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>>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 11:00. >> WE ONLY HAD 9:00 YESTERDAY
MORNING. AND MIDNIGHT AND THEN
WE WERE IN TROUBLE.
WE HAD NEVER BEEN UP OF TENS
THAT EVER.
THAT EVER. >> THE DEADLINE WAS MIDNIGHT
BUT THE SENATE AND HOUSE
WRAPPED UP THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION WITH HOURS TO SPARE.
GOING THROUGH EVERY BILL ON THE
TABLE.
TABLE.
TABLE. THE SENATE PRESIDENT CALLED
THIS HISTORIC.
THIS HISTORIC. HISTORY CAN BE DRAMATIC.
WE SAY THAT BECAUSE EVEN TODAY,
THERE WAS TENSION AMONG SENATORS
. ENOUGH TO KEEP SOME OFF THE
FLOOR DURING VOTES. AND AT THE
CENTER OF THE DRAMA, COMMENTS
MADE BY SENATOR BRIAN BOQUIST
THAT MADE SOME FEEL UNSAFE.
>> MAKING THREATS TO KILL
PEOPLE AND THEN DOUBLING DOWN
ON THEM ONE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN, IS TO
SAY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU
CAN LEAVE, WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY
PROGRESS.
PROGRESS.
PROGRESS. >> WE WERE AT THE CAPITAL.
A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST BRIAN
BOQUIST WILL BE REVIEWED BY A
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE. >> THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
ON CONDUCT IS SCHEDULED TO MEET
JULY 8 BECAUSE OF SAFETY
CONCERNS OVER TWO SEPARATE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. ALL OF IT IS LAID OUT IN MEMOS
AND AN ATTORNEY HIRED TO LOOK
INTO THE COMMENTS FOUND HE MADE
CREDIBLE THREATS OF VIOLENCE
AND RECOMMENDED HE BE REMOVED
FROM THE WORKPLACE.
>> Reporter: COMPLAINTS WERE
FILED AGAINST SENATOR BRIAN
BOQUIST OVER COMMENTS.
ONE WAS DIRECTED AT THE SENATE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
BACK ON JUNE 19.
>> YOU SEND THE STATE POLICE TO
GET ME, HILL IS COMING TO VISIT
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> Reporter: ANOTHER AGAINST
ANOTHER THAT SAME DAY.
>> SEND BACHELORS AND COME
HEAVILY ARMED.
HEAVILY ARMED. I WILL NOT BE A POLITICAL
PRISONER.
PRISONER.
PRISONER. >> Reporter: AN OUTSIDE LAW
FIRM WAS CALLED TO LOOK INTO
THESE COMMENTS. THE LAW FIRM
THEN ISSUED THIS MEMO.
SAYING THE COMMENTS CONSTITUTE,
CREDIBLE THREATS OF VIOLENCE
DIRECTED AT THE SENATE
PRESIDENT AND THE OREGON STATE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. IT GOES ON TO SAY, REPORTS ARE
THAT PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL AND
SCARED TO COME TO WORK.
AS A RESULT THE LAW FIRM
RECOMMENDED THAT SENATOR BRIAN
BOQUIST SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO RETURN TO THE CAPITAL.
HE STAYED AT THE FLOOR
YESTERDAY BUT RETURNED THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. CAUSING A SENATOR TO LEAVE.
>> WHEN I WAS TOLD AND OTHERS
WERE TOLD IF YOU FEEL UNSAFE OR
UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU CAN LEAVE.
>> Reporter: NO THREATS WERE
MADE DIRECTLY TO HER.
SHE SAID EVERYONE DESERVES A
SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THE FROM HOSTILITY, HARASSMENT
AND FEAR.
AND FEAR.
AND FEAR. SHE SAID SHE WAS SIMPLY ASKING
FOR THE LAW FIRMS
RECOMMENDATION TO BE FOLLOWED.
>> THE RESPONSE TO SOMEONE
MAKING THREATS TO KILL PEOPLE
AND THEN DOUBLING DOWN ON THEM
ONE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLAIN, IS TO SAY, IF YOU
DON'T LIKE IT YOU CAN LEAVE, WE
HAVE NOT MADE ANY PROGRESS.
>> Reporter: I ALSO ASKED
SENATOR COURTNEY IF HE FELT
THREATENED.
THREATENED. HE SAID HE DID NOT HEAR IT
CLEARLY WHEN IT WAS SET ON THE
FLOOR.
FLOOR.
FLOOR. BUT WAS TAKEN ABACK WHEN HE
WATCHED IT ON TAPE.
>> AS UPSET AS I WAS ABOUT THAT,
STATEMENT ABOUT THE STATE
POLICE STUNNED ME.
THEY SAID HE DID IT IN THERE IS
A TAPE.
A TAPE.
A TAPE. I
A TAPE. I SAW THE TAPE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET
MELODRAMATIC.
MELODRAMATIC. WAS I FRIGHTENED?
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A WIFE AND WE
TALKED ABOUT IT.
I WAS UNEASY.
>> Reporter: AMID ALL THIS,
DURING THE SESSION, SENATORS
RACED THROUGH BILL ON PAID
FAMILY LEAVE, EDUCATION FUNDING
AND A CIGARETTE TAX TO NAME A
FEW.
FEW.
FEW. SENATORS SPRINTED ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE BEFORE THE MIDNIGHT
DEADLINE.
DEADLINE.
DEADLINE. >> WITH A NINE-DAY WALKOUT BY
SENATE REPUBLICANS, SENATOR
COURTNEY DID NOT THINK THEY
WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH ALL OF
THE WORK THEY HAD LEFT TO DO.
THAT THEY DID.
NOW WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND