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>> mr. Sergeant of arms, invite

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the members into the chamber.

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the 114th

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legislature of the state of tennessee

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now an extraordinary session.

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remain standing through the pledge

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of allegiance. Representative martin

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will serve as chaplain.

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>> thank you mr. Speaker. Members,

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first and foremost, today

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is national day of prayer, it is an

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honor to stand

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before you guys. I want to thank each

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and everyone of you guys for

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your willingness to serve and be here

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today. As I

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think back, core memories

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that stand out to us, one of those

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in my mind was growing up

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every sunday, the martin family would load

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up the car and go to grandma's

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house for lunch after church period

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every sunday you would open the door

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and walk

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in and there would sit grandpa in

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his chair, with a cigarette and a

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diet coke

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and his yankees hat. You sat on that

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porch with grandpa and he talked about

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three things. God, family

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, and the new york yankees. But every

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time he talked

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about god, what he would relate back

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to, continually, was the book of james.

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he always

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talked about how practical the book

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of james was. He would always talk

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about how

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you could learn just about everything

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you need to know by the book of

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james. It is only five chapters. Anyone

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can start with the book of james.

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made it easy. I was praying over this

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as I knew I would be

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leaving us today and james came out

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to me, there's three lessons I want

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to talk

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about here that I think relate to

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us in this moment in time as

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legislators as we leave this great

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state. As we turn to those words,

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the first

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one is embracing trials. James tells

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us my brother and, count all joy when

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fall into various trials, knowing

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that testing your faith produces

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patience. Let patience have its perfect

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work that you may

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be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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each of us deal with trials every

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god never said in this book that we would

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not have trials, he just gave

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us a map of how to handle and address

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those trials. Number two, controlling your

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emotions. In a legislative world,

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he tells us, in james one, 19 through

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beloved brethren, let every man be

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swift to hear, slow

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to speak, and slow to wrath. For the

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wrath of man does not produce the

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righteousness of god. Finally, third,

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jesus in james, they talk about

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seeking wisdom and remaining humble.

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james 1:5 tells us,

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if any of you lack wisdom let him ask of

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god, who gives all generously

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and without reproach. It will be given

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and finally,

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james 4:the 6.

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god resists the proud, but gives grace

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the humble. Let us pray.

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lord, how great you are. We come

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to you today, standing shoulder to

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shoulder with a room

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full of sinners, a room full of men

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and women who are just trying

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the best we can. We know that only

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through you and for your

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grace are we allowed to do

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the things we do and we thank you,

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lord, for the many blessings you

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we are thankful to live in a state

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can profess your name from the schoolhouse

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to the wonderful capital here today.

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we thank

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you for the men and women who are

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serving this great

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country and state. We thank you for

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the 99 men and women who stand here

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today. Lord, we thank you so much

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for the grace and the generosity

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, and the things that you give us

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that we do not deserve, lord. We pray

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that you continue to lead us and

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direct our ways , as we think of

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you, lord . Thank you

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again for your son, in christ's name

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we pray, amen.

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representative martin, the pledge of

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allegiance.

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>> attention, salute, pledge.

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I pledge allegiance, to the flag,

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united states of america, and to the

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republic for which it stands

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, one nation, under god, indivisible,

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with liberty and justice

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for all.

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>> gallery, this is your warning.

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you shout out, if you make

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any gesture that disrupts this proceeding,

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if we cannot identify

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you, we

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will clear you all out but that is

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your one warning.

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we do not do that. Mr. Clerk please

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take role.

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>> roll call.

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>> mr. Clerk, please

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take the role.

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>> 96 members

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representative hicks of hawken and

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representative brecon are excused.

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mr. Lambert, your

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>> in place of the consent

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calendar referred to the appropriate

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standing committee.

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>> without objections

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ordered.

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representative lamberth?

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pursuant

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to rule number 17 in place of the

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consent calendar.

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>> so ordered. >>

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>> representative lamberth? >> referred

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to the appropriate standing committee.

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>> consideration has bills

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on second, standing committee support

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select committees outside consent

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calendar.

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chair moody?

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calendar on third and final consideration.

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in keeping with rule 50.

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passage of

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the consent calendar broadly seconded.

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mr. Clerk, any objections?

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speaker, no objections filed.

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last we gathered one of our

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members passed. A true giant of a

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representative. His

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son has since been appointed this

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morning to fill his role. With consultation

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from the minority leader, I will gladly humbly

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ask that all members

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vote in the affirmative as

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co-prime sponsors on

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hjr 7017 to memorialize the death

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of our friend, representative hardly.

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else on the consent calendar?

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see none.

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all right. We are voting. All those

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consent calendar, vote yes when the

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bell rings because

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every member voted? Does any member

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wish to change

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their vote?

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>> mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

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>> receiving a

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constitutional majority , the

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recent mission is tabled. Next order

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mr. Speaker the house

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has a regular calendar brickhouse

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honoring mcwilliams for example a

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service to

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the state of tennessee.

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chairman speaker your recognized.

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>> thank you mr. Speaker. Of adoption

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resolution 7001.

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>> mr. Clerk, any amendments?

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mr. Speaker. I renew my motion.

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every member voted? Does any member

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>> mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

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>> 73-19. >> has resolution

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I hereby declare adopted

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without objection.

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kalman.

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mr. Speaker. I move to withdraw hjr

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from the committee at house.

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objection, withdrawn.

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bill mr. Clerk?

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speaker. I move to withdraw hjr 2.

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resolution 3.

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moved

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to hold on the desk.

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hold on the desk.

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next bill mr.

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>> joint resolution 4

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retirement from the bench in the fourth

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presented of ashley, you are recognized.

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>> thank you mr. Speaker. I move adoption

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of hjr 7004.

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seconded, mr. Clerk any minutes filed?

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representative ashley, your recognized.

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>> thank you mr. Speaker. I renew

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motion.

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any objection to the question? See none,

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we are voting. All

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in favor of house resolution 7004?

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has every member voted? Has

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any member wish to change their vote?

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clerk, please take about.

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>> 73-21.

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joint resolution

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for having received a constitutional

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majority I hereby declare adopted

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without objection.

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resolution honoring the

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franklin theater on the 50th anniversary of

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its opening.

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>>

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mr. Speaker, move adoption of hjr

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7005.

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>> any minutes of

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been filed? Presented every is

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your recognized.

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>> discussion on

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the bill?

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we are

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voting for those in favor, has resolution 7005,

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those opposed, vote no. Has any member voted,

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does any member wish to change

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their vote?

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mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

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>>

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73-22.

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>> having received a constitutional

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authority to declare adopted

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without objection.

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>> honoring james kenneth arrow in

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50 years of the railroads

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in tennessee.

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>> I move adoption of

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hjr

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7007.

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>> mr. Clerk, any amendments have

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been filed? Share your recognized.

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>> thank you. I renew my motion. >>

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and discussion on the bill? See none,

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objection to the question, we are

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voting. All those in favor of house

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joint

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resolution 7005, vote yes when the

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bell rings. Does

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any member wish to change their vote?

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please take the vote.

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>>

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73-22.

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>>

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I declare adopted without objection

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.

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>> has

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bill 2,

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presented district.

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>> there has been

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a 34 minute

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time limit set on this bill.

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>>

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representative?

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>> mr. Speaker, I

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know

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I am out of order. However,

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I would like to recognize any member

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that is here this morning.

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representative hardaway . Let's all

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give a round of applause if

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we can.

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>>

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mr. Clerk?

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>> mr. Speaker, house

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bill two.

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>>

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lamberth

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your recognized.

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>> with the passage of

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house bill 7002 on

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third and final consideration.

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>>

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have any amendments been filed?

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>>

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no

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amendment seven filed.

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>> thank

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you, mr. Speaker. I renew my motion.

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>> mr. Lamberth renews his mission.

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any discussion?

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leader amber?

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>> thank you mr. Speaker.

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mr. Speaker ,

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I would yield

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two minutes to representative powell.

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>> representative

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powell, you are recognized for two minutes.

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>> thank you, mr. Speaker. Are there

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not amendments on this bill?

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okay.

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so, on

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this bill , it

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is very important to recognize the

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fact that we are

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even here. We should not even

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be here at this special session. In

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our code, it

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clearly lays out

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the state law says that we shall not redistrict

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. We shall not

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redistrict except for every 10 years

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. That is what the law says.

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the exact call of the governor is illegal.

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we should not be here.

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the very fact that we

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are here

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is illegal. The fact that

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the speaker

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convened us together,

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illegal. The fact that lieutenant

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governor mcnally convened us together,

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illegal. The people of tennessee

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have a. What are our laws if we can

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come in here and break

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the law? What are our laws?

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>> trooper,

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please remove that section right there,

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please. They go.

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>> we are here under a legal terms. This

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entire proceeding

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is illegal, and I am here to say

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if we

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are going

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to listen

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to washington, we always talk about

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how we don't listen to washington.

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we are

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to rename our state

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washington, tennessee, because we

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are here doing the work of dc. We

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might

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as well rename the state capital,

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the white house, for various reasons.

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because you are discriminating against

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minorities, you are

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attacking communities , dividing them,

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and ripping

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them apart, and we should all be ashamed. We

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should stand up and walk out

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and show what we mean.

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>> leader camper.

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>> thank you

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mr. Speaker. Esther speaker,

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I yield four minutes

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to representative dixie

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.

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>> representative

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dixie, you are recognized for four

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minutes.

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>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

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you know,

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over these last couple of days, we have

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heard a lot of legal and

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constitutional reasons of why --we

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have tried to appeal

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to you through the legal and

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constitutional ways.

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now it is just trying to appeal to

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your hearts and your humanity. Where

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is your humanity in this?

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I would always want to

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say my ancestors, but I can't. It

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was my

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grandparents.

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in some cases here, our parents, who

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were beaten at lunch counters.

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they died to drink out of water fountains

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with you. They died because they wanted

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to use restrooms,

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died because they wanted to love who

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they wanted to

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love, and died for us to have this

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right to vote.

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and I think it is important,

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to think, to pause, and I would hope

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everyone is

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paying attention and not just letting

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this

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go over their heads. This is a very

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important bill. We are about to change

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the course of history and we need

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to be paying attention and not having

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sidebar

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conversations, because that shows

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me how important it is to you, that

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you don't care.

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this is a game. This is not a game.

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this is real life, and I

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have to fight as if my life depends

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on it. Laws are in place.

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they had to put these protections

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and laws

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in place because white men throughout

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history have chosen, have shown, that

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they will

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do the wrong thing. And look at where

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we are now.

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you know, we are going to

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force people to do something they

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are not supposed to do.

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just because you can do something

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, doesn't mean that you have to

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do something.

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if this legislature was in

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place in the 1960s, black people still

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wouldn't have the right to vote.

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they still wouldn't have their civil

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rights if this legislature was in

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place

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right now. So, I want you

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to pause and think about this. Republicans

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have been

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in charge for the last 14

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to 16 years. Still, constituents across

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tennessee still have no healthcare,

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still have problems finding shelter, housing,

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grocery prices are rising .

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and what are we doing

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about it? We are taking away their voice.

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my

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question is,

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if the republican policies are so great,

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then why do we need to change the

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lines to rig the

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elections? Why should people

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be forced

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to listen to what we are

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doing here? People should

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pick their representation , not elected

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officials picking who they want to

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represent. This is all kinds of wrong.

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and

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I can't explain to

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you how hard it is to keep the emotions

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in check,

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when I know the importance of what

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people, mike

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parents and grandparents went through

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for me to have this right to stand

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here

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today. So, I am asking my colleagues

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across

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the aisle , do the right thing.

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don't

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do what you think you are supposed

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to do by following your leadership.

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when

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we got in here, we pledged allegiance

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to the flag of the united states.

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we did

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not pledge allegiance to one person

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in charge.

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so please,

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as you

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get ready to make your vote, please

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vote no, against these bills, and

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let's make sure that we have fair elections,

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fair elections meeting for everyone, not

552
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the rigged elections we are getting

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into now.

554
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thank you, mr. Speaker.

555
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>> leader campbell.

556
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>> thank you, mr.

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speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield three

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minutes to representative johnson.

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>> representative johnson, your

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recognized for three minutes.

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>> thank

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you, mr. Speaker.

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what I want to

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be people to understand, the people outside,

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the people listening, the people that

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we are

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doing this to, not with. Before we

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do anything else,

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we have to undo a that has been on

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the books for

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more than 50 years, because it is

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illegal to do what we are

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getting ready to do

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. So

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what do you do when you have a super

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majority? You just change the rules,

577
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you change the laws and so you can

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do the bad things that smarter folks

579
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this for us knew were wrong. I didn't

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say my usual --I didn't say the pledge

581
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today. And I certainly didn't say

582
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my usual, very

583
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loudly and justice for all. And the

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reason I didn't say it,

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it is so disingenuous to

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say it

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with folks who, in a few minutes,

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are going to vote against justice

589
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for all. You don't believe it. You

590
00:21:20,695 --> 00:21:22,695
need

591
00:21:22,697 --> 00:21:25,697
to stop saying it. We

592
00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:27,702
need to write your own pledge,

593
00:21:27,702 --> 00:21:28,703
because you don't believe the pledge

594
00:21:28,703 --> 00:21:30,703
that we say

595
00:21:31,706 --> 00:21:32,707
every day. There is

596
00:21:32,707 --> 00:21:34,709
no court decision that requires us

597
00:21:34,709 --> 00:21:37,109
to be here. Zero.

598
00:21:40,715 --> 00:21:41,716
that is a lie, told by the folks who

599
00:21:41,716 --> 00:21:43,716
called

600
00:21:43,718 --> 00:21:44,719
us here. It is a lie. We do not have

601
00:21:44,719 --> 00:21:45,720
to

602
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:46,721
be here. We are costing our counties

603
00:21:46,721 --> 00:21:48,721
a fortune,

604
00:21:49,691 --> 00:21:51,691
we are making

605
00:21:52,694 --> 00:21:55,694
a mockery of this body

606
00:21:55,697 --> 00:21:57,699
, and of this state. We are the shame

607
00:21:57,699 --> 00:21:58,700
of the nation, and the shame of this state

608
00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:00,700
.

609
00:22:01,703 --> 00:22:04,706
we are here to take away the voices

610
00:22:04,706 --> 00:22:07,709
of black voters and the people

611
00:22:07,709 --> 00:22:09,709
of memphis ,

612
00:22:10,712 --> 00:22:13,112
to crack their districts

613
00:22:13,715 --> 00:22:16,115
and diluted their voices .

614
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:19,721
you should be ashamed. But guess what?

615
00:22:19,721 --> 00:22:22,121
I know that you

616
00:22:22,691 --> 00:22:24,691
are not.

617
00:22:33,702 --> 00:22:34,703
this is not a special session, this

618
00:22:34,703 --> 00:22:36,705
is a white power rally, and a white

619
00:22:36,705 --> 00:22:37,706
power grab. That is what this is,

620
00:22:37,706 --> 00:22:39,708
and you can deny it all you want,

621
00:22:39,708 --> 00:22:40,709
but the people in this state no better.

622
00:22:40,709 --> 00:22:41,710
they don't want partisan gerrymandering.

623
00:22:41,710 --> 00:22:42,711
they

624
00:22:42,711 --> 00:22:43,712
don't want gerrymandering by race,

625
00:22:43,712 --> 00:22:44,713
they don't want any of it. We have

626
00:22:44,713 --> 00:22:45,714
the ability to

627
00:22:45,714 --> 00:22:48,114
have independent redistricting done

628
00:22:48,717 --> 00:22:49,718
, so that it is fair for all, so that

629
00:22:49,718 --> 00:22:51,718
voters choose their

630
00:22:52,721 --> 00:22:53,722
elected officials ,

631
00:22:53,722 --> 00:22:55,690
instead of elected officials choosing

632
00:22:55,690 --> 00:22:57,690
their voters.

633
00:23:04,699 --> 00:23:06,699
this is

634
00:23:06,701 --> 00:23:07,702
shameful, and that is why when you

635
00:23:07,702 --> 00:23:08,703
walked through these halls, you heard

636
00:23:08,703 --> 00:23:09,704
shame, shame,

637
00:23:09,704 --> 00:23:10,705
shame. Because the people are ashamed

638
00:23:10,705 --> 00:23:13,708
of you. I know you have got tons of

639
00:23:13,708 --> 00:23:14,709
calls and emails and you will ignore

640
00:23:14,709 --> 00:23:16,711
them. Well, this is

641
00:23:16,711 --> 00:23:18,713
on you. Vote yes,

642
00:23:18,713 --> 00:23:23,513
you are telling everyone you are a racist.

643
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,720
>> leader camper?

644
00:23:28,690 --> 00:23:30,690
>> thank you,

645
00:23:31,693 --> 00:23:35,293
mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield

646
00:23:35,697 --> 00:23:37,697
four minutes to

647
00:23:39,701 --> 00:23:40,702
representative love.

648
00:23:40,702 --> 00:23:41,703
>> representative

649
00:23:41,703 --> 00:23:44,706
love, you are recognized for four minutes.

650
00:23:44,706 --> 00:23:45,707
>> thank you, mr.

651
00:23:45,707 --> 00:23:46,708
speaker. Thank you, members. I want to

652
00:23:46,708 --> 00:23:47,709
lay something out for your members

653
00:23:47,709 --> 00:23:48,710
to understand

654
00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:50,712
this process that is not being done

655
00:23:50,712 --> 00:23:52,712
the right

656
00:23:53,715 --> 00:23:55,715
way. 1981, 1992,

657
00:23:56,718 --> 00:23:58,718
2001,

658
00:23:59,721 --> 00:24:01,721
2012, 2022

659
00:24:02,691 --> 00:24:05,910
. Each of those moments

660
00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:06,695
were moments when

661
00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:09,695
a redistricting process took place

662
00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,700
. Bills were filed,

663
00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:17,302
bills were deliberated, bills were passed

664
00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:19,706
after

665
00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:24,309
data was collected from the 10 year

666
00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:29,718
--what we call the census. The reason

667
00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:30,719
that

668
00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:31,720
was done was because we wanted to

669
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,721
make sure that if there were population

670
00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:33,722
shifts in

671
00:24:33,722 --> 00:24:37,692
the state, we didn't want any district having

672
00:24:37,692 --> 00:24:38,693
fewer people, or one district having

673
00:24:38,693 --> 00:24:39,694
more

674
00:24:39,694 --> 00:24:41,696
people, and the representation not

675
00:24:41,696 --> 00:24:44,699
being fair. This was the process

676
00:24:44,699 --> 00:24:47,990
, and it has worked .

677
00:24:47,702 --> 00:24:49,704
as a matter of fact, there was

678
00:24:49,704 --> 00:24:50,705
an ad hoc redistricting committee,

679
00:24:50,705 --> 00:24:51,706
many of

680
00:24:51,706 --> 00:24:53,708
you were members of, not long ago

681
00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:55,708
, in

682
00:24:56,711 --> 00:24:58,711
2021 and 2022. In

683
00:24:59,714 --> 00:25:01,714
the call

684
00:25:01,716 --> 00:25:02,717
of the governor for this special session,

685
00:25:02,717 --> 00:25:04,717
the language said

686
00:25:04,719 --> 00:25:05,720
we are being called to consider ,

687
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,689
and then to act

688
00:25:07,689 --> 00:25:08,690
upon legislation. We have not even

689
00:25:08,690 --> 00:25:10,690
had time

690
00:25:10,692 --> 00:25:12,694
to consider if there have been changes,

691
00:25:12,694 --> 00:25:14,696
because it was a rushed process in

692
00:25:14,696 --> 00:25:16,696
the middle of

693
00:25:17,699 --> 00:25:19,699
the decade.

694
00:25:20,702 --> 00:25:22,704
I want you to ask yourself, members,

695
00:25:22,704 --> 00:25:24,706
what kind of sense does that really make?

696
00:25:24,706 --> 00:25:26,708
and if we set this president, does

697
00:25:26,708 --> 00:25:28,710
that mean that next year, around

698
00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:29,711
this time, that we should have another

699
00:25:29,711 --> 00:25:31,711
call from

700
00:25:31,713 --> 00:25:32,714
a different governor, to see if the

701
00:25:32,714 --> 00:25:34,714
lines are

702
00:25:35,717 --> 00:25:37,717
good enough

703
00:25:39,721 --> 00:25:40,722
in that congressional district, and

704
00:25:40,722 --> 00:25:41,690
perhaps the one you have now will

705
00:25:41,690 --> 00:25:43,690
be shifted again?

706
00:25:43,692 --> 00:25:44,693
this is the danger of what we are

707
00:25:44,693 --> 00:25:46,695
doing. It has worked

708
00:25:46,695 --> 00:25:47,696
before we got here , it will work

709
00:25:47,696 --> 00:25:49,696
after

710
00:25:50,699 --> 00:25:52,699
we leave.

711
00:25:53,702 --> 00:25:54,703
I am appealing to your common

712
00:25:54,703 --> 00:25:56,705
sense, and not just your common sense,

713
00:25:56,705 --> 00:25:58,705
but your decency.

