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW
44:25 - HAVE YOU SEEN ARTIFICIAL
44:26 - INTELLIGENCE INFLUENCE
44:28 - ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA?
44:33 - >>I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE I
44:34 - OTHER THAN I MEAN, THERE ARE
44:35 - ADS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED
44:37 - USING AI.
44:41 - SKEWS ME.
44:42 - I'D CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN
44:43 - FINDING OUT IF IT IS BEING USED
44:45 - TO INFLUENCE AND ANYWAY, THAT'S
44:48 - NEFARIOUS. BUT I HAVEN'T
44:51 - RECEIVED ANYTHING ON
44:51 - THAT YET.
44:52 - >>SENATOR, WILL YOU SAY YEAH,
44:54 - WITNESS, I WOULD SAY THE SHARES
44:55 - THAT HE'S VERY ACTIVE. THOSE AS
44:58 - YOU CHEAT.
45:00 - AND BOTH PARTIES USING THERE
45:03 - EVERY RUPA SHOWS UP AT YOUR
45:04 - DOOR SAY I CAN MAKE YOU WIN
45:07 - AN ELECTION HAS THE CAPABILITY
45:09 - TO DO IT. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO
45:10 - TECHNOLOGY. AND SO IT'S A
45:12 - GROWING MARKET PLACE AND WE
45:15 - WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH, YOU
45:18 - KNOW, HOW REGULATED FOR IT
45:18 - DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE IT HAS
45:21 - THE ABILITY. WHAT'S WORSE IT
45:23 - ALL TO YOUR RECORD BECAUSE
45:26 - THAT'S THAT IS WHAT THAT IS.
45:27 - IT CERTAINLY HAS THE ABILITY TO
45:28 - GENERATE DIFFERENT NARRATIVE.
45:31 - THEN THEY MAY NOT BE REFLECTIVE
45:34 - OF THE CANDIDATES POSITION IS.
45:36 - DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN.
45:39 - AND BECAUSE IT'S SO CHEAP.
45:40 - AND SO WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR
45:42 - PHONE, WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR
45:46 - LAPTOP, THEY'RE SO ALMOST EVERY
45:47 - ELECTION, EVERY ELECTION IN
45:48 - BOSTON WHERE YOU ARE
45:50 - CONSTANTLY.
45:51 - >>ARE THERE CURRENTLY ANY STATE
45:52 - SPECIFIC REGULATIONS REGARDING
45:54 - THE USE OF AI ELECTIONS?
45:58 - >>NO, NOT THAT I'M
46:01 - AWARE OF. I MEAN, I WAS LIKE IF
46:02 - THEY FALL UNDER, OBVIOUSLY THE
46:03 - LAWS THAT WE CURRENTLY CREATE.
46:06 - SO YOU CAN'T LIVE OR
46:09 - IN THE LINE 2 DAYS IS OUR FOR
46:12 - ME. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT I
46:13 - SEE, THE ONE THING I DO IT,
46:15 - THEY SEE IT. THAT BEING SAID,
46:18 - IF THEY FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL
46:18 - LAWS THAT EXIST, SO WHATEVER
46:20 - THOSE LAWS ARE FOLLOWED, BUT
46:21 - THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVE
46:23 - WITHIN THE GREATER.
46:26 - >>A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE
46:27 - PROGRAM, SENATOR DASCHLE
46:29 - REFERRED TO ACT 77 OF 2019.
46:29 - CAN GENERAL WHAT PROVISIONS
46:30 - ARE WORKING AND WHAT WOULD YOU
46:33 - LIKE TO SEE REVISED?
46:35 - >>I'LL JUST GO WITH WHAT I'D
46:37 - LIKE TO SEE REVISED. THIS WAS
46:37 - THE WORST VOTE IN MY CAREER.
46:42 - AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNTY
46:43 - COMMISSIONERS OVER AND OVER
46:45 - AGAIN FOR.
46:47 - WHAT WE DID WITH THE MAIL IN
46:47 - BALLOTS. BY MY MIND,
46:51 - GENERATING. A COURT ENSURING
46:55 - THAT WE HAD SECURE MEANS OF
46:57 - CONTROLLING THE ELECTIONS.
