WHAT HAPPENS NOW LIVE FROM
>> WELCOME BACK, THE LAST FULL WEEK OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CEMENTED BOTH ON SOME OF
THE MOST DIVISIVE BILLS.
>> THAT INCLUDES TWO HOT BUTTON
BILLS DEALING WITH EDUCATION.
ONE OF THEM SETS LIMITS ON HOW
TO TEACH RACIAL HISTORY AND THE
OTHER PROHIBITS TEACHING VERY
YOUNG KIDS ABOUT SEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY,
AS IF ANYONE WERE DOING THAT
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND WE ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME A
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM
SOUTH FLORIDA, TOM FAB RIZIO, A
REPUBLICAN FROM MIRAMAR AND WE
WILL SOON BE JOINED BY STATE
SENATOR CHEVRON JONES.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD PORNG, MICHAEL AND
GLENNA.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> SO WE’RE GREAT, YOU’VE GOT
ONE MORE DAY BEFORE SIGN SINEDIE
AND I’M SURE ARE YOU LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT.
>> RIGHT, WE DID NOT EXPECT TO
HAVE TO COME BACK ON MONDAY.
AND WE DID NOT EXPECT THE COLD
WEATHER THAT WE’RE HAVING, ABOUT
30 DEGREE THIS MORNING IN
TALLAHASSEE.
>> WOW.
>> LET’S WARM THINGS UP HERE
WITH SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE
SESSION.
I HAVE COVERED THESE, GLENNA WAS
UP, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I CAN’T REMEMBER A SESSION IN A
LONG TIME WHERE EMOTIONS HAVE
BEEN SO RAW, MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE CRYING WHILE
THEY SPOKE ON THE FLOOR OF THEIR
BODIES.
THIS HAS REALLY BEEN PERSONAL
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HAS IT BEEN PERSONAL FOR YOU?
>> WELL, IT’S BEEN AN EXCITING
SESSION, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF WORK
DONE.
BUT MICHAEL, IN ALL FAIRNESS,
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST YEAR THAT
THERE AREN’T TEARS ON THE FLOOR
OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE.
AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
I BELIEVE IT’S APPROXIMATELY
3,000 BILLS WERE FILED.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE, I’M LOOKING
LIKE, I THINK IT IS ABOUT 300
BILLS ARE GOING TO BE PASSED AT
THE END OF THE SESSION.
SO OTHER THAN THE FIVE OR SIX
BILLS THAT THE MEDIA HAS BEEN
FOCUSING ON THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF WORK AND DEMOCRATS PASSED A
LOT OF BILLS.
SO I BELIEVE
THAT-- UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF
THIS HAS BEEN SKEWED BY THE
MEDIA.
>> I WILL SAY, POINT WELL TAKEN.
AND I’M GOING TO JUST LAY OUT
THERE THAT THAT IS BECAUSE THE
MEDIA FOCUSES ON THAT WHICH IS
MOST CONTROVERSIAL.
AND TO YOUR POINT,
REPRESENTATIVE, THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT HAS GONE
ON IN TALLAHASSEE, A LOT OF
BILLS PASSED INCLUDING SOME THAT
YOU SPONSORED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH AN
OUTCRY HE, LIKE YOU, SERVE THE
PUBLIC.
WHAT WE SAW THERE WAS A BIG
OUTCRY FROM THE PUBLIC AGAINST
MANY OF THOSE MORE CONTROVERSIAL
BILLS.
AND IT ALMOST LOOKED FROM THE
BEGINNING TO SORT OF INSIDERS
AND TAKE THIS AS I MEAN IT WHEN
I ASK, SIN EARLY, WAS SOME OF
THESE BIG BILLS, WAS THE PASSAGE
OF THESE BIG BILLS PREORDAINED,
PREDETERMINED, THERE WAS NO
DOUBT FROM THE OUTCOME.
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
I DON’T THINK SO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARENTAL
RIGHTS BILL, THAT ONE WENT
THROUGH QUITE A FEW AMENDMENTS
BEFORE IT GOT TO THE FLOOR.
I THINK IT WAS-- I THINK THAT
ONE, AND NOT TO GET PARTICULAR
KAL OR INSIDE BASEBALL WITH THAT
TERM, BUT THE BILL CHANGED AND
THEY MOVE ADD LONG THROUGH THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY
IT WAS ON THE FLOOR AT THE ENDS.