714
00:25:59,708 --> 00:26:00,709
if this was being done to your statehouse

715
00:26:00,709 --> 00:26:02,709
district,

716
00:26:02,711 --> 00:26:05,714
would you sit here and say it

717
00:26:05,714 --> 00:26:08,717
is okay? If there was a call from

718
00:26:08,717 --> 00:26:11,720
the governor to look at every

719
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,689
statehouse district in the middle of

720
00:26:14,689 --> 00:26:16,689
a 10 year period,

721
00:26:17,692 --> 00:26:18,693
while you were

722
00:26:18,693 --> 00:26:20,695
prepared to run for re-election. Think

723
00:26:20,695 --> 00:26:22,695
about that.

724
00:26:23,698 --> 00:26:24,699
and

725
00:26:24,699 --> 00:26:25,700
the lines were moved, and maybe you

726
00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:26,701
didn't have those same precincts you

727
00:26:26,701 --> 00:26:27,702
had a,

728
00:26:27,702 --> 00:26:29,704
where your base was. How would you

729
00:26:29,704 --> 00:26:32,707
feel if you had your base taken away

730
00:26:32,707 --> 00:26:33,708
from you?

731
00:26:33,708 --> 00:26:35,710
and the representation not given .

732
00:26:35,710 --> 00:26:37,712
so, here we are. About

733
00:26:37,712 --> 00:26:41,312
to do something that doesn't make

734
00:26:41,716 --> 00:26:43,716
any sense. 1981,

735
00:26:44,719 --> 00:26:46,719
1992, 2001,

736
00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:49,689
2012,

737
00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:52,692
2022 .

738
00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:53,695
how is it that none of that is good

739
00:26:53,695 --> 00:26:56,695
enough for us to look

740
00:26:56,698 --> 00:26:58,698
back and say

741
00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:02,704
, if it worked then, why must we change

742
00:27:02,704 --> 00:27:05,707
it now? So I appeal to your conscience,

743
00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:08,710
and I appeal to your sensibility

744
00:27:08,710 --> 00:27:09,711
, and I also appeal to

745
00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:13,311
your intelligence. Vote against this bill

746
00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:15,717
it sets a

747
00:27:15,717 --> 00:27:17,719
bad precedent, and more than that,

748
00:27:17,719 --> 00:27:20,719
it is dismantling the power

749
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:23,122
of those african-american voters

750
00:27:23,692 --> 00:27:24,693
in the

751
00:27:24,693 --> 00:27:26,695
ninth congressional district. Anybody who

752
00:27:26,695 --> 00:27:28,695
says any different,

753
00:27:28,697 --> 00:27:29,698
is not being forthright and truthful

754
00:27:29,698 --> 00:27:31,698
, because

755
00:27:32,701 --> 00:27:35,101
you don't just accidentally

756
00:27:35,704 --> 00:27:38,104
stumble upon a map

757
00:27:38,707 --> 00:27:40,709
that divides, within a few

758
00:27:40,709 --> 00:27:41,710
percentage points, the black voters

759
00:27:41,710 --> 00:27:43,710
in the ninth

760
00:27:44,713 --> 00:27:46,713
district. Thank you.

761
00:27:47,716 --> 00:27:49,716
>> leader campbell. >>

762
00:27:56,691 --> 00:27:58,691
mr.

763
00:27:58,693 --> 00:27:59,694
speaker, I yield four minutes to representative

764
00:27:59,694 --> 00:28:00,695
glenn.

765
00:28:00,695 --> 00:28:01,696
>> representative glenn, you

766
00:28:01,696 --> 00:28:02,697
are recognized for four

767
00:28:02,697 --> 00:28:03,698
minutes.

768
00:28:03,698 --> 00:28:04,699
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

769
00:28:04,699 --> 00:28:05,700
members, I want you to

770
00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:06,701
think about something. I want you

771
00:28:06,701 --> 00:28:07,702
to think about what we call a commitment

772
00:28:07,702 --> 00:28:08,703
to conscience.

773
00:28:08,703 --> 00:28:10,705
a commitment to conscience.

774
00:28:10,705 --> 00:28:11,706
in the book of daniel, there were

775
00:28:11,706 --> 00:28:13,706
three young men.

776
00:28:14,709 --> 00:28:16,711
shadrach, meshach and abednego. Their

777
00:28:16,711 --> 00:28:17,712
commitment to conscience would not

778
00:28:17,712 --> 00:28:19,712
allow them to

779
00:28:20,715 --> 00:28:23,715
bow down to the king.

780
00:28:26,721 --> 00:28:27,722
their commitment to conscience would

781
00:28:27,722 --> 00:28:28,690
not

782
00:28:28,690 --> 00:28:29,691
allow them to bow down to the king

783
00:28:29,691 --> 00:28:31,691
. So, this

784
00:28:32,694 --> 00:28:34,696
commitment that we have

785
00:28:34,696 --> 00:28:35,697
to our conscience, saying this is

786
00:28:35,697 --> 00:28:38,970
not right , this is

787
00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:41,703
not who we are. When I joined

788
00:28:41,703 --> 00:28:44,706
the army, I had three priorities.

789
00:28:44,706 --> 00:28:47,709
my faith, my family, and my career.

790
00:28:47,709 --> 00:28:49,711
if it did not

791
00:28:49,711 --> 00:28:50,712
align with my faith, it wasn't good

792
00:28:50,712 --> 00:28:52,712
for me.

793
00:28:53,715 --> 00:28:56,718
if it brought shame on my family,

794
00:28:56,718 --> 00:28:59,718
it wasn't good for me.

795
00:28:59,721 --> 00:29:00,722
if it jeopardized my career, it wasn't

796
00:29:00,722 --> 00:29:02,691
good

797
00:29:02,691 --> 00:29:05,910
for me. So my

798
00:29:05,694 --> 00:29:08,940
commitment to conscience said

799
00:29:08,697 --> 00:29:12,701
I had to do the right thing, no matter what.

800
00:29:12,701 --> 00:29:14,703
when I deployed across seas , no

801
00:29:14,703 --> 00:29:17,706
matter how I felt about the war, it

802
00:29:17,706 --> 00:29:18,707
doesn't matter . I was called to do

803
00:29:18,707 --> 00:29:20,707
a

804
00:29:20,709 --> 00:29:24,713
duty, but I did it the right way.

805
00:29:24,713 --> 00:29:27,113
I did it the

806
00:29:27,716 --> 00:29:30,719
way it was supposed to be done. Because

807
00:29:30,719 --> 00:29:31,720
my commitment to conscience

808
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,722
said, do it the way it is supposed

809
00:29:33,722 --> 00:29:35,722
to be done.

810
00:29:36,691 --> 00:29:37,692
do not bring

811
00:29:37,692 --> 00:29:38,693
shame on your family. Do not go against

812
00:29:38,693 --> 00:29:41,696
your faith, and do not jeopardize

813
00:29:41,696 --> 00:29:45,896
your career. As many of you know,

814
00:29:46,701 --> 00:29:48,703
I umpire baseball. Sometimes there

815
00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:51,706
is a team out there that I

816
00:29:51,706 --> 00:29:52,707
really don't like.

817
00:29:52,707 --> 00:29:54,709
but because I umpire baseball, I don't

818
00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:55,710
change the rules in the middle of

819
00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:56,711
the

820
00:29:56,711 --> 00:29:57,712
game to allow the team that I like

821
00:29:57,712 --> 00:29:59,712
to win.

822
00:29:59,714 --> 00:30:03,718
because those kids deserve a fair umpire

823
00:30:03,718 --> 00:30:05,718
.

824
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,721
and umpire that says a ball is a ball

825
00:30:06,721 --> 00:30:08,690
and

826
00:30:08,690 --> 00:30:12,694
a strike is a strike. So, I challenge

827
00:30:12,694 --> 00:30:13,695
you to this.

828
00:30:13,695 --> 00:30:16,695
allow your commitment to conscience

829
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:19,701
, like the three young men

830
00:30:19,701 --> 00:30:21,703
in the bible who would not bow down

831
00:30:21,703 --> 00:30:24,703
to the king of babylon

832
00:30:24,706 --> 00:30:26,706
, because their faith

833
00:30:27,709 --> 00:30:30,709
was higher than the king

834
00:30:30,712 --> 00:30:33,715
, and they believed in that. So

835
00:30:33,715 --> 00:30:35,717
I tell you again,

836
00:30:35,717 --> 00:30:36,718
what we are about to embark on right

837
00:30:36,718 --> 00:30:38,718
now. Right now.

838
00:30:42,691 --> 00:30:44,691
a moment

839
00:30:45,694 --> 00:30:48,940
that will remain stenciled

840
00:30:50,699 --> 00:30:51,700
into the mental sheets of unfolding

841
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:53,700
generations. Do the

842
00:30:54,703 --> 00:30:57,706
right thing. Do the right thing.

843
00:30:57,706 --> 00:31:00,706
I yield my time back.

844
00:31:05,714 --> 00:31:06,715
>> gallery, you all have been warned.

845
00:31:06,715 --> 00:31:08,715
you

846
00:31:09,684 --> 00:31:12,840
cannot do that. Sorry.

847
00:31:36,711 --> 00:31:38,711
leader camper?

848
00:31:39,714 --> 00:31:41,716
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

849
00:31:41,716 --> 00:31:42,717
I reserve the balance of my time.

850
00:31:42,717 --> 00:31:44,717
>> leader

851
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:46,721
lamberth?

852
00:31:46,721 --> 00:31:48,721
>> thank you

853
00:31:53,695 --> 00:31:54,696
for speaker. The house republican

854
00:31:54,696 --> 00:31:55,697
caucus will not be utilizing our

855
00:31:55,697 --> 00:31:57,699
entire time on this piece of legislation.

856
00:31:57,699 --> 00:31:58,700
I appreciate the comments that have

857
00:31:58,700 --> 00:31:59,701
been made. This

858
00:31:59,701 --> 00:32:00,702
bill just deletes the last sentence

859
00:32:00,702 --> 00:32:01,703
of tc 18-to-102 that allows us to

860
00:32:01,703 --> 00:32:02,704
enter

861
00:32:02,704 --> 00:32:03,705
into this conversation. With that,

862
00:32:03,705 --> 00:32:06,105
I renew my motion.

863
00:32:08,710 --> 00:32:09,711
>> all right. We are voting. All those

864
00:32:09,711 --> 00:32:11,711
in favor,

865
00:32:12,714 --> 00:32:13,715
house bill 7002,

866
00:32:13,715 --> 00:32:15,717
vote yes when the bell rings. Those

867
00:32:15,717 --> 00:32:18,720
opposed vote no. Does any member was

868
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,120
to change their vote?

869
00:32:27,696 --> 00:32:29,696
>> mr. Clerk ,

870
00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:33,990
please take the vote.

871
00:32:33,702 --> 00:32:35,702
>>

872
00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:37,706
house bill 7002 have received a constitutional

873
00:32:37,706 --> 00:32:39,708
majority to declare past, without

874
00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:40,709
objection, the mission is tabled.

875
00:32:40,709 --> 00:32:42,709
>>

876
00:32:42,711 --> 00:32:44,711
leader lamberth,

877
00:32:47,716 --> 00:32:48,717
you are recognized.

878
00:32:48,717 --> 00:32:49,718
>> thank you mr.

879
00:32:49,718 --> 00:32:50,719
speaker. That

880
00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:51,720
passage of house bill 7001 on third

881
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:52,721
and final consideration.

882
00:32:52,721 --> 00:32:54,689
>>

883
00:32:54,689 --> 00:32:58,289
mr. Clerk, call the first commandment.

884
00:32:59,694 --> 00:33:00,695
>> chairman farmer, you are recognized.

885
00:33:00,695 --> 00:33:02,697
>> thank you mr. Speaker.

886
00:33:02,697 --> 00:33:03,698
I moved to adopt.

887
00:33:03,698 --> 00:33:04,699
>> adoption of committee member

888
00:33:04,699 --> 00:33:06,701
number one, scene none. All

889
00:33:06,701 --> 00:33:09,701
those in favor, so yes.

890
00:33:09,704 --> 00:33:10,705
next

891
00:33:10,705 --> 00:33:11,706
amendment mr. Clerk?

892
00:33:11,706 --> 00:33:12,707
>> has amendment

893
00:33:12,707 --> 00:33:15,707
number two, not timely filed.

894
00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:17,710
>> representative jones,

895
00:33:18,713 --> 00:33:20,713
you are recognized.

896
00:33:21,716 --> 00:33:24,116
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

897
00:33:24,719 --> 00:33:25,720
I just handed representative lamberth

898
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:26,721
a

899
00:33:26,721 --> 00:33:28,690
confederate flag saying you will not

900
00:33:28,690 --> 00:33:30,690
go back,

901
00:33:34,696 --> 00:33:35,697
bring us

902
00:33:35,697 --> 00:33:36,698
back --

903
00:33:36,698 --> 00:33:37,699
>> I will stop you right there.

904
00:33:37,699 --> 00:33:38,700
you have one minute to

905
00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:39,701
do your amendment, which is untimely

906
00:33:39,701 --> 00:33:40,702
filed. We are not grandstanding on

907
00:33:40,702 --> 00:33:42,702
this floor,

908
00:33:43,705 --> 00:33:44,706
talking

909
00:33:44,706 --> 00:33:45,707
to another member in this regard but

910
00:33:45,707 --> 00:33:46,708
you know the rules but if you want

911
00:33:46,708 --> 00:33:48,710
to address your amendment, please

912
00:33:48,710 --> 00:33:49,711
adjust your amendment.

913
00:33:49,711 --> 00:33:50,712
>> thank you

914
00:33:50,712 --> 00:33:51,713
mr. Speaker.

915
00:33:51,713 --> 00:33:52,714
can the clerk read the amendment,

916
00:33:52,714 --> 00:33:53,715
since they told us last minute

917
00:33:53,715 --> 00:33:55,717
come into the record that I will respond.

918
00:33:55,717 --> 00:33:58,720
would you mind reading the amendment

919
00:33:58,720 --> 00:33:59,721
for the record.

920
00:33:59,721 --> 00:34:01,690
>> we have

921
00:34:01,690 --> 00:34:03,690
an objection.

922
00:34:04,693 --> 00:34:07,696
if you want to put it up, we can

923
00:34:07,696 --> 00:34:09,696
put it up.

924
00:34:15,704 --> 00:34:16,705
are presented of jones?

925
00:34:16,705 --> 00:34:17,706
>> thank you.

926
00:34:17,706 --> 00:34:18,707
I see we are

927
00:34:18,707 --> 00:34:19,708
working according to jim crowe's rules

928
00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:20,709
today. This amendment is trying to

929
00:34:20,709 --> 00:34:21,710
point out the

930
00:34:21,710 --> 00:34:22,711
fact that this gathering that we have

931
00:34:22,711 --> 00:34:24,711
here today

932
00:34:24,713 --> 00:34:25,714
is about disenfranchising specifically

933
00:34:25,714 --> 00:34:26,715
black people.

934
00:34:26,715 --> 00:34:27,716
the speaker yesterday said this is

935
00:34:27,716 --> 00:34:28,717
not about race, but everything that

936
00:34:28,717 --> 00:34:29,718
we have seen

937
00:34:29,718 --> 00:34:30,719
about this map and about this process

938
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:31,720
has been racialized. The ways that

939
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:32,721
we

940
00:34:32,721 --> 00:34:34,723
have stacked these committees to put

941
00:34:34,723 --> 00:34:36,691
members on who are seething with racism

942
00:34:36,691 --> 00:34:37,692
. The rhetoric used to attack majority

943
00:34:37,692 --> 00:34:40,695
black communities as not to deserving

944
00:34:40,695 --> 00:34:41,696
representation under the guise of

945
00:34:41,696 --> 00:34:42,697
fairness. And so this amendment is

946
00:34:42,697 --> 00:34:45,700
simply trying to add into the record

947
00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:46,701
a process , to prevent this from happening

948
00:34:46,701 --> 00:34:47,702
on behalf of

949
00:34:47,702 --> 00:34:49,704
our constituents. I think cameron

950
00:34:49,704 --> 00:34:51,704
sexton has

951
00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:56,711
brought us here as

952
00:34:56,711 --> 00:34:57,712
the grand wizard of this chamber to

953
00:34:57,712 --> 00:34:58,713
try and disenfranchise black people.

954
00:34:58,713 --> 00:34:59,714
we call it for

955
00:34:59,714 --> 00:35:00,715
what it is. It is shameful.

956
00:35:00,715 --> 00:35:01,716
>> you

957
00:35:01,716 --> 00:35:04,719
failed to move for consideration amendment

958
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,719
number two.

959
00:35:13,695 --> 00:35:16,695
failed for lack of motion.

960
00:35:16,698 --> 00:35:18,698
>>

961
00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:21,701
representative jones, you

962
00:35:21,703 --> 00:35:22,704
are recognized.

963
00:35:22,704 --> 00:35:23,705
>> again, the clerk delayed

964
00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:25,705
to the

965
00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:28,710
amendment to tell us what number

966
00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:30,710
we are

967
00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:35,512
talking about. We are here today once again,

968
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:38,720
for a white sheets caucus meeting,

969
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:39,721
in

970
00:35:39,721 --> 00:35:40,722
which they are trying to disenfranchise

971
00:35:40,722 --> 00:35:41,690
people --

972
00:35:41,690 --> 00:35:42,691
>> there is an objection,

973
00:35:42,691 --> 00:35:43,692
presented of

974
00:35:43,692 --> 00:35:44,693
jones once again, that is out of order.

975
00:35:44,693 --> 00:35:46,695
if you would like to stick to

976
00:35:46,695 --> 00:35:49,695
the amendment, we will continue

977
00:35:49,698 --> 00:35:50,699
--the continuation of what you're

978
00:35:50,699 --> 00:35:51,700
doing

979
00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:52,701
is against house rules. There has

980
00:35:52,701 --> 00:35:55,704
been objection. You can go back.

981
00:35:55,704 --> 00:35:58,104
but I caution you

982
00:36:04,713 --> 00:36:05,714
to

983
00:36:05,714 --> 00:36:06,715
stick to the amendment. Representative

984
00:36:06,715 --> 00:36:07,716
jones?

985
00:36:07,716 --> 00:36:08,717
>> mr. Speaker, once again,

986
00:36:08,717 --> 00:36:09,718
the clerks you have

987
00:36:09,718 --> 00:36:10,719
hired have given us a second's notice

988
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:11,720
of a list of amendments but we are

989
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:13,722
not even clear what amendment is which

990
00:36:13,722 --> 00:36:14,723
number because they wait until the

991
00:36:14,723 --> 00:36:15,690
last minute

992
00:36:15,690 --> 00:36:16,691
to hand us these papers. We are here,

993
00:36:16,691 --> 00:36:17,692
again, counting jellybeans in a jar.

994
00:36:17,692 --> 00:36:19,694
they want to create a process that

995
00:36:19,694 --> 00:36:20,695
is unfair and unequal that we cannot

996
00:36:20,695 --> 00:36:23,950
adequately deliberate this legislation

997
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:26,701
. She gave us a stack

998
00:36:26,701 --> 00:36:28,703
of amendments here saying they were

999
00:36:28,703 --> 00:36:29,704
not in the call and give us a list

1000
00:36:29,704 --> 00:36:30,705
saying

1001
00:36:30,705 --> 00:36:31,706
that if you are. This is the unfairness

1002
00:36:31,706 --> 00:36:33,708
of this process that has been

1003
00:36:33,708 --> 00:36:37,908
the subject of his entire special session

1004
00:36:43,718 --> 00:36:44,719
. A roster decisions, a rush of deliberation.

1005
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:45,720
is a form

1006
00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:46,721
of jim crow terror, you know what

1007
00:36:46,721 --> 00:36:47,722
you are doing. It is shameful. We

1008
00:36:47,722 --> 00:36:48,690
know

1009
00:36:48,690 --> 00:36:49,691
you will all fall in line behind this

1010
00:36:49,691 --> 00:36:51,693
man here who will lead you down

1011
00:36:51,693 --> 00:36:52,694
the path of racism and white the primacy.

1012
00:36:52,694 --> 00:36:54,696
it is wrong, it is immoral when

1013
00:36:54,696 --> 00:36:55,697
we say do justice and love mercy and

1014
00:36:55,697 --> 00:36:56,698
walk humbly --

1015
00:36:56,698 --> 00:36:57,699
>> it fails for

1016
00:36:57,699 --> 00:36:58,700
lack of a motion. Mr. Clerk?

1017
00:36:58,700 --> 00:36:59,701
>> has

1018
00:36:59,701 --> 00:37:00,702
many number four was not timely

1019
00:37:00,702 --> 00:37:01,703
filed.

1020
00:37:01,703 --> 00:37:02,704
>> represented of jones, you

1021
00:37:02,704 --> 00:37:03,705
are recognized.

1022
00:37:03,705 --> 00:37:04,706
>> once again, the clerk

1023
00:37:04,706 --> 00:37:05,707
has put us

1024
00:37:05,707 --> 00:37:06,708
at a disadvantage by giving us our

1025
00:37:06,708 --> 00:37:08,708
amendments seconds before.