47:00 - TO ME, IT WAS.
47:01 - HAD COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO ARE
47:05 - GETTING DEATH THREATS THAT HAD
47:07 - TO LOCK THE DOORS FOR THE FIRST
47:08 - TIME IN THEIR LIVES. THEIR KIDS
47:08 - WERE GOING THREATS ON CAMPUS.
47:16 - THE DROP BOXES OF THE BUT I
47:17 - SIGNED UP IN LEHIGH COUNTY.
47:19 - THERE ARE 21 OR 25 OFFICIALS UP
47:21 - THERE OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
47:22 - RUNNING IN SUMMIT DON'T KNOW
47:23 - WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE
47:24 - ACTUALLY THE PERSON THAT THE
47:28 - PEOPLE VOTED FOR. SO.
47:31 - FOR ME,
47:32 - THAT'S WHO THAT'S VERY
47:33 - CONCERNING. AND I LIKE I SAID,
47:34 - IF I CAN TAKE MY VOTE BACK OUT
47:37 - AND TAKE MY VOTE BACK. BUT
47:39 - THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.
47:40 - SENATOR LIVES.
47:43 - >>WELL, I THINK THAT
47:45 - WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE AN
47:45 - EXPANDED BUILDING PEOPLE TO
47:48 - VOTE.
47:50 - SECURELY OBVIOUSLY. BUT YOU
47:51 - NEED TO STAND IN OUR CONTRACT
47:52 - THAT LETS PEOPLE ARE VOTING.
47:54 - THOSE PEOPLE SIGNED A VOTE.
47:55 - IT FORCES, SIR, THIS IS
47:57 - RHETORIC.
47:59 - UNDERSCORES WHY PEOPLE ARE
48:02 - DISINCLINED TO PARTICIPATE
48:03 - BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY IT'S
48:05 - A VIOLENCE.
48:06 - I DON'T THINK CHRISTIE IS
48:09 - APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE. WHO WILL
48:10 - SUGGEST IF THERE ARE THREATS TO
48:15 - LUNCH. I BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE
48:15 - WITH THEIR POLITICAL VOTE FOR
48:18 - YOU. YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND.
48:19 - THAT PERSON JUST FOR THE
48:19 - SIMPLE. NOW, THOSE ARE THE LAWS
48:21 - NEED TO CHANGE THREATENING
48:22 - SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
48:23 - DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, A
48:26 - DIFFERENCE OF A VOTE, 3 OF THEM
48:27 - WITH THE FAMILY, THOSE THAT
48:28 - PEOPLE SHOULD GET LOCKED UP.
48:29 - THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE ARE
48:32 - UNDERMINING THIS COUNTRY.
48:34 - AND I'M TIRED OF THE TRYING TO
48:35 - WRAP THEMSELVES IN THE FLAG AND
48:36 - THE PATRIOTS TONIGHT. ANYTHING
48:38 - OTHER THAN COUCH. SO I REALLY
48:39 - NEED TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY
48:42 - FOR PEOPLE
48:42 - TO VOTE 1000. PEOPLE IN THIS
48:43 - COUNTRY WHO WORK HARD EVERY
48:45 - SINGLE DAY, PAY TAXES AND DON'T
48:46 - HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE. THAT'S
48:49 - UNFAIR. AND THOSE PEOPLE LIKE
48:51 - IT, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
48:53 - A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE A DECISION
48:54 - IN THE CORRECT DECISION SAID
48:57 - THAT THE U.S. AS YOU DID TO
49:00 - MAKE SURE WE TRY TO CREATE A
49:01 - CREATIVE, EXPAND THE OPTION FOR
49:05 - WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INSTILL A
49:06 - GREATER SENSE OF CONFIDENCE
49:09 - IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
49:10 - >>WELL, I THINK PEOPLE NEED
49:13 - TO SEE THAT THE THE GOVERNMENT
49:15 - IS TAKING ELECTION SECURITY
49:18 - SERIOUSLY.