YOU KNOW, DIDN’T REFLECT BACK
CLEARLY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, PREORDAINED, WE
EXPECTED TO PASS SOME
LEGISLATION WITH REGARD TO
SURFSIDE AND CONDOMINIUMS AND
UNFORTUNATELY THAT DIDN’T
HAPPEN.
SO THINGS THAT ARE PREORDAINED.
I DON’T THINK THAT IS A CORRECT
REFLECTION OF WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.
WHAT HAPPENED IN TALLAHASSEE IS
WE HAVE A LARGE DISCUSSION,
DEBATE, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE COME UP HERE AN DEBATE THE
ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED HERE IN
FLORIDA WHICH ALSO REFLECT WHAT
IS GOING ON NATIONALLY.
AND THEN WE WORK THOSE BILLS
OUT.
WE BUILD BACK AND FORTH.
LIKE I MENTIONED, FOR EXAMPLE,
WITH-- MY-- LAW THAT WAS A
DEMOCRAT BILL, THAT PASSED W PIE
BILL ON TELEHEALTH THAT I
BATTLED IT OUT WITH THE SENATE
AND WE FINALLY GOT A GREAT BILL
ON TELEHEALTH PASSED FOR
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, THAT
SAY GREAT HEALTH-CARE BILL THAT
WAS PASSED HERE IN THE FLORIDA
HOUSE.
WITH REGARDS TO AUTO INSURANCE
FOR POLICE OFFICERS, THAT IS A
GREAT LAW, NOW POLICE OFFICERS
WHO DRIVE THEIR TAKE-HOME
VEHICLES DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR
THEIR OWN AUTO INSURANCE FOR
THAT TAKE-HOME FLEET VEHICLE.
>> ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND
SCHOOL SAFETY, REPRESENTATIVE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> REAL QUICKLY, BEFORE WE HEAD
TO A BREAK AND WE WILL BE JOINED
BY YOUR COLLEAGUE CHEVRON JONES
NEXT.
YOU BROUGHT UP THE SURFSIDE
BILL, DANNY PEREZ SHEP ERDED
THAT ALMOST FROM BEGINNING TO
END.
IT DID END IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE
OF AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS
UNSAVORY TO WHOM, WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THAT?
>> I DON’T HAVE ALL OF THOSE
DETAILS OF THAT INSIDE
NEGOTIATION THAT OCCURRED.
I WAS CERTAINLY NOT HAPPY WITH
THE FACT THAT IT ENDED THE WAY
IT DID.
WE WANTED THAT, I HAD EARLY ON
FILED HOUSE BILL 8/11 WITH
REGARD TO CONDOMINIUM BOARD AND
CONDO FRAUD.
AND SO WE’RE GOING TO COME BACK
NEXT YEAR, GOD WILLING, IF THE
VOTERS BRING US BACK HERE, WHICH
I’M HOPING THEY WILL.
AND KEEP WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT THERE ARE GOOD BILLS AND
ALSO WITH THE ISSUE OF
HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE, THE
HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE PACKAGE
THAT WAS NEGOTIATED BACK AND
FORTH ULTIMATELY DIED.
YOU KNOW, WE’RE CURRENTLY
LOOKING AT SOME MAJOR
AUTO-- HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE
ISSUES.
THERE ARE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE
COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING
INSOLVENT.
SO I THINK WE WILL NEED TO TAKE
SOME ACTION.
WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR
SPECIAL SESSION.
THAT IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THAT HAPPENS
OR NOT.
BUT THESE ARE ISSUES THAT THE
FLORIDA HOUSE IS WORKING ON AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE WORKING ON.
>> TOM FAB RIZIO, HOLD YOUR
PLACE.
DON’T GO ANYWHERE.
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK,
COME BACK WITH YOU AND STATE
SENATOR CHEVRON JONES.
>> WE ARE BACK WITH STATE REP FAB RIZZO IO FROM-- FAB RIZIO BY FROM MAR A MAYOR AND WITH
CHEVRON JONES DEMOCRAT FROM
MIAMI GARDENS AND WEST PARK,
GOOD MORNING AGAIN, GOOD
AFTERNOON AGAIN.
SO -- GOOD MORNING.
>> NOW THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US,
I HAVE JUST HAVE TO SAY,
WATCHING WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,
ESPECIALLY WITH, TALKING ABOUT
THE BIG CONTROVERSIAL BILLS,
APOLOGIES, REPRESENTATIVES, YOU
AS A BLACK GAY SENATOR ARE AT
THE NEXUS OF TWO OF THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL BILLS.