1026
00:37:12,714 --> 00:37:13,715
>> revlimid of johnson of knox, it

1027
00:37:13,715 --> 00:37:14,716
is her amendment. Members so you know,

1028
00:37:14,716 --> 00:37:16,718
all these amendments were filed after

1029
00:37:16,718 --> 00:37:21,518
session started at 9:20 a.m. For the record.

1030
00:37:24,693 --> 00:37:25,694
presented of johnson, your recognized.

1031
00:37:25,694 --> 00:37:26,695
>> thank you mr. Speaker. What this

1032
00:37:26,695 --> 00:37:27,696
amendment

1033
00:37:27,696 --> 00:37:28,697
does is allow some transparency and

1034
00:37:28,697 --> 00:37:29,698
accountability. It requires the public

1035
00:37:29,698 --> 00:37:30,699
disclosure of outside consultants

1036
00:37:30,699 --> 00:37:31,700
or contractors involved in congressional

1037
00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,700
map drawing

1038
00:37:34,703 --> 00:37:37,706
. The public deserves to know who

1039
00:37:37,706 --> 00:37:40,106
helped draw the maps.

1040
00:37:40,709 --> 00:37:41,710
there has been no transparency, no

1041
00:37:41,710 --> 00:37:42,711
one has talked to

1042
00:37:42,711 --> 00:37:43,712
the public, given anything to the

1043
00:37:43,712 --> 00:37:46,712
public in time to respond

1044
00:37:46,715 --> 00:37:49,718
to the maps that were drawn yesterday

1045
00:37:49,718 --> 00:37:52,118
morning, that we got.

1046
00:37:52,721 --> 00:37:54,723
this allows for transparency and

1047
00:37:54,723 --> 00:37:55,690
public disclosure of anyone involved

1048
00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:57,690
in the congressional

1049
00:37:58,693 --> 00:38:01,930
map drawing. Move consideration.

1050
00:38:04,699 --> 00:38:07,702
>> there we go. Is a proper motion,

1051
00:38:07,702 --> 00:38:08,703
promptly seconded. We

1052
00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:10,705
are voting for consideration amendment

1053
00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:11,706
number four. All those in favor, considering

1054
00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:12,707
amendment number four,

1055
00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:13,708
vote yes when the bell rings. Those

1056
00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:16,711
opposed vote no. Has any member

1057
00:38:16,711 --> 00:38:20,311
voted, wish to change their vote?

1058
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,720
the balcony, hissing

1059
00:38:28,690 --> 00:38:31,693
will get the whole balcony gone. Trooper,

1060
00:38:31,693 --> 00:38:32,694
remove all the balcony. Mr. Clerk,

1061
00:38:32,694 --> 00:38:34,694
take the

1062
00:38:34,696 --> 00:38:35,697
vote.

1063
00:38:35,697 --> 00:38:37,697
>> 23-73.

1064
00:38:37,699 --> 00:38:39,699
>> having

1065
00:38:40,702 --> 00:38:41,703
failed to receive the necessary two

1066
00:38:41,703 --> 00:38:42,704
thirds vote, the motion

1067
00:38:42,704 --> 00:38:45,707
to consider amendment number four fails.

1068
00:38:45,707 --> 00:38:46,708
>> amendment five, represent of johnson,

1069
00:38:46,708 --> 00:38:48,708
not timely filed.

1070
00:38:49,711 --> 00:38:51,711
>> representative johnson, you

1071
00:38:53,715 --> 00:38:55,715
are recognized.

1072
00:38:56,718 --> 00:38:58,720
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

1073
00:38:58,720 --> 00:38:59,721
this one is also about public access

1074
00:38:59,721 --> 00:39:01,721
and transparency.

1075
00:39:02,691 --> 00:39:05,910
it requires proposed maps

1076
00:39:06,695 --> 00:39:08,697
, files, demographic data and written

1077
00:39:08,697 --> 00:39:11,697
findings to be publicly released

1078
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:14,703
before passage of the bill. If

1079
00:39:14,703 --> 00:39:16,705
the public must live

1080
00:39:16,705 --> 00:39:17,706
under the map, the public should be

1081
00:39:17,706 --> 00:39:19,706
allowed to see

1082
00:39:19,708 --> 00:39:23,712
the map for more than 24 hours. This

1083
00:39:23,712 --> 00:39:25,712
is outrageous

1084
00:39:26,715 --> 00:39:27,716
, it is not

1085
00:39:27,716 --> 00:39:29,718
how we have done this in the past,

1086
00:39:29,718 --> 00:39:30,719
and we are changing laws to do

1087
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,919
it now. So, this requires proposed maps,

1088
00:39:36,691 --> 00:39:38,693
files and demographic data and written

1089
00:39:38,693 --> 00:39:41,693
findings to be publicly released

1090
00:39:41,696 --> 00:39:42,697
before passage. We work for the

1091
00:39:42,697 --> 00:39:44,699
people, we don't work for billionaires

1092
00:39:44,699 --> 00:39:45,700
and lobbyists. I

1093
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,702
move consideration of this amendment.

1094
00:39:47,702 --> 00:39:49,702
>> you have heard

1095
00:39:50,705 --> 00:39:51,706
the motion, we are voting

1096
00:39:51,706 --> 00:39:52,707
for consideration of amendment number

1097
00:39:52,707 --> 00:39:53,708
five. All those in favor of considering

1098
00:39:53,708 --> 00:39:55,708
amendment

1099
00:39:55,710 --> 00:39:59,714
number five, vote yes when the bell rings.

1100
00:39:59,714 --> 00:40:01,716
those opposed vote no.

1101
00:40:01,716 --> 00:40:02,717
has every member voted, does any member

1102
00:40:02,717 --> 00:40:04,717
wish to

1103
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,120
change their vote? Mr.

1104
00:40:08,690 --> 00:40:09,691
clerk, please take the vote.

1105
00:40:09,691 --> 00:40:11,691
>>

1106
00:40:13,695 --> 00:40:14,696
2371.

1107
00:40:14,696 --> 00:40:15,697
>> having failed to receive

1108
00:40:15,697 --> 00:40:16,698
the

1109
00:40:16,698 --> 00:40:17,699
necessary two thirds vote, the motion

1110
00:40:17,699 --> 00:40:21,299
to consider amendment number five fails.

1111
00:40:21,703 --> 00:40:22,704
>> houseman six, represented of johnson

1112
00:40:22,704 --> 00:40:23,705
was not timely filed.

1113
00:40:23,705 --> 00:40:24,706
>> representative

1114
00:40:24,706 --> 00:40:26,706
johnson, you

1115
00:40:26,708 --> 00:40:28,708
are recognized.

1116
00:40:31,713 --> 00:40:32,714
>> here we are again. This amendment

1117
00:40:32,714 --> 00:40:35,714
is about transparency and accountability.

1118
00:40:35,717 --> 00:40:36,718
it requires the written findings identifying

1119
00:40:36,718 --> 00:40:38,718
the

1120
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:39,721
legal basis ,

1121
00:40:39,721 --> 00:40:41,723
necessity, and minority voting impact

1122
00:40:41,723 --> 00:40:43,692
of opposed maps .

1123
00:40:43,692 --> 00:40:47,696
let me say that again. It requires

1124
00:40:47,696 --> 00:40:49,696
reporting

1125
00:40:49,698 --> 00:40:50,699
of the minority voting impacts of

1126
00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:52,699
proposed maps.

1127
00:40:53,702 --> 00:40:55,702
if districts

1128
00:40:56,705 --> 00:40:57,706
are being changed ,

1129
00:40:57,706 --> 00:41:01,306
if they are being cracked middecade,

1130
00:41:01,710 --> 00:41:02,711
the public deserves a written explanation

1131
00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:04,711
of why this

1132
00:41:05,714 --> 00:41:07,714
is happening.

1133
00:41:07,716 --> 00:41:10,716
the public deserves this information.

1134
00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:14,120
I move consideration of

1135
00:41:14,723 --> 00:41:15,690
amendment six.

1136
00:41:15,690 --> 00:41:17,692
>> voting for consideration amendment

1137
00:41:17,692 --> 00:41:20,695
number six. All those in favor

1138
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:21,696
, vote yes when the bell rings. Those

1139
00:41:21,696 --> 00:41:23,698
opposed, vote no. Does any member

1140
00:41:23,698 --> 00:41:26,698
wish to change their vote?

1141
00:41:31,706 --> 00:41:32,707
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

1142
00:41:32,707 --> 00:41:34,707
>>

1143
00:41:35,710 --> 00:41:36,711
21-73.

1144
00:41:36,711 --> 00:41:38,713
>> having failed to receive

1145
00:41:38,713 --> 00:41:41,113
the necessary vote the

1146
00:41:41,716 --> 00:41:42,717
motion fails.

1147
00:41:42,717 --> 00:41:44,719
>> houseman and seven, represented

1148
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:45,720
powell was

1149
00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:46,721
not timely filed.

1150
00:41:46,721 --> 00:41:47,722
>> representative

1151
00:41:47,722 --> 00:41:50,122
powell, you are recognized.

1152
00:41:53,695 --> 00:41:56,698
>> thank you, mr. Speaker. This amendment

1153
00:41:56,698 --> 00:41:59,701
is very important. Anyone who is interested in

1154
00:41:59,701 --> 00:42:01,701
making sure

1155
00:42:04,706 --> 00:42:05,707
that anything we are doing here, as

1156
00:42:05,707 --> 00:42:06,708
we already know it

1157
00:42:06,708 --> 00:42:08,710
is illegal, this amendment says that

1158
00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:12,910
there is a legal basis for this,

1159
00:42:14,716 --> 00:42:15,717
but there is a legal basis for the purpose

1160
00:42:15,717 --> 00:42:17,719
of even being here and the necessity

1161
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,719
for new revisions to districts

1162
00:42:21,723 --> 00:42:23,692
between apportionment and the impact

1163
00:42:23,692 --> 00:42:24,693
the proposed plan will have on minority

1164
00:42:24,693 --> 00:42:25,694
voting strength

1165
00:42:25,694 --> 00:42:26,695
and communities of interest will be

1166
00:42:26,695 --> 00:42:28,697
considered. This is a very important amendment.

1167
00:42:28,697 --> 00:42:29,698
we know everything that is being done

1168
00:42:29,698 --> 00:42:31,698
with these maps

1169
00:42:34,703 --> 00:42:35,704
, and that is why it is extremely

1170
00:42:35,704 --> 00:42:36,705
important, and I move

1171
00:42:36,705 --> 00:42:39,705
for consideration, of my amendment.

1172
00:42:43,712 --> 00:42:46,712
spoke proper motion properly seconded,

1173
00:42:46,715 --> 00:42:47,716
considering amendment number seven.

1174
00:42:47,716 --> 00:42:50,116
all those in favor

1175
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,722
, vote yes when the bell rings because every

1176
00:42:53,722 --> 00:42:55,722
member voted?

1177
00:42:59,694 --> 00:43:01,694
mr.

1178
00:43:02,697 --> 00:43:03,698
clerk?

1179
00:43:03,698 --> 00:43:05,698
>>

1180
00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:06,701
having failed to receive the necessary

1181
00:43:06,701 --> 00:43:07,702
two

1182
00:43:07,702 --> 00:43:08,703
thirds vote, the motion to consider

1183
00:43:08,703 --> 00:43:09,704
the amendment fails.

1184
00:43:09,704 --> 00:43:11,704
>> amendment eight

1185
00:43:11,706 --> 00:43:12,707
by representative johnson. A

1186
00:43:12,707 --> 00:43:14,707
>>

1187
00:43:14,709 --> 00:43:16,709
representative johnson?

1188
00:43:17,712 --> 00:43:19,712
>> thank you,

1189
00:43:19,714 --> 00:43:23,314
mr. Speaker. What this amendment does

1190
00:43:29,691 --> 00:43:30,692
, it

1191
00:43:30,692 --> 00:43:31,693
is a voting rights act protections.

1192
00:43:31,693 --> 00:43:32,694
it prohibits maps drawn to diminish

1193
00:43:32,694 --> 00:43:33,695
her fragment minority

1194
00:43:33,695 --> 00:43:35,697
voting strength. Communities should

1195
00:43:35,697 --> 00:43:36,698
not fear

1196
00:43:36,698 --> 00:43:38,700
that district lines are being adjusted

1197
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:41,700
to weaken minority voting strength

1198
00:43:41,703 --> 00:43:42,704
, which is what we are doing today,

1199
00:43:42,704 --> 00:43:44,704
with

1200
00:43:44,706 --> 00:43:47,106
full knowledge. What this

1201
00:43:47,709 --> 00:43:49,709
amendment does

1202
00:43:50,712 --> 00:43:52,714
, it prohibits maps drawn to diminish it

1203
00:43:52,714 --> 00:43:55,714
or fragment minority voting strength.

1204
00:43:56,718 --> 00:43:57,719
this is

1205
00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,721
a voting rights act protection, because

1206
00:43:59,721 --> 00:44:02,691
our communities should not be

1207
00:44:02,691 --> 00:44:05,691
cracked and divided and diluted

1208
00:44:07,696 --> 00:44:08,697
their voices in our democracy. I move

1209
00:44:08,697 --> 00:44:09,698
consideration.

1210
00:44:09,698 --> 00:44:11,698
>>

1211
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:12,701
we are voting for

1212
00:44:12,701 --> 00:44:14,703
consideration of amendment number

1213
00:44:14,703 --> 00:44:15,704
eight. All those in favor,

1214
00:44:15,704 --> 00:44:17,706
of considering amendment number eight,

1215
00:44:17,706 --> 00:44:20,709
but just when the bell rings. Has

1216
00:44:20,709 --> 00:44:21,710
every member voted, does any member

1217
00:44:21,710 --> 00:44:23,710
wish to

1218
00:44:23,712 --> 00:44:25,712
change their vote?

1219
00:44:26,715 --> 00:44:30,315
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

1220
00:44:32,721 --> 00:44:33,722
>> having failed to receive the necessary

1221
00:44:33,722 --> 00:44:35,690
two thirds vote,

1222
00:44:35,690 --> 00:44:36,691
the motion fails.

1223
00:44:36,691 --> 00:44:38,691
>> amendment

1224
00:44:38,693 --> 00:44:41,696
number nine , this amendment was not

1225
00:44:41,696 --> 00:44:42,697
timely filed.

1226
00:44:42,697 --> 00:44:43,698
>> representative salinas

1227
00:44:43,698 --> 00:44:44,699
you

1228
00:44:44,699 --> 00:44:45,700
are recognized.

1229
00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:46,701
>> this amendment

1230
00:44:46,701 --> 00:44:47,702
is about

1231
00:44:47,702 --> 00:44:48,703
fair elections .

1232
00:44:48,703 --> 00:44:49,704
congressional districts should not

1233
00:44:49,704 --> 00:44:52,704
be designed to protect politicians

1234
00:44:53,708 --> 00:44:54,709
. Politicians should not get to

1235
00:44:54,709 --> 00:44:56,711
pick their voters. Voters should get

1236
00:44:56,711 --> 00:44:58,711
to pick

1237
00:44:59,714 --> 00:45:00,715
who there a politician is. This is

1238
00:45:00,715 --> 00:45:02,715
an amendment

1239
00:45:02,717 --> 00:45:03,718
that is anti-incumbent protection.

1240
00:45:03,718 --> 00:45:05,718
I move

1241
00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:07,720
for consideration.

1242
00:45:11,693 --> 00:45:13,693
>>

1243
00:45:13,695 --> 00:45:14,696
you heard the motion, we are voting

1244
00:45:14,696 --> 00:45:15,697
for consideration of amendment number

1245
00:45:15,697 --> 00:45:16,698
nine. All those

1246
00:45:16,698 --> 00:45:17,699
in favor of considering amendment

1247
00:45:17,699 --> 00:45:18,700
number nine, vote yes when the bell

1248
00:45:18,700 --> 00:45:19,701
rings. Has every

1249
00:45:19,701 --> 00:45:20,702
member voted, does any member wish

1250
00:45:20,702 --> 00:45:21,703
to change their vote? Mr. Clerk, please

1251
00:45:21,703 --> 00:45:23,703
take

1252
00:45:23,705 --> 00:45:25,705
the vote.

1253
00:45:29,711 --> 00:45:30,712
in accordance with rule 60 be having failed

1254
00:45:30,712 --> 00:45:31,713
to receive

1255
00:45:31,713 --> 00:45:32,714
the necessary two thirds vote the

1256
00:45:32,714 --> 00:45:33,715
motion to consider amendment number

1257
00:45:33,715 --> 00:45:34,716
nine fails.

1258
00:45:34,716 --> 00:45:35,717
>> member amendment 10, not timely

1259
00:45:35,717 --> 00:45:36,718
filed.

1260
00:45:36,718 --> 00:45:38,718
>> representative jones, you

1261
00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:39,721
are recognized

1262
00:45:39,721 --> 00:45:40,722
>> thank you mr. Speaker.

1263
00:45:40,722 --> 00:45:41,723
this amendment

1264
00:45:41,723 --> 00:45:43,723
requires written

1265
00:45:44,693 --> 00:45:46,695
evaluation of impact on minority communities.

1266
00:45:46,695 --> 00:45:47,696
it requires voting rights analysis.

1267
00:45:47,696 --> 00:45:48,697
the general assembly should understand

1268
00:45:48,697 --> 00:45:49,698
how

1269
00:45:49,698 --> 00:45:52,701
the map would affect minority committees

1270
00:45:52,701 --> 00:45:54,703
before voting. Yesterday the speaker

1271
00:45:54,703 --> 00:45:55,704
was asked how this

1272
00:45:55,704 --> 00:45:56,705
would affect minority communities

1273
00:45:56,705 --> 00:45:59,708
and he said he didn't know, but we

1274
00:45:59,708 --> 00:46:00,709
know this is based on census data.

1275
00:46:00,709 --> 00:46:02,709
the speaker has

1276
00:46:03,712 --> 00:46:06,112
clearly been working with

1277
00:46:09,718 --> 00:46:10,719
doug times in the ethics

1278
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:11,720
counsel to create a regionally gerrymandered

1279
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:12,721
map intentionally. This requires us

1280
00:46:12,721 --> 00:46:13,722
to be provided that

1281
00:46:13,722 --> 00:46:14,723
racial analysis before we are able

1282
00:46:14,723 --> 00:46:15,690
to vote on a legislation. I move for

1283
00:46:15,690 --> 00:46:17,692
consideration of amendment number

1284
00:46:17,692 --> 00:46:18,693
10.

1285
00:46:18,693 --> 00:46:19,694
>> we are voting for consideration

1286
00:46:19,694 --> 00:46:21,696
of amendment 10. All those

1287
00:46:21,696 --> 00:46:23,696
in favor

1288
00:46:23,698 --> 00:46:24,699
, vote yes when the bell rings. Those

1289
00:46:24,699 --> 00:46:25,700
opposed vote no.

1290
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:27,702
has every member voted, does any member

1291
00:46:27,702 --> 00:46:30,702
wish to change their vote?

1292
00:46:30,705 --> 00:46:32,705
mr.

1293
00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:34,709
clerk, please take the vote?

1294
00:46:34,709 --> 00:46:36,709
>>

1295
00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:39,714
having failed to receive the necessary

1296
00:46:39,714 --> 00:46:40,715
two thirds vote, the motion to

1297
00:46:40,715 --> 00:46:43,115
consider amendment number 10 fails.

1298
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:45,720
chairman clemens, for what purpose?

1299
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:47,720
>> parliamentary work. >> come

1300
00:46:48,690 --> 00:46:50,690
on up.

1301
00:48:00,695 --> 00:48:02,695
>>

1302
00:48:03,698 --> 00:48:04,699
mr. Clerk?

1303
00:48:04,699 --> 00:48:06,699
>> mr. Speaker,

1304
00:48:06,701 --> 00:48:08,703
the question was about the

1305
00:48:08,703 --> 00:48:12,303
speaker's authority to clear the gallery.

1306
00:48:12,707 --> 00:48:13,708
rule four,

1307
00:48:13,708 --> 00:48:15,710
in case of any disturbance or disorderly

1308
00:48:15,710 --> 00:48:18,110
conduct in the gallery,

1309
00:48:18,713 --> 00:48:20,715
the speaker shall have the

1310
00:48:20,715 --> 00:48:21,716
power to order the same be cleared.

1311
00:48:21,716 --> 00:48:24,116
>> thank you mr. Clerk.

1312
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:25,720
next amendment.

1313
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:27,720
>> amendment 11,

1314
00:48:32,694 --> 00:48:33,695
not timely filed.

1315
00:48:33,695 --> 00:48:34,696
>> representative

1316
00:48:34,696 --> 00:48:35,697
powell?