49:21 - THE FOLLOW THROUGH AND THE
49:23 - PROSECUTION'S, FOR EXAMPLE,
49:24 - JUDICIAL WATCH AND FOUND A GUY
49:25 - THAT VOTED ARE REGISTERED AND
49:28 - VOTED 7 TIMES. ALLEGHENY
49:32 - COUNTY. IT WAS CAUGHT BY
49:34 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY ELECTION.
49:38 - OFFICIALS AND AND AROSE
49:38 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY ELECTION
49:39 - OFFICIALS SAID THEY CALLED THE
49:40 - DEPARTMENT STATEMENT SAID LET
49:42 - HIM GO.
49:44 - AND THAT WAS IN 2018. I BELIEVE
49:48 - SOME 2018 OR 2020, BUT IT WAS
49:48 - CAUGHT AHEAD OF TIME AND IT
49:51 - WASN'T WASN'T STOPPED.
49:55 - YOU KNOW, HAVING A LITTLE BIT
49:56 - OF TIME AS A CRIME PREVENTION
49:57 - AND SEE ON THE MILITARY.
50:00 - I
50:01 - KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE ACTIVELY
50:04 - GOING AFTER CASES, YOU'RE GOING
50:05 - TO HAVE THE REPORTS OF
50:08 - INCIDENTS GO UP.
50:10 - AND A LOT OF LOCAL ELECTED
50:11 - OFFICIALS DON'T WANT TO SEE
50:11 - THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR COUNTY.
50:12 - IT'S LIKE ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE
50:13 - GOING TO BE SEEN AS A PROBLEM.
50:15 - WELL, THAT'S NOT THE ATTITUDE
50:16 - YOU SHOULD HAVE. YOU SHOULD
50:19 - HAVE THE ATTITUDE OF LET'S GO
50:21 - AFTER THESE PEOPLE AS PROSECUTE
50:23 - THEM AND MAKE IT PUBLIC AND
50:23 - SAY, LOOK, WE'RE COMING.
50:24 - WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU AND WE
50:27 - ARE GOING TO PROSECUTE IF YOU
50:27 - COMMIT ELECTION FRAUD OR NOT.
50:31 - ANY KIND OF MALFEASANCE,
50:34 - SERVICE REASONS.
50:37 - GO AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
50:39 - CONDUCTING IT AND OPENING UP
50:40 - THE SYSTEM, MAKING IT
50:42 - VULNERABLE.
50:43 - >>SENATOR WILLIAMS, YOU GET THE
50:44 - LAST WORD. WHAT COULD INSTILL
50:44 - CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTORAL
50:47 - SYSTEM?
50:47 - >>WHAT DO WE DO? OUR JOB?
50:50 - WE GET THERE.
50:51 - YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
50:53 - TO THE STATE, I MEAN THIS THIS
50:54 - WHICH IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WHAT
50:57 - THE SUPREME COURT DATE. NOT
50:57 - BECAUSE OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE
50:59 - FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY. PEOPLE
51:02 - WORE A SUIT TO WORK FOR HOW LOW
51:04 - COST OF GAS, MAKE SURE THEY
51:05 - CAN AFFORD TO BUY DAY OR 2.
51:07 - MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN
51:10 - HAVE A
51:11 - BETTER LIFE GOING FORWARD AS
51:12 - THEY DID. YOU KNOW THAT IN HERE
51:13 - THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE
51:15 - GRANDPARENTS. WE NEED TO STOP
51:18 - THE
51:19 - POLITICAL RHETORIC WITH HER,
51:19 - SOMEONE TO TESLA, WHICH I LOVE.
51:20 - THE CAMPUS OF THE CAUSE.
51:21 - THE PAIR DID THEIR JOB
51:23 - POLITICALLY. SO WHEN YOU GO
51:25 - BACK TO THE BASE WERE SENT
51:28 - THERE TO DO GOOD FOR PEOPLE
51:29 - NOT TO BE STRUCK ABOUT THE
51:29 - LOSSES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN
51:30 - TODAY. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT.