AND FOR BOTH OF THOSE,
IMPASSIONED, PERSONAL, IN FLOOR
SPEECHES AND DEBATES, YOUR
COLLEAGUES LAUDED YOU, TOLD YOU
HOW PROUD THEY WERE OF YOU.
YOU HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT AND THEN
YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ALL A
VOTED AGAINST YOU.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WEIGH IN ON
THAT.
>> YEAH, THANKS, GLENNA.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT I
SHARE IN DEBATE IS THAT THERE IS
NO BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LOVE
AND SUPPORT IT IS NOT I SUPPORT
YOU BUT.
IT IS I SUPPORT YOU, PERIOD.
AND THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT I
WANTED MY COLLEAGUES TO
UNDERSTAND IT WAS MORE OF THE
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE OUTSIDE OF
THE CHAMBER DOOR, I KNOW YOU
HEARD THEM.
AND WHAT THEY WERE CHANTING.
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
WHETHER THEY WERE PART OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY
WERE PARENTS OR ALLIES, THEY ARE
HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE OUT THERE
VOICING THEIR CONCERN.
AND IN FAIR FACES, MY COLLEAGUES
BASICALLY SAID NO, YOUR VOICES
DON’T MATTER.
AND MY SPEECH THAT I GAVE ON THE
FLOOR ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS, IT
WAS MORE OR LESS FOR THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOUNG
CHEVRON WHO YOUNG CHEVRON WAS,
HOW CLOSETED I WAS IN NOT
WANTING TO EXPRESS WHO I WAS.
AND IT WAS JUST A REMINDER AS I
SAT THERE, AND IT WAS VERY
EMOTIONAL FOR ME JUST TO HEAR
THEIR VOICES OUTSIDE THE DOORS.
>> YEAH, CHEVRON JONES, ALSO I
WATCHED AND SAW YOU BREAKING
DOWN ON THE HOUSE FLOOR A COUPLE
OF TIMES.
YOUR EMOTIONS WERE RAW.
AND ON THE SURFACE, AND I DON’T
BLAME YOU.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE
SAME POSITION.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU, I’M NOT
INVITING YOU TO CRITICIZE A
COLLEAGUE BUT WHEN SENATOR
ILIANIA GARCIA GOT UP DURING THE
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION
BILL AND SAID GAY ISN’T
PERMANENT, LGBTQ ISN’T
PERMANENT, WHAT WENT THROUGH
YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU HEARD HER SAY
THAT?
>> ONE, LOOK, THE FIRST THING
THAT WENT THROUGH MY HEAD IS WE
MUST EDUCATE OUR COLLEAGUES AND
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ISSUES OF
LGBTQ ISSUES AND ISSUES OF THE
COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
MANY PEOPLE THEY SAY THINGS AND
IT IS BECAUSE THEY LACK THE
KNOWLEDGE.
AND YOU ALSO DON’T KNOW WHO YOU
ARE HURTING WHEN YOU MAKE
STATEMENTS LIKE SENATOR GARCIA
MADE.
SHE DID SPEAK WITH ME AFTER AND
SHE DID APOLOGIZE FOR HER WORDS
BUT SAID ST NOT WHAT SHE MEANT.
BUT I THINK IT IS A TEACHABLE
MOMENT AND I THINK THAT GOES FOR
SENATOR GARCIA AND FOR EVERYONE.
AND YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING
WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE
CHAMBERS ON THAT DAY, A LOT OF
MY COLLEAGUES BEHIND THE SCENES,
TO BE HONEST, THEY DID NOT WANT
TO VOTE FOR THEIR BILL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, MOST OF THE
REPUBLICANS OVER IN THE SENATE
DID NOT EVEN WANT TO BRING IT
UP.
AND THEY WERE HOPING THAT IT
DIED.
>> REPRESENTATIVE FAB RIZIO,
THAT, FAYING ON THAT BILL FOR A
MOMENT, THAT SAY PARENT’S RIGHT
IN EDUCATION BILL.
THE ENTIRE BILL TALKS ABOUT WHAT
PARENTS’ RIGHTS ARE.
TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE INVOLVED IN
GETTING RECORDS AND SNOWING WHAT
IS GOING ON AND BEING TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS AND THE ACTIONS.
THE WHOLE BILL, BUT FOR ONE
PARAGRAPH, THAT DEALS WITH THE
TEACHING OF SEXUAL IDENTIFY AND
GENDER IDENTIFY IN K THROUGH
THREE.