1317
00:48:35,697 --> 00:48:36,698
>> thank you,

1318
00:48:36,698 --> 00:48:37,699
mr. Speaker. You should like this

1319
00:48:37,699 --> 00:48:38,700
one, mr. Speaker. It gives you the

1320
00:48:38,700 --> 00:48:39,701
power to

1321
00:48:39,701 --> 00:48:40,702
create an independent commission to

1322
00:48:40,702 --> 00:48:42,704
create these maps. It also gives

1323
00:48:42,704 --> 00:48:44,704
the minority leader

1324
00:48:45,707 --> 00:48:47,707
appointments . The point

1325
00:48:47,709 --> 00:48:48,710
of this is to make sure that these

1326
00:48:48,710 --> 00:48:50,710
maps are

1327
00:48:51,713 --> 00:48:53,713
drawn fairly

1328
00:48:54,716 --> 00:48:55,717
and nonpartisan and. A the states

1329
00:48:55,717 --> 00:48:56,718
are

1330
00:48:56,718 --> 00:49:00,722
not in this kind of ridiculous partisan predicament

1331
00:49:00,722 --> 00:49:02,691
, and actually have people who

1332
00:49:02,691 --> 00:49:03,692
represent them , because they have

1333
00:49:03,692 --> 00:49:05,692
independent commissions.

1334
00:49:05,694 --> 00:49:08,697
they draw these maps. All this amendment

1335
00:49:08,697 --> 00:49:12,701
does is simply create an independent commission,

1336
00:49:12,701 --> 00:49:15,701
republican and democrat, to draw

1337
00:49:15,704 --> 00:49:19,304
these maps . Without, I move consideration.

1338
00:49:26,715 --> 00:49:27,716
>> averred the motion, we are voting

1339
00:49:27,716 --> 00:49:29,718
for consideration of amendment

1340
00:49:29,718 --> 00:49:30,719
number 11. All those in favor of considering

1341
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:31,720
amendment number 11 vote yes. Those

1342
00:49:31,720 --> 00:49:33,722
opposed vote no. Does any member wish

1343
00:49:33,722 --> 00:49:36,122
to change their vote?

1344
00:49:39,694 --> 00:49:40,695
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

1345
00:49:40,695 --> 00:49:42,695
>>

1346
00:49:45,700 --> 00:49:46,701
21-72.

1347
00:49:46,701 --> 00:49:48,703
>> the motion to consider amendment

1348
00:49:48,703 --> 00:49:51,103
number 11 fails. Next amendment

1349
00:49:51,706 --> 00:49:52,707
mr. Clerk .

1350
00:49:52,707 --> 00:49:53,708
>> and 12,

1351
00:49:53,708 --> 00:49:54,709
were present of sillies is not timely

1352
00:49:54,709 --> 00:49:55,710
filed.

1353
00:49:55,710 --> 00:49:57,710
>> presented of salinas? >>

1354
00:50:00,715 --> 00:50:01,716
republicans and democrats,

1355
00:50:01,716 --> 00:50:03,718
independents, all of voters are tired

1356
00:50:03,718 --> 00:50:05,718
of gerrymandering.

1357
00:50:06,721 --> 00:50:09,691
they know that our system

1358
00:50:09,691 --> 00:50:11,691
is not working.

1359
00:50:11,693 --> 00:50:12,694
this is an anti-gerrymandering amendment

1360
00:50:12,694 --> 00:50:14,694
which requires

1361
00:50:17,699 --> 00:50:18,700
congressional districts to remain

1362
00:50:18,700 --> 00:50:21,100
reasonably compact. That means

1363
00:50:21,703 --> 00:50:22,704
that we will not have

1364
00:50:22,704 --> 00:50:24,706
districts that reach from memphis

1365
00:50:24,706 --> 00:50:27,709
all the way past middle tennessee

1366
00:50:27,709 --> 00:50:29,709
I move

1367
00:50:30,712 --> 00:50:32,712
for consideration.

1368
00:50:33,715 --> 00:50:35,715
>>

1369
00:50:35,717 --> 00:50:36,718
proper motion, we are voting for consideration

1370
00:50:36,718 --> 00:50:38,718
of

1371
00:50:39,721 --> 00:50:40,722
amendment 12 . All those in favor

1372
00:50:40,722 --> 00:50:42,691
vote yes.

1373
00:50:42,691 --> 00:50:44,693
all those opposed vote no.

1374
00:50:44,693 --> 00:50:45,694
has every member voted, does any member

1375
00:50:45,694 --> 00:50:47,694
wish to change

1376
00:50:47,696 --> 00:50:48,697
their vote? Mr. Clerk, please take

1377
00:50:48,697 --> 00:50:50,697
the vote.

1378
00:50:51,700 --> 00:50:53,700
>>

1379
00:50:54,703 --> 00:50:55,704
22-72.

1380
00:50:55,704 --> 00:50:57,704
>>

1381
00:51:00,709 --> 00:51:01,710
in accordance with rule 60 be having

1382
00:51:01,710 --> 00:51:02,711
failed to

1383
00:51:02,711 --> 00:51:03,712
receive the necessary vote the motion

1384
00:51:03,712 --> 00:51:04,713
to consider amendment 12 fails. Next

1385
00:51:04,713 --> 00:51:05,714
amendment

1386
00:51:05,714 --> 00:51:06,715
mr. Clerk.

1387
00:51:06,715 --> 00:51:07,716
>> houseman 13, the speaker

1388
00:51:07,716 --> 00:51:10,116
is not timely filed.

1389
00:51:12,721 --> 00:51:15,721
>> representative jones, you are recognized. >>

1390
00:51:17,692 --> 00:51:18,693
I can't hear what you're saying.

1391
00:51:18,693 --> 00:51:19,694
>>

1392
00:51:19,694 --> 00:51:21,696
I can't help that, you need

1393
00:51:21,696 --> 00:51:22,697
to continue.

1394
00:51:22,697 --> 00:51:23,698
>> the speaker is ordering

1395
00:51:23,698 --> 00:51:24,699
the

1396
00:51:24,699 --> 00:51:25,700
gallery cleared for the record. This

1397
00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:27,700
amendment requires districts

1398
00:51:27,702 --> 00:51:28,703
to reflect residents and committees

1399
00:51:28,703 --> 00:51:30,703
rather than

1400
00:51:30,705 --> 00:51:32,705
a statewide.

1401
00:51:33,708 --> 00:51:34,709
congressional district are intended to

1402
00:51:34,709 --> 00:51:36,711
represent people and communities within

1403
00:51:36,711 --> 00:51:38,711
those districts, not

1404
00:51:38,713 --> 00:51:39,714
a predetermined statewide ideology.

1405
00:51:39,714 --> 00:51:43,314
yes, this is the people's house.

1406
00:51:45,720 --> 00:51:47,722
this amendment is to say that this

1407
00:51:47,722 --> 00:51:48,723
is the people's house. Is not cameron's

1408
00:51:48,723 --> 00:51:50,692
house. It is not the governor's house.

1409
00:51:50,692 --> 00:51:51,693
it is the people's house. People are

1410
00:51:51,693 --> 00:51:52,694
being dragged from the gallery for

1411
00:51:52,694 --> 00:51:53,695
exercising their

1412
00:51:53,695 --> 00:51:54,696
voice under the state constitution

1413
00:51:54,696 --> 00:51:55,697
. The state constitution says that

1414
00:51:55,697 --> 00:51:57,699
nonresistance against arbitrary power

1415
00:51:57,699 --> 00:52:00,702
is slavish , and that we must

1416
00:52:00,702 --> 00:52:03,702
resist this type of arbitrary

1417
00:52:03,705 --> 00:52:05,705
power grab.

1418
00:52:12,714 --> 00:52:14,716
people above me, we cannot even

1419
00:52:14,716 --> 00:52:15,717
hear, they are being taken out by

1420
00:52:15,717 --> 00:52:16,718
the order of cameron sexton. The citizens

1421
00:52:16,718 --> 00:52:17,719
whose voices

1422
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:18,720
are being taken away are being dragged

1423
00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:19,721
from the gallery around us but this

1424
00:52:19,721 --> 00:52:20,722
is

1425
00:52:20,722 --> 00:52:21,723
what history will witness this moment.

1426
00:52:21,723 --> 00:52:22,691
>> amendment 13 fails for lack of

1427
00:52:22,691 --> 00:52:23,692
emotion.

1428
00:52:23,692 --> 00:52:24,693
>> are presented to powell, your recognized.

1429
00:52:24,693 --> 00:52:27,930
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

1430
00:52:27,696 --> 00:52:28,697
this is one of the

1431
00:52:28,697 --> 00:52:30,699
most important american amendments

1432
00:52:30,699 --> 00:52:33,990
that I'm sponsoring today.

1433
00:52:33,702 --> 00:52:36,705
it says that we are going

1434
00:52:36,705 --> 00:52:38,707
to use constitutional restraint

1435
00:52:38,707 --> 00:52:39,708
stability and representation and public

1436
00:52:39,708 --> 00:52:42,708
confidence in our elections, when

1437
00:52:42,711 --> 00:52:45,111
we draw these maps

1438
00:52:45,714 --> 00:52:47,716
for government, which is a representative government

1439
00:52:47,716 --> 00:52:51,316
. This is a very important principle,

1440
00:52:54,723 --> 00:52:57,123
standing with his amendment

1441
00:52:57,692 --> 00:52:59,694
shows that we believe in a representative

1442
00:52:59,694 --> 00:53:00,695
democracy, we believe in a republic.

1443
00:53:00,695 --> 00:53:02,695
we believe invoices

1444
00:53:03,698 --> 00:53:06,701
. There are reasons why we are representatives.

1445
00:53:06,701 --> 00:53:07,702
there are reasons why there

1446
00:53:07,702 --> 00:53:09,704
are congressional districts. It is

1447
00:53:09,704 --> 00:53:11,704
because we don't

1448
00:53:11,706 --> 00:53:15,306
live --congress is not the senate.

1449
00:53:18,713 --> 00:53:19,714
the

1450
00:53:19,714 --> 00:53:20,715
u.s. Congress is not the u.s. Senate.

1451
00:53:20,715 --> 00:53:21,716
we have representatives that represent

1452
00:53:21,716 --> 00:53:22,717
districts. We need to keep it

1453
00:53:22,717 --> 00:53:24,719
that way. Move for consideration.

1454
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:25,720
>> we are voting for consideration

1455
00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:26,721
of amendment number 14.

1456
00:53:26,721 --> 00:53:27,722
all those in favor considering amendment

1457
00:53:27,722 --> 00:53:30,692
number 14 vote yes when the

1458
00:53:30,692 --> 00:53:31,693
bell rings. Has every

1459
00:53:31,693 --> 00:53:33,695
member voted? Does any member wish

1460
00:53:33,695 --> 00:53:36,950
to change their vote?

1461
00:53:36,698 --> 00:53:39,701
mr. Clerk, please take the vote. In

1462
00:53:39,701 --> 00:53:41,701
accordance with

1463
00:53:42,704 --> 00:53:44,704
--amendment number

1464
00:53:45,707 --> 00:53:47,707
14 fails.

1465
00:53:48,710 --> 00:53:50,710
>> not timely filed.

1466
00:53:51,713 --> 00:53:53,713
>> mr.

1467
00:53:54,716 --> 00:53:58,316
speaker, this is about making sure

1468
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,720
that candidates

1469
00:54:01,723 --> 00:54:04,123
have adequate time to

1470
00:54:07,696 --> 00:54:09,696
qualify.

1471
00:54:09,698 --> 00:54:10,699
as we know, we will have to go back and

1472
00:54:10,699 --> 00:54:11,700
change all the laws, the

1473
00:54:11,700 --> 00:54:13,702
entire system. We will rig the entire

1474
00:54:13,702 --> 00:54:15,702
system. For years.

1475
00:54:15,704 --> 00:54:16,705
because we are here today. There are

1476
00:54:16,705 --> 00:54:18,705
people

1477
00:54:18,707 --> 00:54:21,707
who are already qualified, people

1478
00:54:23,712 --> 00:54:24,713
that are campaigning, there are people

1479
00:54:24,713 --> 00:54:25,714
in this body that are already running

1480
00:54:25,714 --> 00:54:27,714
for

1481
00:54:28,717 --> 00:54:30,717
these congressional districts.

1482
00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:32,721
we are going to make

1483
00:54:32,721 --> 00:54:34,723
the people --I have an entirely new

1484
00:54:34,723 --> 00:54:36,723
congressional district.

1485
00:54:37,692 --> 00:54:39,692
the person

1486
00:54:39,694 --> 00:54:42,697
who doesn't even represent my city currently

1487
00:54:42,697 --> 00:54:43,698
is now going to be my congressman.

1488
00:54:43,698 --> 00:54:45,698
how

1489
00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:46,701
absurd is that? We have no idea. We

1490
00:54:46,701 --> 00:54:47,702
don't

1491
00:54:47,702 --> 00:54:49,704
have time. This is about making sure

1492
00:54:49,704 --> 00:54:51,706
that we have time.

1493
00:54:51,706 --> 00:54:52,707
>> you heard the motion, we are voting

1494
00:54:52,707 --> 00:54:54,707
for consideration

1495
00:54:55,710 --> 00:54:57,710
of amendment number 15.

1496
00:54:59,714 --> 00:55:01,716
has every member voted? Does any member wish

1497
00:55:01,716 --> 00:55:04,116
to change their vote?

1498
00:55:09,691 --> 00:55:10,692
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

1499
00:55:10,692 --> 00:55:12,692
>>

1500
00:55:16,698 --> 00:55:17,699
23-73.

1501
00:55:17,699 --> 00:55:18,700
>> having failed to

1502
00:55:18,700 --> 00:55:19,701
receive the necessary two thirds vote,

1503
00:55:19,701 --> 00:55:20,702
the motion to consider amendment number

1504
00:55:20,702 --> 00:55:21,703
15 fails. Next

1505
00:55:21,703 --> 00:55:22,704
amendment, mr. Clerk.

1506
00:55:22,704 --> 00:55:23,705
>> mm and 16, by

1507
00:55:23,705 --> 00:55:25,705
presented

1508
00:55:25,707 --> 00:55:26,708
of salinas.

1509
00:55:26,708 --> 00:55:28,710
>> representative salinas, your recognized. >>

1510
00:55:28,710 --> 00:55:30,712
his amendment is about

1511
00:55:30,712 --> 00:55:34,312
election stability . It requires the state

1512
00:55:34,716 --> 00:55:35,717
to finalize maps at

1513
00:55:35,717 --> 00:55:38,717
least 90 days before qualifying deadlines.

1514
00:55:40,722 --> 00:55:43,122
this gives candidates notice

1515
00:55:43,692 --> 00:55:45,694
, so they can make plans,

1516
00:55:45,694 --> 00:55:49,294
this should be a bipartisan vote,

1517
00:55:49,698 --> 00:55:50,699
who is against,

1518
00:55:50,699 --> 00:55:52,701
if you vote against this you are against

1519
00:55:52,701 --> 00:55:55,101
having candidates have 90 days

1520
00:55:55,704 --> 00:55:58,707
before their maps are put into place

1521
00:55:58,707 --> 00:56:01,107
. This would allow candidates

1522
00:56:01,710 --> 00:56:03,710
to plan accordingly,

1523
00:56:03,712 --> 00:56:04,713
to budget accordingly, to reach the

1524
00:56:04,713 --> 00:56:06,713
right voters at

1525
00:56:06,715 --> 00:56:07,716
the right time . With that, I move

1526
00:56:07,716 --> 00:56:09,716
for consideration.

1527
00:56:13,722 --> 00:56:15,724
>> all those in favor

1528
00:56:15,724 --> 00:56:18,124
of considering amendment number 16,

1529
00:56:21,696 --> 00:56:22,697
vote yes when the bell rings. Has

1530
00:56:22,697 --> 00:56:23,698
every member voted, does any

1531
00:56:23,698 --> 00:56:27,298
member wish to change their vote?

1532
00:56:27,702 --> 00:56:28,703
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

1533
00:56:28,703 --> 00:56:30,703
>>

1534
00:56:31,706 --> 00:56:32,707
22-72.

1535
00:56:32,707 --> 00:56:33,708
>>

1536
00:56:33,708 --> 00:56:34,709
having failed to receive the necessary

1537
00:56:34,709 --> 00:56:37,109
vote, minute 16 fails. Mr.

1538
00:56:37,712 --> 00:56:38,713
clerk?

1539
00:56:38,713 --> 00:56:40,713
>> amended 17,

1540
00:56:40,715 --> 00:56:43,715
from presented of salinas. This

1541
00:56:43,718 --> 00:56:44,719
is not timely filed.

1542
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:46,719
>>

1543
00:56:49,691 --> 00:56:50,692
representative salinas, your recognized.

1544
00:56:50,692 --> 00:56:51,693
>>

1545
00:56:51,693 --> 00:56:52,694
this amendment is about election stability. It requires

1546
00:56:52,694 --> 00:56:53,695
implementation in minimizing disruption

1547
00:56:53,695 --> 00:56:54,696
to voters and

1548
00:56:54,696 --> 00:56:55,697
election officials. Let's not forget

1549
00:56:55,697 --> 00:56:57,699
that what we are doing

1550
00:56:57,699 --> 00:57:01,899
is putting a strain on election officials.

1551
00:57:04,706 --> 00:57:05,707
that

1552
00:57:05,707 --> 00:57:06,708
is your administrator of elections

1553
00:57:06,708 --> 00:57:07,709
in your county. It is putting a financial

1554
00:57:07,709 --> 00:57:09,709
strain and putting

1555
00:57:10,712 --> 00:57:13,715
a lot of work on their plates

1556
00:57:13,715 --> 00:57:14,716
in the middle of

1557
00:57:14,716 --> 00:57:16,718
an active election. Let's not forget

1558
00:57:16,718 --> 00:57:17,719
that we have an active election. They

1559
00:57:17,719 --> 00:57:18,720
are going

1560
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:19,721
to have to reach out to voters and

1561
00:57:19,721 --> 00:57:20,722
explain to them, and then retrain

1562
00:57:20,722 --> 00:57:21,723
the

1563
00:57:21,723 --> 00:57:22,724
people who run the elections. This

1564
00:57:22,724 --> 00:57:25,694
is going to negatively impact everybody

1565
00:57:25,694 --> 00:57:26,695
. A lot of

1566
00:57:26,695 --> 00:57:28,697
our voters have to drive far to cast

1567
00:57:28,697 --> 00:57:30,697
their vote.

1568
00:57:33,702 --> 00:57:34,703
public transportation is not good

1569
00:57:34,703 --> 00:57:35,704
in tennessee because we refuse to

1570
00:57:35,704 --> 00:57:36,705
invest

1571
00:57:36,705 --> 00:57:37,706
in it. With that I move for consideration.

1572
00:57:37,706 --> 00:57:38,707
>> you

1573
00:57:38,707 --> 00:57:40,709
have heard the motion. We are voting

1574
00:57:40,709 --> 00:57:42,711
for consideration of amendment number 17.

1575
00:57:42,711 --> 00:57:43,712
all in favor of considering amendment

1576
00:57:43,712 --> 00:57:44,713
number 17 vote yes

1577
00:57:44,713 --> 00:57:46,715
when the bell rings. As opposed vote

1578
00:57:46,715 --> 00:57:47,716
no. Does any member wish to change

1579
00:57:47,716 --> 00:57:49,718
their vote? Mr. Clerk, please take

1580
00:57:49,718 --> 00:57:51,718
the vote.

1581
00:57:52,721 --> 00:57:54,721
>>

1582
00:57:56,691 --> 00:57:57,692
22-71.

1583
00:57:57,692 --> 00:57:58,693
>> having failed to receive

1584
00:57:58,693 --> 00:57:59,694
the necessary vote the motion to consider

1585
00:57:59,694 --> 00:58:00,695
amendment

1586
00:58:00,695 --> 00:58:01,696
17 fails.

1587
00:58:01,696 --> 00:58:02,697
>> has amendment 18 resented

1588
00:58:02,697 --> 00:58:04,697
of powell. Not

1589
00:58:04,699 --> 00:58:06,699
timely filed.

1590
00:58:06,701 --> 00:58:07,702
>> representative powell, your recognized.

1591
00:58:07,702 --> 00:58:09,702
>> thank you,

1592
00:58:10,705 --> 00:58:11,706
mr. Speaker.

1593
00:58:11,706 --> 00:58:13,708
it was interesting in the discussions

1594
00:58:13,708 --> 00:58:16,708
yesterday, in committee. The census

1595
00:58:16,711 --> 00:58:18,711
is drawn

1596
00:58:19,714 --> 00:58:20,715
--collected in 2020 and redrawn

1597
00:58:20,715 --> 00:58:21,716
others district for the 2022 elections.

1598
00:58:21,716 --> 00:58:22,717
tennessee has dramatically changed

1599
00:58:22,717 --> 00:58:24,717
its makeup

1600
00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:27,720
in population,

1601
00:58:28,723 --> 00:58:30,723
in demographics,

1602
00:58:36,698 --> 00:58:37,699
since we use that census data. This

1603
00:58:37,699 --> 00:58:38,700
simply says congressional district

1604
00:58:38,700 --> 00:58:39,701
established

1605
00:58:39,701 --> 00:58:40,702
in 2026 must be established based

1606
00:58:40,702 --> 00:58:41,703
on the residents and communities contained

1607
00:58:41,703 --> 00:58:43,703
within each district,

1608
00:58:43,705 --> 00:58:46,705
regarding a single ideological identity.