51:33 - THOSE ARE ELECTED OFFICE WILL
51:36 - GET THAT MESSAGE. IT'S SO I
51:37 - THINK YOU'D SEE A TURNAROUND
51:37 - TERMS OF VOTER PARTICIPATION.
51:41 - >>OUR GUESTS HAVE BEEN STATES,
51:43 - SENATE, 7 SENATE STATE
51:44 - GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER
51:45 - SENATOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND
51:46 - MAJORITY CHAIR SENATOR CRIS
51:47 - DUSH. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU BOTH
51:48 - FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR
51:51 - HAVING US. THANK YOU. BASS AND
51:52 - RECENTLY SPOKE WITH SENATOR
51:54 - JUDY WARD ABOUT HER LEGISLATION
51:55 - TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR
51:56 - UNINTENTIONAL DEATH ON THE
51:58 - ROADWAY.
52:03 - WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
52:03 - >>YOU'VE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION
52:04 - TO CHANGE THE PENALTIES FOR
52:05 - CAUSING UNINTENTIONAL DEATH ON
52:07 - THE ROADWAY. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
52:08 - TO SEE THESE PENALTIES CHANGE?
52:15 - >>SO WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES
52:15 - NOT LIKE TO TELL THE WHEN I ON
52:18 - THE BACK END OF THIS. BUT WHAT
52:21 - THE LEGISLATION DOES IT SENATE
52:22 - BILL, 1286 WHAT IT DOES.
52:23 - IT INCREASES PENALTIES FOR
52:25 - CAUSING UNINTENTIONAL DEATH
52:28 - FROM A MERE $500 FINE TO A
52:31 - MISDEMEANOR AND IT'S PUNISHABLE
52:35 - BY AND A FINE OF UP TO $2500
52:36 - OR AND OR A LICENSE SUSPENSION
52:39 - OF UP TO 2 YEARS. AND THAT
52:40 - WOULD BE DECIDED BY A JUDGE.
52:44 - TO DO THAT ON THE LEGISLATION
52:48 - STEMS FROM TO CONSTITUENTS IN
52:51 - MY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
52:53 - I REPRESENT 5 COUNTIES AND I
52:55 - HAD TO CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT
52:59 - PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER TO HOW
52:59 - MANY OF THIS VERY TRAGIC
53:01 - STORIES ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES.
53:01 - WE'VE BEEN KILLED. THE FIRST
53:05 - ONE. KYLE CUSTER LOW HAD BEEN
53:08 - RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE FROM THE
53:10 - WHERE HE WAS FROM BLAIR COUNTY,
53:11 - BUT HE WAS RIDING HIS
53:12 - MOTORCYCLE IN LANCASTER AND
53:15 - A DRIVER CROSS. THE CENTERLINE
53:19 - CRASHED INTO HIM, INJECTING HIM
53:20 - AND HE WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE
53:24 - AND THE DRIVER, THE FAMILY OF
53:28 - KYLE FELDT, SOME OF THE PEOPLE
53:29 - TO SEEING FELT THAT THEY HAD
53:31 - SMELLED MARIJUANA. THEY THOUGHT
53:34 - HE WAS MAYBE. UNDER THE
53:36 - INFLUENCE OF SOMETHING. BUT THE
53:39 - POLICE DID NOT HAVE ANY KIND
53:43 - PROBABLE CAUSE TO GO IN AND DO
53:46 - A SEARCH OF HIS CAR SEARCHES
53:48 - PERSON. AND SO CONSEQUENTLY,
53:51 - HE RECEIVED A $500 FINE.
53:55 - ANOTHER WAS ON GLEN COMPTON.
53:57 - HE AND HIS WIFE WERE IN THEIR
53:58 - CAR, A SLOWDOWN IN THE
54:01 - CONSTRUCTION ZONE. CRASHED INTO
54:04 - REAR ENDED THEY WERE SQUEEZED
54:07 - UNDER IT. A SEMI TRUCK AND MR.
54:12 - COMPTON. PASSED AWAY. HE DIED
54:13 - THE WAIT TIME. VERY SERIOUS
54:16 - INJURIES.