SO IF THAT IS THE KRUKS OF ALL
OF THIS CONTROVERSY, WHY NOT
JUST REMOVE THAT ONE PARAGRAPH
IN THE BILL AND LEAVE THE REST
IN TACT?
>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK THIS BILL
IN PARTICULAR HAS GOTTEN MORE
NATIONAL ATTENTION THAN ANY OF
THE OTHER BILLS.
AND IT HAS GOTTEN MISPLACED AND
INCORRECT ANALYSIS AND
ATTENTION.
THE MESSAGING IS COMPLETELY OFF.
THE FACT IS LOOK, HAVE I TWO
LITTLE GIRLS.
I HAVE A 7 YEAR OLD AND A 9 YEAR
OLD AND THE BILL SPEAKS TO THAT
AGE GROUP WHERE A CERTAIN ISSUES
ARE JUST GENERALLY
INAPPROPRIATE.
WE’RE NOT CANCELING ANYBODY.
WE LOVE EVERYONE.
WE’RE NOT-- WHAT THE
CONVERSATION IS, THE BILL IS
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CURRICULUM
FOR THOSE KINDER GAT EN, FIRST
GRADE, SECOND GRADE AND THIRD
GRADER AND OTHERWISE BEYOND
THAT, THAT IT BE AGE
APPROPRIATE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT
THE NATIONAL RHETORIC,
UNFORTUNATELY DRIVEN BY THE
MEDIA, AND AS YOU KNOW, I GREW
UP IN A MEDIA HOME.
IN A HOME, MY MEALS WERE PAID
FOR BY PIE DAD’S SALARY FROM THE
"MIAMI HERALD" BUT THE MEDIA HAS
GONE OFF THE RAIL,
UNFORTUNATELY.
>> LET ME JUST ADDRESS THAT,
BECAUSE I WILL SAY, I PERSONALLY
WAS THE REPORTER FOR LOCAL 10
AND I’M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH
HOW WE REPORTED IT FROM START TO
FINISH, VERY FAIRLY AND VERY
FACTUALLY.
AND TO YOUR POINT, THERE IS A
NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION TO IT
THAT MAY NOT BE AS FAIR, THAT IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
CONTROL.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS IF
THAT WERE, THE PURPOSE OF IT,
THE AGE APPROPRIATE PURPOSE OF
IT, WHICH IS IN THE BILL, THERE
WAS AN AMENDMENT PROVE ERRED
THAT SAID REPLACE THOSE VERY
SPECIFIC WORDS THAT MENTIONED
GAY AND LGBTQ REPLACE IT WITH
HUMAN SEXUALITY OR SEX EDUCATION
WHICH WOULD HAVE SERVED THE SAME
PURPOSE IN PROTECTING YOUNG
CHILDREN FOR WHICH WAS NOT AGE
APPROPRIATE.
BUT THAT FAILED, WHY DID THAT
FAIL IF THAT WERE THE PURPOSE?
>> I CAN’T SPEAK FOR WHY IT
FEELED.
IT CERTAINLY DIDN’T GET THE
VOTES T WASN’T OVERCOME, BUT THE
KRUKS OF THE BILL AGAIN IS VERY
SIMPLE STRKS WHETHER CERTAIN
TOPICS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THESE
VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.
I SPOKE ABOUT THIS ON THE FLOOR.
I COSPONSORED THE BILL.
WE KNOW SCIENTIFICALLY THE
PREFRONTAL CORTEX, THE FRONTAL
LOBE OF THE BRAIN ISN’T FULLY
DEVELOPED UNTIL LATER YEARS AND
CHILDREN AREN’T ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND A LOT OF DIFFERENT
TOPICS.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE PG-13 MOVIES
AND PG MOVIES.
YOUNG CHILDREN ARE LIMITED FROM
A WHOLE SPAN OF THINGS AND JUST
FOR CHILDREN THESE ISSUES AREN’T
THINGS THAT SHOULD BE-- AREN’T
NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE.
AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
LOTS OF FOLKS IN MY COMMUNITY
ABOUT THIS.
-- SENATOR CHEVRON JONES, LET ME
JUMP IN HERE.
THE OTHER BILL THAT I KEEP
HEARING ABOUT, I MEAN MY WIFE
AND I WERE AT A WEDDING
RECEPTION LAST NIGHT, HALF A
DOZEN PEOPLE CAME UP AND SAID
WHAT IS THIS BILL THAT SAYS THE
HISTORY OF RACE IN THIS COUNTRY,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FULL OF
INJUSTICES AND VIOLENCE AND
LYNCHINGS, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE
KIDS IN SCHOOL NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO LEARN THE HISTORY, THE
GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, THE
MAGNIFICENT, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE
THEY INHIBBITYING, WHY DOES THE
LEGISLATURE WANT TO GET INVOLVED
IN THAT?