1609
00:58:49,711 --> 00:58:50,712
yesterday it was stated that the only

1610
00:58:50,712 --> 00:58:51,713
reason

1611
00:58:51,713 --> 00:58:52,714
we are doing this is for politics.

1612
00:58:52,714 --> 00:58:55,717
that is absurd. That is wrong.

1613
00:58:55,717 --> 00:58:56,718
that is --we know that is

1614
00:58:56,718 --> 00:58:58,720
not even right but this is being done

1615
00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:00,720
because of race.

1616
00:59:00,722 --> 00:59:01,723
this is being done because of race, it

1617
00:59:01,723 --> 00:59:03,692
is being done to divide

1618
00:59:03,692 --> 00:59:04,693
a city. It is now being done to divide

1619
00:59:04,693 --> 00:59:06,693
my city yet

1620
00:59:07,696 --> 00:59:10,960
again. I move consideration.

1621
00:59:12,701 --> 00:59:13,702
>> we are voting for consideration

1622
00:59:13,702 --> 00:59:14,703
of amendment number 18. Those in favor

1623
00:59:14,703 --> 00:59:16,703
that

1624
00:59:16,705 --> 00:59:18,705
yes when

1625
00:59:19,708 --> 00:59:20,709
the

1626
00:59:20,709 --> 00:59:22,711
bell rings. Mr. Clerk, take the vote.

1627
00:59:22,711 --> 00:59:24,711
>> 21-70.

1628
00:59:25,714 --> 00:59:26,715
>> having failed receive the necessary

1629
00:59:26,715 --> 00:59:28,717
vote, the motion to consider amendment

1630
00:59:28,717 --> 00:59:29,718
number 18 fails.

1631
00:59:29,718 --> 00:59:30,719
>> amendment 19

1632
00:59:30,719 --> 00:59:34,919
by rivers and johnson not timely filed.

1633
00:59:35,724 --> 00:59:37,692
>> resented johnson, your recognized.

1634
00:59:37,692 --> 00:59:40,920
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

1635
00:59:40,695 --> 00:59:43,950
this amendment is about

1636
00:59:43,698 --> 00:59:45,698
stability. It

1637
00:59:47,702 --> 00:59:48,703
recognizes historic decennial redistricting

1638
00:59:48,703 --> 00:59:49,704
as promoting democratic legitimacy.

1639
00:59:49,704 --> 00:59:51,704
it is about

1640
00:59:52,707 --> 00:59:55,710
public confidence in the things that

1641
00:59:55,710 --> 00:59:58,713
we do up here, in the drawing of these maps,

1642
00:59:58,713 --> 01:00:00,715
but we are not drawing

1643
01:00:00,715 --> 01:00:04,719
them for our own benefit, to keep

1644
01:00:04,719 --> 01:00:05,720
our seats, because that is what some

1645
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:06,721
of these folks are

1646
01:00:06,721 --> 01:00:07,722
going to be voting for, today. They

1647
01:00:07,722 --> 01:00:11,322
are worried about keeping their power.

1648
01:00:13,695 --> 01:00:14,696
they are taking advantage of the voters,

1649
01:00:14,696 --> 01:00:15,697
taking

1650
01:00:15,697 --> 01:00:16,698
their voice, and they are choosing

1651
01:00:16,698 --> 01:00:18,698
their voters. Stable

1652
01:00:18,700 --> 01:00:21,100
congressional districts strengthen confidence

1653
01:00:22,704 --> 01:00:24,704
in representative government.

1654
01:00:25,707 --> 01:00:26,708
that is what we need here. We need

1655
01:00:26,708 --> 01:00:27,709
confidence in

1656
01:00:27,709 --> 01:00:28,710
this government, because everything

1657
01:00:28,710 --> 01:00:30,710
we are doing

1658
01:00:31,713 --> 01:00:33,715
in this special white power

1659
01:00:33,715 --> 01:00:34,716
session is taking away confidence.

1660
01:00:34,716 --> 01:00:36,716
I move adoption

1661
01:00:40,722 --> 01:00:41,723
.

1662
01:00:41,723 --> 01:00:42,724
>> we are voting

1663
01:00:42,724 --> 01:00:43,692
for consideration of amendment 19.

1664
01:00:43,692 --> 01:00:47,292
all in favor of considering amendment 19,

1665
01:00:49,698 --> 01:00:51,700
as opposed vote no. Has

1666
01:00:51,700 --> 01:00:52,701
every member voted? Does any member

1667
01:00:52,701 --> 01:00:53,702
wish to change their vote? Mr. Clerk,

1668
01:00:53,702 --> 01:00:54,703
take the

1669
01:00:54,703 --> 01:00:55,704
vote.

1670
01:00:55,704 --> 01:00:56,705
>> 19-72. >> having failed to

1671
01:00:56,705 --> 01:00:57,706
receive the necessary two thirds vote,

1672
01:00:57,706 --> 01:00:58,707
the motion to consider amendment number

1673
01:00:58,707 --> 01:01:00,707
19 fails.

1674
01:01:00,709 --> 01:01:01,710
>> amendment 20 by representative

1675
01:01:01,710 --> 01:01:02,711
johnson. Not timely filed.

1676
01:01:02,711 --> 01:01:03,712
>>

1677
01:01:03,712 --> 01:01:04,713
representative johnson?

1678
01:01:04,713 --> 01:01:05,714
>> which one

1679
01:01:05,714 --> 01:01:07,714
is this?

1680
01:01:17,692 --> 01:01:20,920
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

1681
01:01:21,696 --> 01:01:23,698
this amendment will add to fairness

1682
01:01:23,698 --> 01:01:25,698
for everyone

1683
01:01:28,703 --> 01:01:29,704
, making sure that every voter has

1684
01:01:29,704 --> 01:01:30,705
their voice

1685
01:01:30,705 --> 01:01:32,707
heard and that is in a district that

1686
01:01:32,707 --> 01:01:35,107
has their voice heard.

1687
01:01:35,710 --> 01:01:37,712
we need to talk about

1688
01:01:37,712 --> 01:01:38,713
voter education , so that people understand

1689
01:01:38,713 --> 01:01:40,713
what we

1690
01:01:41,716 --> 01:01:42,717
are doing.

1691
01:01:42,717 --> 01:01:44,719
we are doing something to people up

1692
01:01:44,719 --> 01:01:47,719
here, not something for them.

1693
01:01:50,692 --> 01:01:51,693
move adoption.

1694
01:01:51,693 --> 01:01:52,694
>> we are voting for consideration

1695
01:01:52,694 --> 01:01:53,695
of amendment number 20. All those

1696
01:01:53,695 --> 01:01:54,696
in favor of considering

1697
01:01:54,696 --> 01:01:55,697
amendment number 20, vote yes when

1698
01:01:55,697 --> 01:01:56,698
the bell rings. Has every member voted?

1699
01:01:56,698 --> 01:01:57,699
does any

1700
01:01:57,699 --> 01:01:59,701
member wish to change their vote?

1701
01:01:59,701 --> 01:02:00,702
mr. Clerk? Please take the vote.

1702
01:02:00,702 --> 01:02:02,702
>>

1703
01:02:03,705 --> 01:02:05,707
having failed receive the necessary vote,

1704
01:02:05,707 --> 01:02:06,708
the amendment fails.

1705
01:02:06,708 --> 01:02:07,709
>>

1706
01:02:07,709 --> 01:02:08,710
amendment 20 by representative faye

1707
01:02:08,710 --> 01:02:10,710
powell not timely

1708
01:02:11,713 --> 01:02:12,714
filed.

1709
01:02:12,714 --> 01:02:14,714
>> sometimes people

1710
01:02:15,717 --> 01:02:17,719
in here say we live in a democracy,

1711
01:02:17,719 --> 01:02:19,721
a lot of people yell at me

1712
01:02:19,721 --> 01:02:22,724
and say no we don't. We live in a republic.

1713
01:02:22,724 --> 01:02:23,692
well then, this is one you should

1714
01:02:23,692 --> 01:02:24,693
all like. All

1715
01:02:24,693 --> 01:02:26,695
of those who yell at me and say we

1716
01:02:26,695 --> 01:02:27,696
don't live in a democracy, we live

1717
01:02:27,696 --> 01:02:29,698
in a republic. We do live in a democratic

1718
01:02:29,698 --> 01:02:30,699
republic. This says the general

1719
01:02:30,699 --> 01:02:33,702
assembly finds stable and fairly construed

1720
01:02:33,702 --> 01:02:35,704
electoral districts strengthen republican

1721
01:02:35,704 --> 01:02:37,704
self-government and preserve

1722
01:02:37,706 --> 01:02:38,707
confidence in representative democracy.

1723
01:02:38,707 --> 01:02:39,708
it

1724
01:02:39,708 --> 01:02:41,710
is a very simple principle. It is

1725
01:02:41,710 --> 01:02:44,110
a very simple principle.

1726
01:02:44,713 --> 01:02:45,714
we have these congressional

1727
01:02:45,714 --> 01:02:48,714
districts, because each congressman represents

1728
01:02:50,719 --> 01:02:53,119
, just as we do

1729
01:02:53,722 --> 01:02:55,722
, districts and people.

1730
01:02:56,691 --> 01:02:59,910
I move for consideration.

1731
01:02:59,694 --> 01:03:02,694
>> all those in favor of

1732
01:03:02,697 --> 01:03:03,698
considering amendment 21,

1733
01:03:03,698 --> 01:03:05,700
vote yes when the bell rings. Does

1734
01:03:05,700 --> 01:03:07,702
any member wish to change their

1735
01:03:07,702 --> 01:03:08,703
vote?

1736
01:03:08,703 --> 01:03:11,703
>> mr. Clerk, please take the

1737
01:03:11,706 --> 01:03:12,707
vote.

1738
01:03:12,707 --> 01:03:13,708
>> 21-73.

1739
01:03:13,708 --> 01:03:14,709
>> having failed to receive the necessary

1740
01:03:14,709 --> 01:03:16,709
vote, amendment 21 fails.

1741
01:03:17,712 --> 01:03:19,712
>>

1742
01:03:21,716 --> 01:03:22,717
not timely filed.

1743
01:03:22,717 --> 01:03:23,718
>> you are recognized.

1744
01:03:23,718 --> 01:03:26,688
>> I want to state for the

1745
01:03:26,688 --> 01:03:28,688
record, the reason

1746
01:03:41,703 --> 01:03:42,704
they are not timely filed is because

1747
01:03:42,704 --> 01:03:43,705
there was no way to file a timely

1748
01:03:43,705 --> 01:03:44,706
process because we were rushed through

1749
01:03:44,706 --> 01:03:45,707
this process

1750
01:03:45,707 --> 01:03:46,708
in 24 hours. That is why these are

1751
01:03:46,708 --> 01:03:47,709
untimely. This amendment recognizes

1752
01:03:47,709 --> 01:03:48,710
tennessee's geographic,

1753
01:03:48,710 --> 01:03:49,711
racial, cultural and political diversity.

1754
01:03:49,711 --> 01:03:50,712
it is about inclusive representation

1755
01:03:50,712 --> 01:03:51,713
and making sure that tennessee's

1756
01:03:51,713 --> 01:03:52,714
diverse communities have well-deserved,

1757
01:03:52,714 --> 01:03:53,715
meaningful representation. With that,

1758
01:03:53,715 --> 01:03:54,716
I move for consideration mr. Speaker.

1759
01:03:54,716 --> 01:03:55,717
>>

1760
01:03:55,717 --> 01:03:56,718
we are voting for consideration, all

1761
01:03:56,718 --> 01:03:57,719
those in favor vote yes when the bell

1762
01:03:57,719 --> 01:03:58,720
rings.

1763
01:03:58,720 --> 01:03:59,721
as opposed vote no. Has every member

1764
01:03:59,721 --> 01:04:01,723
voted, does any member wish to change

1765
01:04:01,723 --> 01:04:02,724
their vote? Take the vote.

1766
01:04:02,724 --> 01:04:03,692
>> in accordance

1767
01:04:03,692 --> 01:04:04,693
with rule 6b,

1768
01:04:04,693 --> 01:04:08,893
having failed to receive the necessary vote,

1769
01:04:09,698 --> 01:04:10,699
amendment 22 fails.

1770
01:04:10,699 --> 01:04:11,700
>> amendment 23

1771
01:04:11,700 --> 01:04:12,701
by representative powell not timely

1772
01:04:12,701 --> 01:04:13,702
filed.

1773
01:04:13,702 --> 01:04:14,703
>> you are recognized. >> thank you

1774
01:04:14,703 --> 01:04:15,704
mr. Speaker. This

1775
01:04:15,704 --> 01:04:16,705
minutes as the general assembly finds

1776
01:04:16,705 --> 01:04:17,706
that representative democracy functions

1777
01:04:17,706 --> 01:04:18,707
best when

1778
01:04:18,707 --> 01:04:19,708
voters choose their representatives

1779
01:04:19,708 --> 01:04:20,709
and congressional districts remained

1780
01:04:20,709 --> 01:04:21,710
stable between appointments. This

1781
01:04:21,710 --> 01:04:23,710
is the

1782
01:04:23,712 --> 01:04:26,715
whole point of why we do this every

1783
01:04:26,715 --> 01:04:28,715
10 years.

1784
01:04:28,717 --> 01:04:29,718
it is because people need to know

1785
01:04:29,718 --> 01:04:32,118
who their congressman is

1786
01:04:32,721 --> 01:04:37,521
. People need to know who their congressperson is

1787
01:04:38,693 --> 01:04:39,694
. Right now, these

1788
01:04:39,694 --> 01:04:40,695
maps are going to dramatically change

1789
01:04:40,695 --> 01:04:41,696
whose people congressman's are. You

1790
01:04:41,696 --> 01:04:42,697
know who will get the

1791
01:04:42,697 --> 01:04:44,699
phone calls? Everyone in this room.

1792
01:04:44,699 --> 01:04:45,700
they are not going to know. I won't

1793
01:04:45,700 --> 01:04:46,701
even

1794
01:04:46,701 --> 01:04:47,702
know to tell my constituents who their

1795
01:04:47,702 --> 01:04:49,702
congressperson is.

1796
01:04:55,710 --> 01:04:56,711
right now is my constituents called

1797
01:04:56,711 --> 01:04:58,713
me I would not

1798
01:04:58,713 --> 01:04:59,714
be able to tell them who their congressperson

1799
01:04:59,714 --> 01:05:00,715
is based on these maps. We

1800
01:05:00,715 --> 01:05:01,716
don't even have the overlay. Think

1801
01:05:01,716 --> 01:05:02,717
about this. This is absurd. This is

1802
01:05:02,717 --> 01:05:03,718
absurd. We

1803
01:05:03,718 --> 01:05:05,720
have people, right now, applying to

1804
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:07,720
the military academies.

1805
01:05:08,723 --> 01:05:09,724
applying to military academies

1806
01:05:09,724 --> 01:05:11,693
and their congressperson is going

1807
01:05:11,693 --> 01:05:12,694
to change. Think about that if you care

1808
01:05:12,694 --> 01:05:13,695
about

1809
01:05:13,695 --> 01:05:17,699
our military academies. I move for consideration.

1810
01:05:17,699 --> 01:05:18,700
>> you heard the motion, we are voting

1811
01:05:18,700 --> 01:05:19,701
for

1812
01:05:19,701 --> 01:05:20,702
consideration of amendment 23, all

1813
01:05:20,702 --> 01:05:22,704
those in favor vote when the

1814
01:05:22,704 --> 01:05:23,705
bell rings. Members wish to change

1815
01:05:23,705 --> 01:05:25,705
their

1816
01:05:26,708 --> 01:05:27,709
vote?

1817
01:05:27,709 --> 01:05:29,709
>>

1818
01:05:30,712 --> 01:05:32,714
having failed to receive the necessary

1819
01:05:32,714 --> 01:05:35,717
two thirds vote, the motion to consider

1820
01:05:35,717 --> 01:05:36,718
amendment 23 fails.

1821
01:05:36,718 --> 01:05:37,719
>>

1822
01:05:37,719 --> 01:05:38,720
resented jones, your recognized.

1823
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:39,721
>>

1824
01:05:39,721 --> 01:05:40,722
we are filing

1825
01:05:40,722 --> 01:05:41,723
amendment because many of us were

1826
01:05:41,723 --> 01:05:44,123
not put on committees

1827
01:05:47,696 --> 01:05:48,697
meant to consider this legislation,

1828
01:05:48,697 --> 01:05:49,698
forced

1829
01:05:49,698 --> 01:05:50,699
through in less than 24 hours. This

1830
01:05:50,699 --> 01:05:51,700
is an untimely amendment because there

1831
01:05:51,700 --> 01:05:52,701
is no way

1832
01:05:52,701 --> 01:05:53,702
to have the maps within a few hours

1833
01:05:53,702 --> 01:05:55,704
of the committee meeting and we are

1834
01:05:55,704 --> 01:05:56,705
here the next day voting on maps that

1835
01:05:56,705 --> 01:05:57,706
we have not been able to analyze

1836
01:05:57,706 --> 01:05:58,707
to breakdown or understand. This amendment

1837
01:05:58,707 --> 01:05:59,708
is about avoiding fragmentation. It

1838
01:05:59,708 --> 01:06:00,709
prohibits unnecessary fragmentation

1839
01:06:00,709 --> 01:06:01,710
of

1840
01:06:01,710 --> 01:06:02,711
urban, rural, minority and historically

1841
01:06:02,711 --> 01:06:04,711
black communities,

1842
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:12,721
communities should not be

1843
01:06:12,721 --> 01:06:13,722
unnecessarily divided for political

1844
01:06:13,722 --> 01:06:14,723
purposes. Again, we know what this

1845
01:06:14,723 --> 01:06:15,724
is about, it is about

1846
01:06:15,724 --> 01:06:16,691
diluting minority vote and taking

1847
01:06:16,691 --> 01:06:17,692
us back to pre-1965, pre-voting rights

1848
01:06:17,692 --> 01:06:19,694
act, and act bought

1849
01:06:19,694 --> 01:06:20,695
with days in jail cells in the smacker

1850
01:06:20,695 --> 01:06:22,695
billy clubs.

1851
01:06:23,698 --> 01:06:24,699
perhaps some of you who want to take

1852
01:06:24,699 --> 01:06:26,699
us back

1853
01:06:26,701 --> 01:06:30,301
to this time but this is

1854
01:06:31,706 --> 01:06:32,707
an amendment saying we must move forward toward

1855
01:06:32,707 --> 01:06:33,708
a multiracial democracy and about

1856
01:06:33,708 --> 01:06:34,709
maintaining the diversity of our state

1857
01:06:34,709 --> 01:06:35,710
when it comes to race, geography,

1858
01:06:35,710 --> 01:06:36,711
urban and rural.

1859
01:06:36,711 --> 01:06:38,713
with that, I move consideration of

1860
01:06:38,713 --> 01:06:39,714
this amendment.

1861
01:06:39,714 --> 01:06:40,715
>> you ever the motion,

1862
01:06:40,715 --> 01:06:41,716
all those in favor in considering

1863
01:06:41,716 --> 01:06:44,116
amendment number 24 . As opposed

1864
01:06:44,719 --> 01:06:47,722
vote no. Does any member wish to

1865
01:06:47,722 --> 01:06:50,122
change their vote? Take

1866
01:06:50,692 --> 01:06:52,692
the vote.

1867
01:06:53,695 --> 01:06:54,696
>>

1868
01:06:54,696 --> 01:06:56,698
having failed to receive the necessary

1869
01:06:56,698 --> 01:06:58,700
two thirds vote, consideration of

1870
01:06:58,700 --> 01:06:59,701
amendment 24 fails.

1871
01:06:59,701 --> 01:07:00,702
>> amendment 25

1872
01:07:00,702 --> 01:07:02,702
not timely filed.

1873
01:07:04,706 --> 01:07:08,906
>> mr. Speaker, this simple says general assembly

1874
01:07:12,714 --> 01:07:13,715
finds that stable congressional districts

1875
01:07:13,715 --> 01:07:14,716
promote public confidence in represented

1876
01:07:14,716 --> 01:07:16,718
of government and preserve constitutional

1877
01:07:16,718 --> 01:07:17,719
restraint in the exercise of redistricting

1878
01:07:17,719 --> 01:07:18,720
authority. We set a dangerous precedent,

1879
01:07:18,720 --> 01:07:20,720
here. Now that

1880
01:07:20,722 --> 01:07:22,724
we have changed the law

1881
01:07:22,724 --> 01:07:23,692
, we can come back whenever and change

1882
01:07:23,692 --> 01:07:25,692
these congressional districts.

1883
01:07:26,695 --> 01:07:27,696
we set a dangerous precedent in

1884
01:07:27,696 --> 01:07:30,696
this state. A dangerous precedent.