54:17 - AND AGAIN, THE GENTLEMAN AND
54:19 - THE OTHER CAR THAT HIT THEM.
54:21 - BUT OUT WITH HIS CELL PHONE
54:23 - IN HIS HAND, THEY FELT THAT HE
54:26 - HAD BEEN DISTRACTED. BUT
54:27 - THERE'S NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO
54:30 - SEARCH HIS PHONE. AND SO
54:35 - THEREFORE, THOSE IN THIS 2
54:35 - INSTANCES, THE PEOPLE THAT
54:36 - CRASHED INTO THEM OR CHARGED
54:39 - JUST A $500 FINE. AND THERE
54:42 - WAS A DEATH INVOLVED AND IT'S
54:42 - BEEN A BIT OF A LOOPHOLE WILL
54:47 - CALL IT SO WE, YOU KNOW, BASED
54:51 - ON ON THAT, THOSE REPORTS IN
54:52 - THOSE TRAGIC INCIDENTS WE
54:54 - DECIDED TO PUT FORTH
54:56 - LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE
55:00 - PENALTIES AND IT'S, YOU KNOW,
55:01 - IT'S IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, VERY
55:02 - DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR ALL
55:05 - PARTIES INVOLVED. BUT YOU GET
55:08 - THE LEGISLATION IS
55:09 - SUPPORTED WHY THE DISTRICT
55:10 - ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION AND THAT
55:13 - THAT'S BEEN THE STATE POLICE.
55:14 - >>NOW YOU MENTIONED WHAT THE
55:15 - PENALTIES WOULD BE UNDER THIS
55:16 - BILL. HOW DID YOU GET TO THOSE
55:19 - SPECIFIC NUMBERS?
55:22 - >>IT WAS IT WAS JUST WITH
55:24 - WORKING WITH SOME OF THE
55:25 - STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. THAT WAS
55:25 - KIND OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
55:28 - >>AND WHERE IS THIS LEGISLATION
55:29 - IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
55:31 - CURRENTLY?
55:34 - >>SO WE CAN.
55:36 - I CHEER THE TRANSPORTATION
55:36 - COMMITTEE. WE RAN IT IN THE
55:38 - TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE LAST
55:41 - WEEK AND IT WILL. HOPEFULLY BE
55:45 - BROUGHT UP SOME LOOK, I THINK
55:48 - IT'S PRETTY
55:48 - TIMELY AND SO I'D LIKE TO GET
55:49 - IT OUT. THE SENATE HERE IN THE
55:54 - NEXT, YOU KNOW. ONE TO 2
55:55 - MONTHS. SO HOPEFULLY SOMETIME
55:58 - VERY SOON AND IT WILL GO THEN
56:01 - AT WE VOTE ON IT. THE WHOLE
56:01 - FLOOR. IT'S 4 VOTE. THE SENATE.
56:02 - IT WILL GO INTO THE HOUSE TO
56:04 - THERE COMMITTEE. MAYBE VOTE AND
56:08 - THEN THE FULL HOUSE TO VOTE
56:09 - AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE
56:12 - GOVERNOR'S DESK WORK.
56:13 - >>SENATOR JUDY WARD, THANK YOU
56:15 - FOR JOINING US.
56:19 - >>THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
56:21 - >>THAT INCLUDES TODAY SHOW JOIN
56:23 - US FOR TOMORROW'S EPISODE OF
56:24 - THE PEACE AND CAPITAL PREVIEW
56:24 - WHERE WE'LL DISCUSS THE IMPACT
56:27 - OF THE STATE BUDGET AND
56:29 - BUSINESS. DAVID TAYLOR,
56:30 - PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
56:32 - PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS
56:34 - ASSOCIATION AND FELICITY
56:35 - WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
56:36 - THE PENNSYLVANIA POLICY CENTER
56:37 - WILL BOTH BE HERE TOMORROW
56:38 - MORNING AT 09:00AM. AND FRANCE
56:39 - T-SHIRTS ARE. THANK YOU FOR
56:42 - WATCHING.