SOCIAL DISTANCING AND DOING
ACTIVITIES.
CAMPING, TO DO BOTH, GUIDED
FISHING ARE NOT ALLOWED.
ONE ISSUE AMIDST THIS
CRISIS IS THE MONEY IN THE
FEDERAL DISASTER PROGRAM HAS
RUN OUT.
A CONGRESSMAN IS TRYING TO
AGREE ON $250 BILLION FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THIS MORNING I SPOKE WITH A
CONGRESSWOMAN ABOUT THAT, AS
WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER
ISSUES INCLUDING HER NEW
MARRIAGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I AM FINE, DOING AS WELL AS
ABOUT EVERYBODY IS.
SO MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES.
I WANT TO GET TO SOME ISSUES,
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR RECENT
MARRIAGE.
AND I DO WANT TO ASK YOU THIS,
WHEN WORD FIRST BROKE LAST FALL,
YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T SEEING
ANYONE, YOUR NOW HUSBAND SAID
HE WAS NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU.
WHY DID YOU SAY THOSE THINGS?
THAT WAS THE TRUTH.
I THINK OFTEN TIMES WHEN YOU
ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT
MARRIAGE AND DIFFICULT DIVORCE
AND THERE ARE CHILDREN
INVOLVED, YOU TRY TO BE AS
HONEST AS YOU CAN AND THERE ARE
SOME CHALLENGES TO THAT.
WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH YOU I
TRIED TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH OF AN
ANSWER AS I COULD.
Reporter: THERE ARE MANY
ARTICLES ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT YOU ARE PAYING YOUR
HUSBAND'S FIRM, YOUR HUSBAND
WORKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL,
PROGRESSIVE CORTICAL CONSULTING
FIRM.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER YOU PAID
THEM ABOUT $300,000.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN PEOPLE
QUESTION YOU ABOUT THAT?
WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE IS THAT
WE HAVE TWO MONTHLY RETAINERS
WITH E STREET, MY HUSBAND AND
WILL TAILOR'S FIRM.
$1200, $5000 AND $12,000
MONTHLY RETAINERS FOR DIGITAL
WORK AND CONSULTING.
EVERYTHING ELSE WE PAY THEM IS
TO THE VENDORS THAT THEY HIRE
ON OUR BEHALF WHETHER THAT IS
VENDORS LIKE GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK
, RUNNING OUR ADS, WHETHER IT
IS SENDING OUT MAILERS, THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
I ANNOUNCED MY REELECTION SO WE
SENT OUT MAILERS TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND THE FIRM DOES
THAT ON OUR BEHALF.
WE ALSO HAVE PRODUCED VIDEOS TO
ANNOUNCE THE REELECTION. A LOT
OF THE WORK THAT GOES INTO OUR
CAMPAIGN AND THE SUCCESSFUL
FUNDRAISING APPARATUS WE HAVE
IS ALL DUE TO THE EXCELLENT
WORK THAT THEY DO ON OUR
BEHALF.
I HAVE CHECKED THE FEDERAL
ELECTION LAW, IT IS VERY CLEAR
YOU CAN HIRE SOMEONE WHO IS A
RELATIVE OR YOU HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH AS LONG AS
THEY ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH
BONA FIDE WORK.
AND I HAVE A LINK ON OUR
WEBSITE RIGHT NOW TO THE
FEDERAL ELECTION LAW AS WELL AS
AN ARTICLE THAT YOUR HUSBAND'S
PARTNER WROTE ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF THEIR FIRMS WORK.
BUT THE LAW IS CLEAR ON THIS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT
POINT THAT YOU BRING UP.
OUR RELATIONSHIP BEGAN THE DAY
I ANNOUNCED MY ELECTION TO
CONGRESS, JUNE OF 2018.
AND OUR RELATIONSHIP, MY
HUSBAND AND I, STARTED WAY
AFTER THAT.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS
EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION WE ARE
IN.
YOU REPRESENT 700,000
MINNESOTANS.
I UNDERSTAND CALLS TO YOUR
OFFICE FOR HELP ARE UP.
WHAT KINDS OF CALLS ARE YOU
GETTING?
WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN
CONSTITUENT CALLS AND REQUESTS,
MANY ARE AROUND THE FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE
FACING.
WE ARE HEARING PEOPLE WHO ARE
FACED WITH ANXIETIES ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THE MORATORIUM IS
LIFTED.
I WANT TO JUMP WHAT YOU ARE
PROPOSING IS A RENT AND
MORTGAGE CANCELLATION.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL
THAT YOU HAVE MADE?
WE ARE HEARING FROM
CONSTITUENTS THAT THAT IS
PILING UP, THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT SUSTAINING THEIR HOMES
AND OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN TRYING
TO WORK WITH THEM AND FIGURE
OUT LEGISLATION WE CAN
INTRODUCE THAT WOULD GO INTO
THE NEXT RELIEF PACKAGE THAT WE
WORK ON.
SO RENT AND MORTGAGE
CANCELLATION ACT COMES OUT OF
THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD
WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOLKS
AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE ON
RENT STRAIGHT.
IT CREATES FORGIVENESS FOR RENT
AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS,
LANDLORDS AND LENDERS WOULD BE
ABLE TO USE AND UTILIZE THE
RELIEF FUND WE CREATED TO
RECOUP THEIR LOSSES.
THIS IS ONLY FOR PRIMARY
RESIDENCE, TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS NO ACCUMULATION OF DEBT AND
SO AFTER THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE
WILL NOT BE ASKED TO PAY BACK
ANY OF THE MONEY.
THIS IS ONE PROPOSAL, I KNOW
ANOTHER ISSUE YOU ARE WORKING
ON IS MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYMENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT DEED.
YOU ARE HOLDING A TOWN HALL
MEETING ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?
YES, WE HAD LOTS OF TOWN
HALL MEETINGS ON THE PANDEMIC
AND HOW OUR STATE IS DEALING
WITH THAT.
WE HAVE CALLS FOR DEEDS AND
SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN OUR
DISTRICT.
AND NOW WE ARE HEARING LOTS OF
CALLS ON THE CONFUSION AND SOME
OF THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE
SEEING WHEN THEY GO AND APPLY
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
IT IS SKYROCKETING IN OUR
DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO WALK
PEOPLE THROUGH HOW TO APPLY,
WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
THAT IS THIS WEEK?
YES, WE ARE HOPING PEOPLE
WILL WALK AWAY WITH SOME TOOLS
TO UTILIZE AND UPLIFT SOME OF
THE ANXIETY THEY ARE FACING.
QUICKLY, DO YOU THINK
CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT WILL
COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON MORE
MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, THE
$250 PACKAGE, THE MONEY HAS RUN
OUT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
IT HAS, AS YOU KNOW THERE IS
ANOTHER ACT WHICH HOPEFULLY
WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE
NEXT RELIEF PACKAGE THAT WE
HAVE.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE
BACKBONE OF MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE TRYING
TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY
TO DELIVER RELIEF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING.
THE TOWNHALL MEETING WITH
MINNESOTA DEED OFFICIALS ON HOW