1885
01:07:31,700 --> 01:07:32,701
everybody in this room should stop

1886
01:07:32,701 --> 01:07:34,701
and think

1887
01:07:35,704 --> 01:07:38,104
about that our president

1888
01:07:38,707 --> 01:07:39,708
,

1889
01:07:39,708 --> 01:07:41,710
not my president, but the president

1890
01:07:41,710 --> 01:07:43,710
does not control

1891
01:07:44,713 --> 01:07:45,714
the state of tennessee and how we

1892
01:07:45,714 --> 01:07:47,716
draw our contract congressional districts.

1893
01:07:47,716 --> 01:07:50,116
we are telling people

1894
01:07:50,719 --> 01:07:53,719
not to have confidence in

1895
01:07:53,722 --> 01:07:54,723
representative democracy . That is

1896
01:07:54,723 --> 01:07:56,723
what

1897
01:07:56,725 --> 01:07:59,694
we are doing right now. This

1898
01:07:59,694 --> 01:08:01,694
is alarming

1899
01:08:02,697 --> 01:08:03,698
. If you stand for representative

1900
01:08:03,698 --> 01:08:04,699
democracy, I

1901
01:08:04,699 --> 01:08:05,700
ask you to vote for this and move

1902
01:08:05,700 --> 01:08:06,701
for consideration.

1903
01:08:06,701 --> 01:08:07,702
>> we are

1904
01:08:07,702 --> 01:08:10,702
voting for consideration of amendment 25.

1905
01:08:11,706 --> 01:08:13,708
as opposed vote no. Is any

1906
01:08:13,708 --> 01:08:14,709
member voted ? Does any member wish

1907
01:08:14,709 --> 01:08:17,709
to change their vote? Mr.

1908
01:08:17,712 --> 01:08:18,713
clerk?

1909
01:08:18,713 --> 01:08:19,714
>>

1910
01:08:19,714 --> 01:08:20,715
19-71.

1911
01:08:20,715 --> 01:08:21,716
>> having failed to receive

1912
01:08:21,716 --> 01:08:23,716
the necessary two

1913
01:08:23,718 --> 01:08:24,719
thirds vote,

1914
01:08:24,719 --> 01:08:26,719
>>

1915
01:08:26,721 --> 01:08:28,721
amendment 26 by

1916
01:08:29,724 --> 01:08:30,692
representative salinas.

1917
01:08:30,692 --> 01:08:31,693
>> thank

1918
01:08:31,693 --> 01:08:32,694
you. This amendment is about voter awareness

1919
01:08:32,694 --> 01:08:34,694
.

1920
01:08:34,696 --> 01:08:35,697
I don't know if you all remember the

1921
01:08:35,697 --> 01:08:38,970
quote of trump saying

1922
01:08:40,702 --> 01:08:41,703
that he loves the uneducated. I think

1923
01:08:41,703 --> 01:08:43,705
that we have an opportunity to

1924
01:08:43,705 --> 01:08:44,706
prove him wrong, and put something

1925
01:08:44,706 --> 01:08:47,706
that educates our voters, that

1926
01:08:47,709 --> 01:08:49,709
lets them know

1927
01:08:49,711 --> 01:08:50,712
, explains to them the voting process

1928
01:08:50,712 --> 01:08:53,712
and making sure that we

1929
01:08:53,715 --> 01:08:57,315
have civics back into our state.

1930
01:09:02,724 --> 01:09:03,692
aware of not only what and who they

1931
01:09:03,692 --> 01:09:04,693
are

1932
01:09:04,693 --> 01:09:05,694
voting for and what district they

1933
01:09:05,694 --> 01:09:07,696
are in. This would require a 60 day period

1934
01:09:07,696 --> 01:09:08,697
that would allow us to educate voters.

1935
01:09:08,697 --> 01:09:09,698
education. We all say that we are

1936
01:09:09,698 --> 01:09:10,699
passionate

1937
01:09:10,699 --> 01:09:11,700
about education. Why would we not

1938
01:09:11,700 --> 01:09:14,700
want our voters to know

1939
01:09:14,703 --> 01:09:16,705
? It gives us time to

1940
01:09:16,705 --> 01:09:20,905
have these conversations. I move for consideration.

1941
01:09:23,712 --> 01:09:24,713
>> all those in favor considering

1942
01:09:24,713 --> 01:09:26,713
amendment 26,

1943
01:09:26,715 --> 01:09:28,715
but

1944
01:09:28,717 --> 01:09:29,718
yes when the bell rings. Has every

1945
01:09:29,718 --> 01:09:30,719
member voted, does any member wish

1946
01:09:30,719 --> 01:09:32,719
to change their

1947
01:09:32,721 --> 01:09:35,721
vote? Please take the vote.

1948
01:09:35,724 --> 01:09:36,725
in accordance with rule six be having

1949
01:09:36,725 --> 01:09:37,692
failed to

1950
01:09:37,692 --> 01:09:39,694
receive the necessary vote the motion

1951
01:09:39,694 --> 01:09:41,694
to consider

1952
01:09:47,702 --> 01:09:48,703
amendment 26 fails.

1953
01:09:48,703 --> 01:09:49,704
>> amendment 27

1954
01:09:49,704 --> 01:09:50,705
by

1955
01:09:50,705 --> 01:09:51,706
repetitive gents, not timely filed.

1956
01:09:51,706 --> 01:09:52,707
>> you are recognized. >> thank you

1957
01:09:52,707 --> 01:09:53,708
mr. Speaker. Again,

1958
01:09:53,708 --> 01:09:54,709
this is untimely because we were given

1959
01:09:54,709 --> 01:09:55,710
three days for a sham process without

1960
01:09:55,710 --> 01:09:56,711
real

1961
01:09:56,711 --> 01:09:57,712
deliberation, forced through committee

1962
01:09:57,712 --> 01:09:58,713
with less than 24 hours notice of

1963
01:09:58,713 --> 01:09:59,714
being aware of

1964
01:09:59,714 --> 01:10:00,715
what these maps were and I am on the

1965
01:10:00,715 --> 01:10:01,716
house floor at 9:00 alien to

1966
01:10:01,716 --> 01:10:03,718
vote on this racist gerrymandered

1967
01:10:03,718 --> 01:10:04,719
map. Is is about minority

1968
01:10:04,719 --> 01:10:06,721
opportunity preservation, it preserves

1969
01:10:06,721 --> 01:10:07,722
voting opportunities

1970
01:10:07,722 --> 01:10:09,724
according to federal law. Tennessee

1971
01:10:09,724 --> 01:10:11,724
should reserve minority

1972
01:10:12,694 --> 01:10:13,695
voting opportunity required by

1973
01:10:13,695 --> 01:10:14,696
federal law. We know this is about

1974
01:10:14,696 --> 01:10:15,697
race no matter what the speaker says.'s

1975
01:10:15,697 --> 01:10:16,698
chief

1976
01:10:16,698 --> 01:10:18,700
of staff went to school in memphis,

1977
01:10:18,700 --> 01:10:21,700
he knows it's a majority

1978
01:10:21,703 --> 01:10:23,703
black city.

1979
01:10:24,706 --> 01:10:25,707
if they have

1980
01:10:25,707 --> 01:10:26,708
questions they have some members of

1981
01:10:26,708 --> 01:10:27,709
shelby county here in the republican

1982
01:10:27,709 --> 01:10:28,710
caucus who can

1983
01:10:28,710 --> 01:10:29,711
clearly tell them that is a majority

1984
01:10:29,711 --> 01:10:30,712
black city. Yesterday in committee,

1985
01:10:30,712 --> 01:10:32,712
sensitive lowell wanted

1986
01:10:32,714 --> 01:10:33,715
to bring up crime in memphis, racializing

1987
01:10:33,715 --> 01:10:34,716
this

1988
01:10:34,716 --> 01:10:35,717
debate. You brought that up in committee

1989
01:10:35,717 --> 01:10:36,718
saying there is crime and this will

1990
01:10:36,718 --> 01:10:38,718
help

1991
01:10:39,721 --> 01:10:42,121
to we can crime.

1992
01:10:45,694 --> 01:10:46,695
he revealed what they were

1993
01:10:46,695 --> 01:10:48,697
looking caucus is doing, it is about

1994
01:10:48,697 --> 01:10:49,698
race, he has given us a basis

1995
01:10:49,698 --> 01:10:51,700
to know this is about race. Thank

1996
01:10:51,700 --> 01:10:52,701
you for doing that. This is once again

1997
01:10:52,701 --> 01:10:53,702
about the voting rights act compliance

1998
01:10:53,702 --> 01:10:54,703
and I move for consideration of this

1999
01:10:54,703 --> 01:10:55,704
amendment.

2000
01:10:55,704 --> 01:10:56,705
>>

2001
01:10:56,705 --> 01:10:57,706
voting for consideration of amendment

2002
01:10:57,706 --> 01:10:58,707
27. All those in favor, but yes when

2003
01:10:58,707 --> 01:10:59,708
the bell

2004
01:10:59,708 --> 01:11:00,709
rings. Does any member wish to change

2005
01:11:00,709 --> 01:11:03,709
their vote? Take the vote.

2006
01:11:03,712 --> 01:11:05,712
>> 1472.

2007
01:11:06,715 --> 01:11:07,716
>> having failed to

2008
01:11:07,716 --> 01:11:08,717
receive the necessary two thirds vote,

2009
01:11:08,717 --> 01:11:09,718
the motion to consider amendment fails.

2010
01:11:09,718 --> 01:11:10,719
>> amendment 28

2011
01:11:10,719 --> 01:11:11,720
by rivers of the powell not timely

2012
01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:12,721
filed.

2013
01:11:12,721 --> 01:11:13,722
>> your recognized. >> just

2014
01:11:13,722 --> 01:11:14,723
so everyone

2015
01:11:14,723 --> 01:11:15,724
in here knows, I want to point out,

2016
01:11:15,724 --> 01:11:18,124
memphis is a majority

2017
01:11:18,693 --> 01:11:20,693
black city.

2018
01:11:24,699 --> 01:11:25,700
I know that was brought

2019
01:11:25,700 --> 01:11:26,701
up yesterday and people seems to have

2020
01:11:26,701 --> 01:11:27,702
no clue that memphis is a majority

2021
01:11:27,702 --> 01:11:28,703
black city.

2022
01:11:28,703 --> 01:11:30,705
but honestly, everyone in this room

2023
01:11:30,705 --> 01:11:31,706
knows that. This is a very important

2024
01:11:31,706 --> 01:11:32,707
bill,

2025
01:11:32,707 --> 01:11:33,708
it says prior to final passage of

2026
01:11:33,708 --> 01:11:34,709
any congressional redistricting plan,

2027
01:11:34,709 --> 01:11:36,709
and acted

2028
01:11:36,711 --> 01:11:38,711
between apportionments

2029
01:11:38,713 --> 01:11:39,714
, the general assembly shall evaluate

2030
01:11:39,714 --> 01:11:40,715
whether the proposed plan

2031
01:11:40,715 --> 01:11:42,717
does proportionately fragments, pacs,

2032
01:11:42,717 --> 01:11:45,117
or splits minority populations

2033
01:11:47,722 --> 01:11:48,723
. We haven't even evaluated these maps.

2034
01:11:48,723 --> 01:11:50,723
they

2035
01:11:51,693 --> 01:11:52,694
are unconstitutional . They are

2036
01:11:52,694 --> 01:11:55,694
clearly going to be unconstitutional

2037
01:11:56,698 --> 01:11:57,699
, because the voting rights act still

2038
01:11:57,699 --> 01:11:59,699
stands. The voting

2039
01:12:00,702 --> 01:12:04,902
rights act still stands. We, in here,

2040
01:12:08,710 --> 01:12:09,711
give the budget 24 hours to layover,

2041
01:12:09,711 --> 01:12:10,712
but we cannot give

2042
01:12:10,712 --> 01:12:12,714
these maps 24 hours to layover so

2043
01:12:12,714 --> 01:12:13,715
that we can analyze them? I move

2044
01:12:13,715 --> 01:12:14,716
for consideration.

2045
01:12:14,716 --> 01:12:15,717
>> we are voting

2046
01:12:15,717 --> 01:12:16,718
for consideration of amendment number

2047
01:12:16,718 --> 01:12:18,718
28. All those in

2048
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:19,721
favor of amendment 28 vote yes when

2049
01:12:19,721 --> 01:12:20,722
the

2050
01:12:20,722 --> 01:12:21,723
bell rings. Does any member wish to

2051
01:12:21,723 --> 01:12:24,723
change their vote? Mr. Clerk?

2052
01:12:26,695 --> 01:12:27,696
>> having failed to receive the necessary

2053
01:12:27,696 --> 01:12:29,696
vote, the motion

2054
01:12:29,698 --> 01:12:30,699
to consider amendment 28 fails.

2055
01:12:30,699 --> 01:12:32,699
>> amendment

2056
01:12:33,702 --> 01:12:34,703
29 by were resented

2057
01:12:34,703 --> 01:12:35,704
of salinas not timely filed.

2058
01:12:35,704 --> 01:12:36,705
>> representative

2059
01:12:36,705 --> 01:12:37,706
salinas?

2060
01:12:37,706 --> 01:12:38,707
>> this amendment is about

2061
01:12:38,707 --> 01:12:39,708
equal representation. I know not everybody

2062
01:12:39,708 --> 01:12:40,709
reads the

2063
01:12:40,709 --> 01:12:42,711
amendments, so I will take the time

2064
01:12:42,711 --> 01:12:44,711
to read this

2065
01:12:44,713 --> 01:12:45,714
. It is very simple. It says the general

2066
01:12:45,714 --> 01:12:47,714
assembly recognizes

2067
01:12:48,717 --> 01:12:51,117
that all tennessean voters,

2068
01:12:53,722 --> 01:12:54,723
regardless of political affiliation,

2069
01:12:54,723 --> 01:12:55,724
race, ethnicity, or

2070
01:12:55,724 --> 01:12:56,725
geographic location, are entitled

2071
01:12:56,725 --> 01:12:57,692
to meaningful and effective representation

2072
01:12:57,692 --> 01:12:59,692
in congress.

2073
01:13:00,695 --> 01:13:01,696
if you

2074
01:13:01,696 --> 01:13:03,698
want to say that you are not prejudiced,

2075
01:13:03,698 --> 01:13:04,699
if you want to say that you

2076
01:13:04,699 --> 01:13:06,701
are not racist, that you care about

2077
01:13:06,701 --> 01:13:07,702
equality, you will vote yes on this

2078
01:13:07,702 --> 01:13:08,703
amendment,

2079
01:13:08,703 --> 01:13:09,704
and I moved for consideration.

2080
01:13:09,704 --> 01:13:10,705
>>

2081
01:13:10,705 --> 01:13:11,706
you have heard the

2082
01:13:11,706 --> 01:13:12,707
motion, we are voting for consideration

2083
01:13:12,707 --> 01:13:13,708
of amendment 29. All those in favor

2084
01:13:13,708 --> 01:13:15,708
of considering

2085
01:13:15,710 --> 01:13:16,711
amendment 29 , but yes when the bell

2086
01:13:16,711 --> 01:13:17,712
rings

2087
01:13:17,712 --> 01:13:18,713
because any member wish to change

2088
01:13:18,713 --> 01:13:19,714
their vote? Mr. Clerk, please take

2089
01:13:19,714 --> 01:13:21,714
the

2090
01:13:21,716 --> 01:13:22,717
vote.

2091
01:13:22,717 --> 01:13:24,717
>>

2092
01:13:24,719 --> 01:13:25,720
20-72.

2093
01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:26,721
>> having failed to receive

2094
01:13:26,721 --> 01:13:27,722
the

2095
01:13:27,722 --> 01:13:28,723
necessary vote of the motion to consider

2096
01:13:28,723 --> 01:13:30,723
amendment 29 fails.

2097
01:13:31,693 --> 01:13:32,694
>> amendment 30 not timely filed.

2098
01:13:32,694 --> 01:13:33,695
>> representative johnson? >> thank

2099
01:13:33,695 --> 01:13:36,950
you, mr. Speaker. The

2100
01:13:36,698 --> 01:13:38,698
key thing of

2101
01:13:39,701 --> 01:13:41,701
this amendment, is

2102
01:13:42,704 --> 01:13:44,704
local governmental integrity

2103
01:13:45,707 --> 01:13:48,107
--I'm sorry, wrong one.

2104
01:13:48,710 --> 01:13:50,710
election administration.

2105
01:13:50,712 --> 01:13:51,713
what we are getting ready to do is

2106
01:13:51,713 --> 01:13:54,713
going to create chaos in

2107
01:13:55,717 --> 01:13:57,719
every one of our election commissions

2108
01:13:57,719 --> 01:13:59,721
and it will cost them a lot of

2109
01:13:59,721 --> 01:14:00,722
money, to make all the changes they

2110
01:14:00,722 --> 01:14:01,723
will have to make in the middle of

2111
01:14:01,723 --> 01:14:03,725
an election. What this amendment does,

2112
01:14:03,725 --> 01:14:06,695
it requires the implementation , minimizing

2113
01:14:06,695 --> 01:14:07,696
disruption to voters , candidates,

2114
01:14:07,696 --> 01:14:09,696
and

2115
01:14:09,698 --> 01:14:11,698
election officials .

2116
01:14:11,700 --> 01:14:15,300
election changes should not create chaos

2117
01:14:15,704 --> 01:14:18,704
for voters , or for candidates

2118
01:14:18,707 --> 01:14:19,708
. Move consideration.

2119
01:14:19,708 --> 01:14:20,709
>> you have

2120
01:14:20,709 --> 01:14:21,710
heard

2121
01:14:21,710 --> 01:14:22,711
the motion, we are voting for consideration

2122
01:14:22,711 --> 01:14:23,712
on

2123
01:14:23,712 --> 01:14:24,713
amendment 30. All in favor of considering

2124
01:14:24,713 --> 01:14:26,713
him 30, those opposed

2125
01:14:27,716 --> 01:14:29,716
that no.

2126
01:14:29,718 --> 01:14:30,719
has every member voted, does any member

2127
01:14:30,719 --> 01:14:33,722
wish to change their vote? Mr. Clerk,

2128
01:14:33,722 --> 01:14:35,722
please take note.

2129
01:14:36,725 --> 01:14:37,692
in

2130
01:14:37,692 --> 01:14:38,693
accordance with rule six be, having

2131
01:14:38,693 --> 01:14:39,694
failed to receive the necessary vote,

2132
01:14:39,694 --> 01:14:41,694
the motion to

2133
01:14:41,696 --> 01:14:42,697
consider amendment 30 fails.

2134
01:14:42,697 --> 01:14:44,697
>> emoni 31,

2135
01:14:47,702 --> 01:14:48,703
not timely filed.

2136
01:14:48,703 --> 01:14:49,704
>> you are recognized.

2137
01:14:49,704 --> 01:14:50,705
>> thank you, mr.

2138
01:14:50,705 --> 01:14:51,706
speaker. What is happening to memphis

2139
01:14:51,706 --> 01:14:52,707
today has already happened to nashville.

2140
01:14:52,707 --> 01:14:53,708
as somebody who

2141
01:14:53,708 --> 01:14:54,709
represents nashville, we have decreased

2142
01:14:54,709 --> 01:14:55,710
representation for our committee,

2143
01:14:55,710 --> 01:14:57,710
we get

2144
01:14:59,714 --> 01:15:00,715
calls from people trying to get passports,

2145
01:15:00,715 --> 01:15:01,716
trying to get in touch with

2146
01:15:01,716 --> 01:15:02,717
their relatives with the immigration

2147
01:15:02,717 --> 01:15:03,718
process and because we have three

2148
01:15:03,718 --> 01:15:05,718
members of congress

2149
01:15:05,720 --> 01:15:06,721
none of them who live here and are

2150
01:15:06,721 --> 01:15:07,722
sponsored to constituents, none of

2151
01:15:07,722 --> 01:15:09,722
whom have

2152
01:15:09,724 --> 01:15:11,724
offices here.

2153
01:15:12,694 --> 01:15:13,695
this is about saying we must

2154
01:15:13,695 --> 01:15:14,696
prohibit unnecessary fragmentation

2155
01:15:14,696 --> 01:15:15,697
of minority populations and communities

2156
01:15:15,697 --> 01:15:16,698
of interest, it's about community

2157
01:15:16,698 --> 01:15:17,699
integrity. Communities

2158
01:15:17,699 --> 01:15:18,700
with shared interests should not be

2159
01:15:18,700 --> 01:15:19,701
unnecessarily fragmented. What you're

2160
01:15:19,701 --> 01:15:20,702
doing is, you're going to create

2161
01:15:20,702 --> 01:15:21,703
this method we are looking at, memphis

2162
01:15:21,703 --> 01:15:22,704
and willington county will have the

2163
01:15:22,704 --> 01:15:23,705
same

2164
01:15:23,705 --> 01:15:24,706
congressman. Who do you think they

2165
01:15:24,706 --> 01:15:25,707
will listen to in williamson county?