SO WHY?
WHY DID THAT BILL-- WHY WAS IT
INTRODUCED.
>> WELL, THIS IS THE PART OF
GOVERNOR DESANTIS IN THIS
LEGISLATION WHAT THEY CALL
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM.
AND WE WERE PRESSING THE BILL
SPONSOR ON THE LANGUAGE ON THE
BILL BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO
CHANGE ONE OF THE WORDS FROM MAY
TO SHALL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
BILL CAN MAKE MANDATORY THAT WE
TEACH THE CORRECT BLACK HISTORY.
THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE, AS WE
PRESS ON THE FLOOR IS THAT
FLORIDA IS ON THE CULTURAL WAR,
WHETHER IT BE WITH LGBTQ
COMMUNITY OR WHETHER IT BE WITH
BLACKS.
WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO WIN OUT
THERE ON THE FLOOR, ON THE BACKS
OF BLACK FOLK.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THAT WE MUST TEACH TRUE HISTORY,
AMERICAN HISTORY, PERIOD.
WE HAVE A VERY UGLY PAST AND
THERE IS NO DOUBTED THAT WE HAVE
BE UGLY PAST BUT TRYING TO WHITE
WASH HISTORY AND TRYING TO CALL
IT INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND THEN
YOU WANT TO DO A CALL OF ACTION
IF A WHITE CHILD FEELS
UNCOMFORTABLE, THEN THEREFORE
THE TEACHER, THE PARENT TO THE
SCHOOL, THESE ARE ALL ACTIONS
THAT IS ALL GOING TO CONTINUE TO
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT TO WHERE
TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING OR EVEN
TEACHING THINGS THAT THEY KNOW
FOR A FACT GOES ALONG WITH THE
LESSON.
>> CAN YOU, YOU KNOW T WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID, I
WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT IS THE BEHIND THE
SCENES CONVERSATION THAT YOU
HAVE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.
I GET THE SENSE SOMETIMES THAT
YOU KNOW, POLITICS IS KIND OF
THEATER.
AND AS MUCH AS WE DO WHAT WE CAN
TO BREAK THROUGH THAT,
ADMITTEDLY, WE JUST CAN’T
SOMETIMES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR BOTH OF
YOU AS INSIDERS, ARE WE SEEING A
REPRESENTATIVE CONVERSATION IN
PUBLIC THAT DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE HAVE IN
PRIVATE?
WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WE
GET ALONG QUITE WELL HERE.
AND I GOT IT TELL YOU, THE FIRST
TIME I MET, I CAME CLOSE TO
REPRESENT SENATOR JONES WHILE HE
WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR MY OPPONENT
AGAINST ME BUT I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET TO
KNOW HIM BOTH IN THE BROADER
DELEGATION AND HERE IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
AND I HAVE A HECK OF A LOT OF
RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR HIM.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE RAN A BILL
TOGETHER LAST SESSION, NOT THIS
SESSION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HIM AGAIN IN THE
FUTURE.
SO I THINK WE ALL DO GENERALLY
GET ALONG QUITE WELL.
BUT WE DO, WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT
POLICY VIEWS ON A LOT OF
DIFFERENT ISSUES.
AND WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND TO BRING FORTH THAT
CONVERSATION, TO HASH OUT THOSE
ISSUES AND TO GUIDE THE STATE,
ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITIES,
YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD SENATOR
JONES FOR REPRESENTING HIS
COMMUNITY QUITE WELL AS I WORK
TO REPRESENT MINE.
>> AND IF YOU COULD, CHEVRON
JONES, IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS, SUM
UP HERE THAT QUESTION ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP, YOUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES LIKE TOM
FABRIZIO.
>> TOM IS RIGHT, SENATOR IS
RIGHT WE ALL HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
WE DO SEE POLICIES DIFFERENT.
THE RELATIONSHIPS DO HELP WHEN
IT IS NEEDED WE STILL HAVE WORK
TO DO AND I WISH WE COULD TAKE
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS INTO THE
CHAMBERS, TO WORK BETTER WITH
EACH OTHER AS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK THROUGH THESE PROCESSES,
AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE
HARD ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH.
>> ON THAT KUMBAYA MOMENT THANK
YOU SO MUCH TO YOU BOTH.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, AND WE ALWAYS