2166
01:15:25,707 --> 01:15:27,707
who

2167
01:15:27,709 --> 01:15:30,712
do you think will be responsive

2168
01:15:30,712 --> 01:15:32,712
? We will have

2169
01:15:32,714 --> 01:15:33,715
a whole community that is paying taxes

2170
01:15:33,715 --> 01:15:34,716
but has no reputation. I think some

2171
01:15:34,716 --> 01:15:35,717
of

2172
01:15:35,717 --> 01:15:36,718
your forefathers raised sub type of

2173
01:15:36,718 --> 01:15:39,718
tea party revolution about that.

2174
01:15:42,724 --> 01:15:43,725
we are here to

2175
01:15:43,725 --> 01:15:45,694
say that communities of interest must

2176
01:15:45,694 --> 01:15:46,695
be maintained, because they have specific

2177
01:15:46,695 --> 01:15:47,696
things that must

2178
01:15:47,696 --> 01:15:48,697
be considered in policy. I move consideration

2179
01:15:48,697 --> 01:15:49,698
of this amendment.

2180
01:15:49,698 --> 01:15:50,699
>> we are voting

2181
01:15:50,699 --> 01:15:51,700
for consideration of amendment 31.

2182
01:15:51,700 --> 01:15:53,700
all in favor

2183
01:15:56,705 --> 01:15:57,706
vote yes when the bell rings. Those

2184
01:15:57,706 --> 01:15:59,708
opposed that no. Has every member

2185
01:15:59,708 --> 01:16:00,709
voted, does any member wish to change their

2186
01:16:00,709 --> 01:16:02,711
vote? Mr. Clerk, please take the

2187
01:16:02,711 --> 01:16:03,712
vote.

2188
01:16:03,712 --> 01:16:04,713
>> 16-72. >> having failed to

2189
01:16:04,713 --> 01:16:05,714
receive the necessary vote, the motion

2190
01:16:05,714 --> 01:16:06,715
to

2191
01:16:06,715 --> 01:16:08,715
consider amendment

2192
01:16:08,717 --> 01:16:09,718
31 fails.

2193
01:16:09,718 --> 01:16:10,719
>> amendment 32 by resented

2194
01:16:10,719 --> 01:16:11,720
of johnson not timely filed.

2195
01:16:11,720 --> 01:16:12,721
>> you

2196
01:16:12,721 --> 01:16:13,722
are recognized.

2197
01:16:13,722 --> 01:16:14,723
>> thank you mr. Speaker.

2198
01:16:14,723 --> 01:16:15,724
this amendment

2199
01:16:15,724 --> 01:16:18,124
is about election preparedness

2200
01:16:20,695 --> 01:16:21,696
. We are talking about that here,

2201
01:16:21,696 --> 01:16:23,698
because what we are getting ready

2202
01:16:23,698 --> 01:16:24,699
to do, as I just said with the other

2203
01:16:24,699 --> 01:16:26,701
amendment, this is going to create

2204
01:16:26,701 --> 01:16:27,702
chaos in our election commission,

2205
01:16:27,702 --> 01:16:30,705
and confusion for voters and for candidates.

2206
01:16:30,705 --> 01:16:33,105
this requires a certification

2207
01:16:33,708 --> 01:16:34,709
that election officials have sufficient

2208
01:16:34,709 --> 01:16:36,709
time

2209
01:16:36,711 --> 01:16:38,711
and resources .

2210
01:16:39,714 --> 01:16:40,715
this will cost our individual counties

2211
01:16:40,715 --> 01:16:42,715
a lot

2212
01:16:42,717 --> 01:16:45,117
of money. May be

2213
01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:47,722
my county, knox, will be able

2214
01:16:47,722 --> 01:16:48,723
to afford it but some of your counties

2215
01:16:48,723 --> 01:16:49,724
will absolutely not. Election officials

2216
01:16:49,724 --> 01:16:51,693
should have

2217
01:16:51,693 --> 01:16:54,696
sufficient time and resources to implement major

2218
01:16:54,696 --> 01:16:56,696
election changes.

2219
01:16:57,699 --> 01:16:58,700
we are in a situation where folks

2220
01:16:58,700 --> 01:17:00,700
out of

2221
01:17:00,702 --> 01:17:02,702
the country

2222
01:17:03,705 --> 01:17:05,705
, fighting for

2223
01:17:05,707 --> 01:17:06,708
us, will probably not get to vote because

2224
01:17:06,708 --> 01:17:08,710
they won't have time to get their

2225
01:17:08,710 --> 01:17:13,510
ballots, and that is wrong. I move consideration.

2226
01:17:15,717 --> 01:17:16,718
>> we are voting for consideration

2227
01:17:16,718 --> 01:17:17,719
of emoni

2228
01:17:17,719 --> 01:17:18,720
32. All in favor consider amendment

2229
01:17:18,720 --> 01:17:19,721
32, but yes when the bell rings. Has

2230
01:17:19,721 --> 01:17:20,722
every

2231
01:17:20,722 --> 01:17:21,723
member voted, does any member wish

2232
01:17:21,723 --> 01:17:22,724
to change their vote? Please take

2233
01:17:22,724 --> 01:17:23,725
the vote.

2234
01:17:23,725 --> 01:17:24,693
>>

2235
01:17:24,693 --> 01:17:25,694
21-73.

2236
01:17:25,694 --> 01:17:26,695
>> having failed to receive

2237
01:17:26,695 --> 01:17:28,697
the necessary vote, amendment

2238
01:17:28,697 --> 01:17:29,698
30 fails.

2239
01:17:29,698 --> 01:17:31,698
>>

2240
01:17:33,702 --> 01:17:34,703
emoni 33, resented of powell.

2241
01:17:34,703 --> 01:17:35,704
>> thank

2242
01:17:35,704 --> 01:17:36,705
you mr. Speaker. This

2243
01:17:36,705 --> 01:17:37,706
amendment says that if the general

2244
01:17:37,706 --> 01:17:39,706
assembly revises the

2245
01:17:40,709 --> 01:17:43,709
composition of one or more

2246
01:17:48,717 --> 01:17:49,718
congressional district for the 2026

2247
01:17:49,718 --> 01:17:50,719
primary or general election in

2248
01:17:50,719 --> 01:17:51,720
accordance with part two of this chapter,

2249
01:17:51,720 --> 01:17:52,721
general assembly shall evaluate the

2250
01:17:52,721 --> 01:17:53,722
impact that the

2251
01:17:53,722 --> 01:17:54,723
proposed plan may have on voter confusion,

2252
01:17:54,723 --> 01:17:55,724
election administration prior to final

2253
01:17:55,724 --> 01:17:56,725
passage. Again,

2254
01:17:56,725 --> 01:17:58,693
this is going to cause incorruptible confusion

2255
01:17:58,693 --> 01:18:01,930
. Incredible confusion. Many of

2256
01:18:01,696 --> 01:18:04,696
you, now, surely, you can

2257
01:18:04,699 --> 01:18:08,299
vote for this because you have

2258
01:18:10,705 --> 01:18:11,706
--

2259
01:18:11,706 --> 01:18:12,707
your county is currently just one

2260
01:18:12,707 --> 01:18:13,708
congressional district and now it

2261
01:18:13,708 --> 01:18:14,709
is multiple congressional districts.

2262
01:18:14,709 --> 01:18:15,710
surely you can join me in voting for

2263
01:18:15,710 --> 01:18:16,711
this because there is confusion. There

2264
01:18:16,711 --> 01:18:17,712
is

2265
01:18:17,712 --> 01:18:19,714
confusion. We have a new congressperson

2266
01:18:19,714 --> 01:18:22,714
for nashville if this passes.

2267
01:18:22,717 --> 01:18:25,717
this is going to cause

2268
01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:26,721
unbelievable confusion

2269
01:18:26,721 --> 01:18:28,723
. People often rely on their voter

2270
01:18:28,723 --> 01:18:30,725
cards and that is

2271
01:18:30,725 --> 01:18:31,693
totally out the window. I move for

2272
01:18:31,693 --> 01:18:33,693
consideration of this

2273
01:18:34,696 --> 01:18:35,697
amendment.

2274
01:18:35,697 --> 01:18:37,697
>>

2275
01:18:41,703 --> 01:18:42,704
you have heard the motion, we are

2276
01:18:42,704 --> 01:18:43,705
voting for consideration of amendment

2277
01:18:43,705 --> 01:18:44,706
33. All those

2278
01:18:44,706 --> 01:18:45,707
in favor of considering amendment

2279
01:18:45,707 --> 01:18:46,708
33, vote yes when the bell rings.

2280
01:18:46,708 --> 01:18:47,709
has every member

2281
01:18:47,709 --> 01:18:49,711
voted? Does any member wish to change

2282
01:18:49,711 --> 01:18:53,311
their vote? Please take the vote.

2283
01:18:54,716 --> 01:18:55,717
>> 1873. >> having failed to receive

2284
01:18:55,717 --> 01:18:56,718
the necessary

2285
01:18:56,718 --> 01:18:57,719
vote, the motion to consider emoni

2286
01:18:57,719 --> 01:18:58,720
33 fails.

2287
01:18:58,720 --> 01:18:59,721
>> amendment 34, representative

2288
01:18:59,721 --> 01:19:00,722
powell. Not timely

2289
01:19:00,722 --> 01:19:01,723
filed.

2290
01:19:01,723 --> 01:19:02,724
>> this is a very important

2291
01:19:02,724 --> 01:19:03,725
amendment. If there

2292
01:19:03,725 --> 01:19:07,696
is any prayer . There is no prayer

2293
01:19:07,696 --> 01:19:09,696
for this

2294
01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:12,701
withstanding judicial scrutiny, but

2295
01:19:12,701 --> 01:19:13,702
this is about an important amendment

2296
01:19:13,702 --> 01:19:14,703
because it

2297
01:19:14,703 --> 01:19:18,903
says the authority to alter congressional district,

2298
01:19:20,709 --> 01:19:21,710
constitutional restraint and only

2299
01:19:21,710 --> 01:19:22,711
when clearly necessary to comply with

2300
01:19:22,711 --> 01:19:25,711
federal law. We are here

2301
01:19:25,714 --> 01:19:28,714
--there has been no finding.

2302
01:19:28,717 --> 01:19:29,718
there is no federal

2303
01:19:29,718 --> 01:19:31,720
authority that has told us to come

2304
01:19:31,720 --> 01:19:34,723
back here. No court did that.

2305
01:19:34,723 --> 01:19:36,723
our districts

2306
01:19:37,692 --> 01:19:39,692
have been upheld

2307
01:19:40,695 --> 01:19:41,696
, as they

2308
01:19:41,696 --> 01:19:43,698
currently stand, our districts are

2309
01:19:43,698 --> 01:19:45,700
good. Our districts are good.

2310
01:19:45,700 --> 01:19:46,701
what we are getting ready to do today

2311
01:19:46,701 --> 01:19:48,701
,

2312
01:19:49,704 --> 01:19:50,705
is blatantly

2313
01:19:50,705 --> 01:19:52,707
unconstitutional, and a violation

2314
01:19:52,707 --> 01:19:54,707
of federal law.

2315
01:19:55,710 --> 01:19:58,710
everyone should be for this .

2316
01:19:58,713 --> 01:19:59,714
I move for consideration .

2317
01:19:59,714 --> 01:20:01,714
>>

2318
01:20:01,716 --> 01:20:02,717
we are voting for consideration of

2319
01:20:02,717 --> 01:20:03,718
emoni

2320
01:20:03,718 --> 01:20:04,719
34. All those in favor vote yes when

2321
01:20:04,719 --> 01:20:06,721
the bell rings. Has

2322
01:20:06,721 --> 01:20:07,722
every member voted, does any member

2323
01:20:07,722 --> 01:20:09,722
wish to change

2324
01:20:09,724 --> 01:20:10,725
their vote? Please take the vote.

2325
01:20:10,725 --> 01:20:12,725
>>

2326
01:20:13,695 --> 01:20:15,695
in accordance with

2327
01:20:16,698 --> 01:20:17,699
6b, the

2328
01:20:17,699 --> 01:20:19,701
motion to consider emoni 34 fails.

2329
01:20:19,701 --> 01:20:21,701
>> amendment 35,

2330
01:20:21,703 --> 01:20:22,704
not timely filed.

2331
01:20:22,704 --> 01:20:23,705
>> you are recognized. >>

2332
01:20:23,705 --> 01:20:25,707
this all started when somebody went

2333
01:20:25,707 --> 01:20:28,710
on twitter or social media, and

2334
01:20:28,710 --> 01:20:31,713
put up a map that was all red

2335
01:20:31,713 --> 01:20:34,716
. All red and everybody bend the knee

2336
01:20:34,716 --> 01:20:35,717
. The speaker bent

2337
01:20:35,717 --> 01:20:37,719
the knee, the lieutenant governor bethany

2338
01:20:37,719 --> 01:20:40,719
. The governor bend the knee

2339
01:20:40,722 --> 01:20:42,722
, because this

2340
01:20:43,725 --> 01:20:45,725
is all

2341
01:20:46,695 --> 01:20:48,695
about making sure

2342
01:20:48,697 --> 01:20:51,700
that we no longer have a congress

2343
01:20:51,700 --> 01:20:55,300
that reflects the values of tennesseans.

2344
01:20:55,704 --> 01:20:58,707
yes, I am a democrat. We have

2345
01:20:58,707 --> 01:21:00,707
well over

2346
01:21:01,710 --> 01:21:04,110
40% of our state, who

2347
01:21:04,713 --> 01:21:06,713
are democrats.

2348
01:21:10,719 --> 01:21:12,721
well over. Multiple democrats. Yet, you

2349
01:21:12,721 --> 01:21:13,722
will take estate and make it all red,

2350
01:21:13,722 --> 01:21:14,723
because of some

2351
01:21:14,723 --> 01:21:16,725
tweet and pressure you have gotten

2352
01:21:16,725 --> 01:21:19,694
from the white house? Come on.

2353
01:21:19,694 --> 01:21:21,694
this prevents that.

2354
01:21:22,697 --> 01:21:24,697
that keeps real

2355
01:21:25,700 --> 01:21:27,700
congress people,

2356
01:21:28,703 --> 01:21:29,704
I

2357
01:21:29,704 --> 01:21:30,705
move consideration.

2358
01:21:30,705 --> 01:21:31,706
>> all in favor,

2359
01:21:31,706 --> 01:21:32,707
considering emoni 35, vote yes when

2360
01:21:32,707 --> 01:21:33,708
the bell rings. Does

2361
01:21:33,708 --> 01:21:34,709
any member wish to change their vote?

2362
01:21:34,709 --> 01:21:36,709
mr. Clerk, please

2363
01:21:37,712 --> 01:21:38,713
take the vote.

2364
01:21:38,713 --> 01:21:40,713
>>

2365
01:21:40,715 --> 01:21:41,716
18-73.

2366
01:21:41,716 --> 01:21:43,718
>> having failed to receive the necessary

2367
01:21:43,718 --> 01:21:44,719
two thirds vote, the motion to consider

2368
01:21:44,719 --> 01:21:46,719
emoni

2369
01:21:46,721 --> 01:21:47,722
35 fails.

2370
01:21:47,722 --> 01:21:49,722
>> emoni 36, resented salinas

2371
01:21:49,724 --> 01:21:50,725
, not timely filed.

2372
01:21:50,725 --> 01:21:51,693
>> this

2373
01:21:51,693 --> 01:21:52,694
amendment has to do with election

2374
01:21:52,694 --> 01:21:55,697
stability. I will call this amendment

2375
01:21:55,697 --> 01:21:56,698
the representative johnny garrett

2376
01:21:56,698 --> 01:21:58,698
amendment.

2377
01:21:58,700 --> 01:22:01,100
what it does is,

2378
01:22:04,706 --> 01:22:05,707
it makes it such that maps have to

2379
01:22:05,707 --> 01:22:06,708
be in

2380
01:22:06,708 --> 01:22:07,709
place 180 days before a candidate

2381
01:22:07,709 --> 01:22:09,711
qualifying deadline. So, this brings

2382
01:22:09,711 --> 01:22:12,711
stability. Stability to our elections

2383
01:22:13,715 --> 01:22:15,717
, for all the candidates

2384
01:22:15,717 --> 01:22:19,721
that have worked hard to get on the ballot,

2385
01:22:19,721 --> 01:22:20,722
with that, I hope

2386
01:22:20,722 --> 01:22:22,724
that you will honor your colleague

2387
01:22:22,724 --> 01:22:25,694
and vote for my amendment. I move

2388
01:22:25,694 --> 01:22:26,695
for consideration.

2389
01:22:26,695 --> 01:22:27,696
>> we are voting

2390
01:22:27,696 --> 01:22:28,697
for consideration of emoni 36. All

2391
01:22:28,697 --> 01:22:29,698
in favor of considering emoni 36 vote

2392
01:22:29,698 --> 01:22:31,698
yes when

2393
01:22:31,700 --> 01:22:33,700
the bell rings.

2394
01:22:33,702 --> 01:22:34,703
has every member voted, does any member

2395
01:22:34,703 --> 01:22:37,706
wish to change their vote? Take

2396
01:22:37,706 --> 01:22:38,707
the vote.

2397
01:22:38,707 --> 01:22:40,707
>>

2398
01:22:40,709 --> 01:22:41,710
20-72.

2399
01:22:41,710 --> 01:22:42,711
>> having failed

2400
01:22:42,711 --> 01:22:43,712
to receive the necessary two thirds

2401
01:22:43,712 --> 01:22:44,713
vote of the motion to consider emoni

2402
01:22:44,713 --> 01:22:46,713
36

2403
01:22:46,715 --> 01:22:47,716
fails.

2404
01:22:47,716 --> 01:22:49,716
>>

2405
01:22:51,720 --> 01:22:52,721
amount of 37, resented pearson not

2406
01:22:52,721 --> 01:22:53,722
timely filed.

2407
01:22:53,722 --> 01:22:54,723
>> the voting rights

2408
01:22:54,723 --> 01:22:55,724
act was

2409
01:22:55,724 --> 01:22:56,725
the most significant piece of legislation

2410
01:22:56,725 --> 01:22:57,692
to make american democracy reach towards

2411
01:22:57,692 --> 01:22:58,693
its ideals.

2412
01:22:58,693 --> 01:23:01,693
the gutting in calais and

2413
01:23:01,696 --> 01:23:02,697
the actions across the south to take away

2414
01:23:02,697 --> 01:23:03,698
reputation from

2415
01:23:03,698 --> 01:23:04,699
black majority communities is wrong

2416
01:23:04,699 --> 01:23:07,702
and is a moral. In the state

2417
01:23:07,702 --> 01:23:09,702
of tennessee,

2418
01:23:13,708 --> 01:23:14,709
which had the

2419
01:23:14,709 --> 01:23:16,711
lowest voter engagement and dissipation

2420
01:23:16,711 --> 01:23:17,712
of any state in the united states

2421
01:23:17,712 --> 01:23:18,713
of america, here,

2422
01:23:18,713 --> 01:23:19,714
we need a voting rights act and we

2423
01:23:19,714 --> 01:23:20,715
need to protect individuals right

2424
01:23:20,715 --> 01:23:21,716
to vote,

2425
01:23:21,716 --> 01:23:22,717
not as a privilege, but truly is a

2426
01:23:22,717 --> 01:23:23,718
fundamental right of this american,

2427
01:23:23,718 --> 01:23:24,719
constitutional

2428
01:23:24,719 --> 01:23:25,720
democratic republican experiment.

2429
01:23:25,720 --> 01:23:26,721
what is happening now is wrong. It

2430
01:23:26,721 --> 01:23:27,722
is unjust, it is unfair.

2431
01:23:27,722 --> 01:23:28,723
it takes away our community's ability

2432
01:23:28,723 --> 01:23:31,123
to elect representatives of

2433
01:23:31,693 --> 01:23:33,693
their choosing

2434
01:23:33,695 --> 01:23:34,696
, and instead has made this statehouse

2435
01:23:34,696 --> 01:23:35,697
the arbiter of democracy. We need

2436
01:23:35,697 --> 01:23:37,697
a voting

2437
01:23:37,699 --> 01:23:39,699
rights act

2438
01:23:43,705 --> 01:23:44,706
in the state of tennessee, and that

2439
01:23:44,706 --> 01:23:45,707
is what this

2440
01:23:45,707 --> 01:23:46,708
legislation aims to do. We need to

2441
01:23:46,708 --> 01:23:47,709
protect people's rights to vote. We

2442
01:23:47,709 --> 01:23:48,710
need to

2443
01:23:48,710 --> 01:23:49,711
protect our communities right to engage

2444
01:23:49,711 --> 01:23:50,712
in this process. With that I move

2445
01:23:50,712 --> 01:23:52,712
for

2446
01:23:52,714 --> 01:23:53,715
consideration.

2447
01:23:53,715 --> 01:23:54,716
>>

2448
01:23:54,716 --> 01:23:55,717
all those in favor considering emoni

2449
01:23:55,717 --> 01:23:57,719
37 vote yes when the bell rings.

2450
01:23:57,719 --> 01:23:58,720
does any member wish to change their

2451
01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:00,720
vote? Please take

2452
01:24:01,723 --> 01:24:03,723
the vote.

2453
01:24:04,693 --> 01:24:06,693
>> in accordance with

2454
01:24:06,695 --> 01:24:07,696
rule six be having failed to receive

2455
01:24:07,696 --> 01:24:08,697
the necessary vote the motion fails.

2456
01:24:08,697 --> 01:24:09,698
next amendment

2457
01:24:09,698 --> 01:24:10,699
mr. Clerk took

2458
01:24:10,699 --> 01:24:12,699
>> no further amendments.

2459
01:24:13,702 --> 01:24:15,702
>>

2460
01:24:18,707 --> 01:24:19,708
leader lamberth, your ms.

2461
01:24:19,708 --> 01:24:20,709
>> leader

2462
01:24:20,709 --> 01:24:22,709
camper your recognized.

2463
01:24:25,714 --> 01:24:28,114
>> thank you mr. Speaker.

2464
01:24:28,717 --> 01:24:31,720
mr. Speaker, I would yield four minutes

2465
01:24:31,720 --> 01:24:33,720
to resented

2466
01:24:33,722 --> 01:24:34,723
of freeman.

2467
01:24:34,723 --> 01:24:35,724
>> represented a freeman,

2468
01:24:35,724 --> 01:24:36,725
your recognized.

2469
01:24:36,725 --> 01:24:37,726
>> thank you,

2470
01:24:37,726 --> 01:24:39,726
mr. Speaker.

2471
01:24:40,695 --> 01:24:41,696
members, I just want to talk through

2472
01:24:41,696 --> 01:24:42,697
a

2473
01:24:42,697 --> 01:24:46,897
bit about what this bill is doing.

2474
01:24:49,704 --> 01:24:51,706
I know it has been fast,

2475
01:24:51,706 --> 01:24:52,707
a lot of changes, there was an amendment

2476
01:24:52,707 --> 01:24:53,708
put on late. I just want to

2477
01:24:53,708 --> 01:24:55,710
make sure everybody understands what

2478
01:24:55,710 --> 01:24:58,713
we are doing. We are shortening the time

2479
01:24:58,713 --> 01:25:00,715
that is required for a

2480
01:25:00,715 --> 01:25:02,717
candidate to qualify for office just

2481
01:25:02,717 --> 01:25:03,718
for this one election.

2482
01:25:03,718 --> 01:25:05,720
if it made sense, let's change it

2483
01:25:05,720 --> 01:25:07,722
forever. But it doesn't.

2484
01:25:07,722 --> 01:25:08,723
we are just doing it for this one

2485
01:25:08,723 --> 01:25:09,724
instance, because we

2486
01:25:09,724 --> 01:25:11,693
are coming back, hurriedly changing maps,

2487
01:25:11,693 --> 01:25:13,693
so

2488
01:25:14,696 --> 01:25:16,698
that the supermajority can

2489
01:25:16,698 --> 01:25:17,699
pick up a seat. The only saving grace

2490
01:25:17,699 --> 01:25:19,699
for me,

2491
01:25:20,702 --> 01:25:21,703
is that idiot down

2492
01:25:21,703 --> 01:25:23,705
south no longer represents me in congress.

2493
01:25:23,705 --> 01:25:26,105
that the only upside

2494
01:25:26,708 --> 01:25:29,708
for me. Outside of that,

2495
01:25:29,711 --> 01:25:30,712
we are now taking away the

2496
01:25:30,712 --> 01:25:31,713
only majority minority district in

2497
01:25:31,713 --> 01:25:34,716
the state of tennessee. And the reason

2498
01:25:34,716 --> 01:25:37,719
that is significant, is because we

2499
01:25:37,719 --> 01:25:38,720
don't listen to minorities in this

2500
01:25:38,720 --> 01:25:40,720
state. Right?

2501
01:25:47,696 --> 01:25:48,697
we are not listening

2502
01:25:48,697 --> 01:25:50,699
to what they want and need. We are

2503
01:25:50,699 --> 01:25:51,700
telling them what we are going to

2504
01:25:51,700 --> 01:25:52,701
do, and that is not right. We have

2505
01:25:52,701 --> 01:25:54,703
an opportunity right now to vote against

2506
01:25:54,703 --> 01:25:56,705
about map. To vote against this, to

2507
01:25:56,705 --> 01:25:59,705
keep this map the way

2508
01:25:59,708 --> 01:26:02,711
it is, and to make sure the only

2509
01:26:02,711 --> 01:26:03,712
majority

2510
01:26:03,712 --> 01:26:05,714
minority district in the state of

2511
01:26:05,714 --> 01:26:06,715
tennessee has

2512
01:26:06,715 --> 01:26:08,715
representation, someone listening

2513
01:26:08,717 --> 01:26:11,720
to them, that they have someone

2514
01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:12,721
that is doing what they want. When

2515
01:26:12,721 --> 01:26:14,723
we voted on the maps a couple of years

2516
01:26:14,723 --> 01:26:15,724
ago, I said, when you split

2517
01:26:15,724 --> 01:26:17,726
up nashville, you are going to have

2518
01:26:17,726 --> 01:26:18,693
three members that don't live in nashville,

2519
01:26:18,693 --> 01:26:20,695
they will use nashville as a punching

2520
01:26:20,695 --> 01:26:23,695
bag. And that is what

2521
01:26:23,698 --> 01:26:25,698
has happened.

2522
01:26:26,701 --> 01:26:28,703
they use us as a punching bag.

2523
01:26:28,703 --> 01:26:31,706
we are a means to an end for political gains

2524
01:26:31,706 --> 01:26:32,707
, and we are going to do it with the

2525
01:26:32,707 --> 01:26:33,708
majority

2526
01:26:33,708 --> 01:26:35,710
minority district. We are better than

2527
01:26:35,710 --> 01:26:38,710
this. We can do better.

2528
01:26:38,713 --> 01:26:40,715
I am amazed that we are here

2529
01:26:40,715 --> 01:26:41,716
a couple of weeks after we left, to

2530
01:26:41,716 --> 01:26:43,716
do this.

2531
01:26:44,719 --> 01:26:45,720
thank you.

2532
01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:47,720
>>

2533
01:26:47,722 --> 01:26:48,723
leader camper?

2534
01:26:48,723 --> 01:26:50,723
>> thank you,

2535
01:26:50,725 --> 01:26:53,125
mr. Speaker. High yield

2536
01:26:53,695 --> 01:26:54,696
four minutes to representative mckenzie.

2537
01:26:54,696 --> 01:26:56,698
>> your recognized for four minutes.

2538
01:26:56,698 --> 01:26:58,698
>> thank you,

2539
01:26:59,701 --> 01:27:01,701
mr. Speaker.

2540
01:27:02,704 --> 01:27:07,504
for those of us in a certain age,

2541
01:27:10,712 --> 01:27:11,713
there was a tv show called happy days.

2542
01:27:11,713 --> 01:27:13,713
happy days was

2543
01:27:13,715 --> 01:27:14,716
a show based in the 50s, and it was

2544
01:27:14,716 --> 01:27:15,717
all about jukeboxes and racecars.

2545
01:27:15,717 --> 01:27:17,717
there

2546
01:27:17,719 --> 01:27:18,720
was a

2547
01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:20,722
character called fonzie. Fonzie was

2548
01:27:20,722 --> 01:27:22,724
the cool guy. This was

2549
01:27:22,724 --> 01:27:23,725
a really popular show, starring ron

2550
01:27:23,725 --> 01:27:25,725
howard

2551
01:27:26,695 --> 01:27:29,950
and all those folks .

2552
01:27:32,701 --> 01:27:34,703
but what happened? The show kept going

2553
01:27:34,703 --> 01:27:35,704
on and it ran out of things to talk

2554
01:27:35,704 --> 01:27:36,705
about. They ran out of

2555
01:27:36,705 --> 01:27:38,707
subject matter, so they ended up going

2556
01:27:38,707 --> 01:27:41,707
a little too long, and

2557
01:27:41,710 --> 01:27:43,710
ended up

2558
01:27:44,713 --> 01:27:46,713
with fonzie

2559
01:27:47,716 --> 01:27:50,716
in swim trunks and a

2560
01:27:50,719 --> 01:27:53,722
leather jacket on water skis jumping

2561
01:27:53,722 --> 01:27:55,722
over a shark.

2562
01:27:55,724 --> 01:27:56,725
and that became a thing. That became

2563
01:27:56,725 --> 01:27:58,725
a term.

2564
01:27:59,694 --> 01:28:02,694
don't jump the shark. Don't

2565
01:28:02,697 --> 01:28:05,970
stay around too long ,

2566
01:28:09,704 --> 01:28:11,706
don't keep going with episodes because

2567
01:28:11,706 --> 01:28:12,707
it is paying you money to the point

2568
01:28:12,707 --> 01:28:14,709
that you're doing something so ridiculous

2569
01:28:14,709 --> 01:28:18,909
as having a man jump a shark.

2570
01:28:20,715 --> 01:28:21,716
that term

2571
01:28:21,716 --> 01:28:23,718
is used in hollywood and all kinds

2572
01:28:23,718 --> 01:28:24,719
of places even today. People use that

2573
01:28:24,719 --> 01:28:26,721
term don't have a clue why they are

2574
01:28:26,721 --> 01:28:27,722
using that term. That is what we

2575
01:28:27,722 --> 01:28:29,724
are doing here today. We are jumping

2576
01:28:29,724 --> 01:28:31,693
a shark you have heard all

2577
01:28:31,693 --> 01:28:32,694
of this. We have jumped through all

2578
01:28:32,694 --> 01:28:34,694
manner of hoops

2579
01:28:35,697 --> 01:28:37,697
,

2580
01:28:38,700 --> 01:28:39,701
we have

2581
01:28:39,701 --> 01:28:41,703
done away with laws older than I am,

2582
01:28:41,703 --> 01:28:44,703
older than half the membership

2583
01:28:44,706 --> 01:28:46,706
in here

2584
01:28:46,708 --> 01:28:47,709
for nefarious and racial reasons.

2585
01:28:47,709 --> 01:28:49,709
that

2586
01:28:50,712 --> 01:28:53,712
is what we are doing.

2587
01:28:56,718 --> 01:28:57,719
we have come here today,

2588
01:28:57,719 --> 01:28:59,721
we have spent $2 million of our people's

2589
01:28:59,721 --> 01:29:00,722
money to come here and do something,

2590
01:29:00,722 --> 01:29:02,724
to do someone else's bidding. That,

2591
01:29:02,724 --> 01:29:05,694
to me, is a shame.

2592
01:29:05,694 --> 01:29:08,697
so let's fast forward to today.

2593
01:29:08,697 --> 01:29:10,697
what we

2594
01:29:11,700 --> 01:29:14,703
are looking at is , the speaker

2595
01:29:14,703 --> 01:29:16,703
, lieutenant

2596
01:29:17,706 --> 01:29:20,106
governor, governor , trying to

2597
01:29:20,709 --> 01:29:22,709
tell us

2598
01:29:23,712 --> 01:29:26,112
that they happen to

2599
01:29:26,715 --> 01:29:28,717
get this thing right, and there

2600
01:29:28,717 --> 01:29:29,718
mind right for them, by splitting

2601
01:29:29,718 --> 01:29:31,718
memphis up, in

2602
01:29:32,721 --> 01:29:34,721
a perfectly

2603
01:29:35,724 --> 01:29:38,693
racial african americans equal way.

2604
01:29:38,693 --> 01:29:42,893
they didn't hold their race didn't go.

2605
01:29:50,705 --> 01:29:52,705
the african-american

2606
01:29:53,708 --> 01:29:54,709
population in memphis

2607
01:29:54,709 --> 01:29:56,711
is concentrated but it's spread out

2608
01:29:56,711 --> 01:29:57,712
across there. They got it within one

2609
01:29:57,712 --> 01:29:58,713
percentage point.

2610
01:29:58,713 --> 01:29:59,714
ladies and gentlemen, statistically,

2611
01:29:59,714 --> 01:30:02,717
the chances of doing that is

2612
01:30:02,717 --> 01:30:05,717
you hitting the powerball twice.

2613
01:30:05,720 --> 01:30:06,721
you have

2614
01:30:06,721 --> 01:30:08,723
a better chance of doing that, then

2615
01:30:08,723 --> 01:30:11,693
hitting these numbers. So, that is

2616
01:30:11,693 --> 01:30:12,694
a lie. That just didn't happen.

2617
01:30:12,694 --> 01:30:14,696
they took race into consideration.

2618
01:30:14,696 --> 01:30:16,696
period . Another

2619
01:30:17,699 --> 01:30:19,699
historical point,

2620
01:30:20,702 --> 01:30:24,302
there was a governor of massachusetts,

2621
01:30:26,708 --> 01:30:27,709
governor jerry who created a district

2622
01:30:27,709 --> 01:30:28,710
that looks

2623
01:30:28,710 --> 01:30:29,711
like a salamander. That is where the

2624
01:30:29,711 --> 01:30:31,711
term comes from.

2625
01:30:32,714 --> 01:30:33,715
what does leadership is not telling

2626
01:30:33,715 --> 01:30:34,716
you, we

2627
01:30:34,716 --> 01:30:38,316
have gerrymandered memphis for political reasons.

2628
01:30:38,720 --> 01:30:40,720
that is not

2629
01:30:40,722 --> 01:30:41,723
how the ninth district came to be.

2630
01:30:41,723 --> 01:30:44,723
the ninth district came to

2631
01:30:44,726 --> 01:30:47,696
be because it is continuous.

2632
01:30:47,696 --> 01:30:49,698
it's the only one that's just concentrated

2633
01:30:49,698 --> 01:30:50,699
within basically a county. So, you

2634
01:30:50,699 --> 01:30:52,701
can't tell yourself that this

2635
01:30:52,701 --> 01:30:55,701
didn't happen for racial reasons.

2636
01:30:56,705 --> 01:30:59,708
it is an assault on african-americans.

2637
01:30:59,708 --> 01:31:02,708
>> leader campbell, you are recognized.

2638
01:31:02,711 --> 01:31:05,714
>> thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield

2639
01:31:05,714 --> 01:31:08,114
three minutes to representative,

2640
01:31:08,717 --> 01:31:09,718
.

2641
01:31:09,718 --> 01:31:11,718
>> chairman clemens, you

2642
01:31:11,720 --> 01:31:12,721
are recognized.

2643
01:31:12,721 --> 01:31:13,722
>>

2644
01:31:13,722 --> 01:31:14,723
I have a couple of questions. This

2645
01:31:14,723 --> 01:31:15,724
bill considers

2646
01:31:15,724 --> 01:31:17,726
notice issues and noticed deadlines.

2647
01:31:17,726 --> 01:31:20,695
on the notice deadlines referred to

2648
01:31:20,695 --> 01:31:22,695
in this bill,

2649
01:31:23,698 --> 01:31:24,699
does that refer to changing deadlines

2650
01:31:24,699 --> 01:31:25,700
in all

2651
01:31:25,700 --> 01:31:26,701
95 counties and every congressional

2652
01:31:26,701 --> 01:31:27,702
district?

2653
01:31:27,702 --> 01:31:29,702
>> leader lambert

2654
01:31:30,705 --> 01:31:31,706
.

2655
01:31:31,706 --> 01:31:32,707
>> that is my understanding. There

2656
01:31:32,707 --> 01:31:33,708
is also a grandfather clause, for

2657
01:31:33,708 --> 01:31:34,709
those that have

2658
01:31:34,709 --> 01:31:35,710
already qualified to run for congress

2659
01:31:35,710 --> 01:31:37,712
, they do not have

2660
01:31:37,712 --> 01:31:38,713
to do anything, if they are remaining

2661
01:31:38,713 --> 01:31:41,716
within the district they qualified in.

2662
01:31:41,716 --> 01:31:43,718
if they are for some reason in

2663
01:31:43,718 --> 01:31:44,719
a different district or want to run

2664
01:31:44,719 --> 01:31:45,720
in a different district they would

2665
01:31:45,720 --> 01:31:46,721
have to

2666
01:31:46,721 --> 01:31:47,722
notify the secretary of state.

2667
01:31:47,722 --> 01:31:48,723
>>

2668
01:31:48,723 --> 01:31:49,724
chairman clemens.

2669
01:31:49,724 --> 01:31:50,725
>> my concern here

2670
01:31:50,725 --> 01:31:52,725
is the

2671
01:31:56,698 --> 01:31:57,699
confusion of voters.

2672
01:31:57,699 --> 01:31:59,701
I think people in all 95 counties

2673
01:31:59,701 --> 01:32:00,702
don't know what we are doing here

2674
01:32:00,702 --> 01:32:01,703
but they

2675
01:32:01,703 --> 01:32:02,704
know we are redrawing district lines.

2676
01:32:02,704 --> 01:32:03,705
to the extent that everyone is going

2677
01:32:03,705 --> 01:32:04,706
to

2678
01:32:04,706 --> 01:32:05,707
be scratching their heads, wondering

2679
01:32:05,707 --> 01:32:06,708
what happened up here today, and whether

2680
01:32:06,708 --> 01:32:07,709
or not there

2681
01:32:07,709 --> 01:32:08,710
congressional district changed or

2682
01:32:08,710 --> 01:32:09,711
if it didn't, I think we do need to

2683
01:32:09,711 --> 01:32:10,712
make sure

2684
01:32:10,712 --> 01:32:11,713
that all voters in all 95 counties

2685
01:32:11,713 --> 01:32:12,714
received some sort of notice with

2686
01:32:12,714 --> 01:32:13,715
the respective

2687
01:32:13,715 --> 01:32:14,716
timeline and to ensure whether or

2688
01:32:14,716 --> 01:32:15,717
not they remain in the same

2689
01:32:15,717 --> 01:32:17,719
congressional district. The reimbursement

2690
01:32:17,719 --> 01:32:19,721
after the submission of cost,

2691
01:32:19,721 --> 01:32:22,721
to the county election commissions,

2692
01:32:26,695 --> 01:32:27,696
if they submit cost to this body that

2693
01:32:27,696 --> 01:32:28,697
has not

2694
01:32:28,697 --> 01:32:29,698
been accounted for, to the state of

2695
01:32:29,698 --> 01:32:30,699
tennessee, coordinator of elections,

2696
01:32:30,699 --> 01:32:31,700
the secretary of

2697
01:32:31,700 --> 01:32:32,701
state's office, what is there reimbursement

2698
01:32:32,701 --> 01:32:33,702
procedure if the state does not satisfy

2699
01:32:33,702 --> 01:32:35,702
the

2700
01:32:35,704 --> 01:32:36,705
request?

2701
01:32:36,705 --> 01:32:38,705
>>

2702
01:32:38,707 --> 01:32:39,708
thank you. That qualifying deadline

2703
01:32:39,708 --> 01:32:41,710
would end at noon

2704
01:32:41,710 --> 01:32:42,711
on may 15th. Either new

2705
01:32:42,711 --> 01:32:44,713
candidates that wish to qualify for

2706
01:32:44,713 --> 01:32:47,713
candidates that wish to requalify.

2707
01:32:50,719 --> 01:32:52,721
so, may 15th at noon, and

2708
01:32:52,721 --> 01:32:53,722
I would encourage candidates to get

2709
01:32:53,722 --> 01:32:54,723
the paperwork in. The parties have

2710
01:32:54,723 --> 01:32:55,724
two days after

2711
01:32:55,724 --> 01:32:56,725
that to determine whether or not to

2712
01:32:56,725 --> 01:32:57,726
remove someone. The reimbursement

2713
01:32:57,726 --> 01:32:59,694
rate is to

2714
01:32:59,694 --> 01:33:01,694
be submitted to

2715
01:33:01,696 --> 01:33:02,697
the secretary of state and comptroller,

2716
01:33:02,697 --> 01:33:03,698
to evaluate those to ensure that obviously,

2717
01:33:03,698 --> 01:33:04,699
it

2718
01:33:04,699 --> 01:33:05,700
is reimbursable under this section.

2719
01:33:05,700 --> 01:33:06,701
I hope that answers your question.

2720
01:33:06,701 --> 01:33:08,701
I know we

2721
01:33:08,703 --> 01:33:10,703
have limited time.

2722
01:33:11,706 --> 01:33:13,706
>>

2723
01:33:16,711 --> 01:33:17,712
thank you mr. Speaker. My question

2724
01:33:17,712 --> 01:33:18,713
was, what is the recourse if

2725
01:33:18,713 --> 01:33:20,715
they don't get the adequate reimbursement,

2726
01:33:20,715 --> 01:33:21,716
because I want to make sure that we

2727
01:33:21,716 --> 01:33:22,717
are

2728
01:33:22,717 --> 01:33:23,718
protecting the physical integrity

2729
01:33:23,718 --> 01:33:24,719
of these governmental budgets. Here's

2730
01:33:24,719 --> 01:33:26,719
the other thing.

2731
01:33:27,722 --> 01:33:29,722
this bill,

2732
01:33:32,694 --> 01:33:34,696
there is a provision in here that

2733
01:33:34,696 --> 01:33:35,697
says a candidate who qualified in

2734
01:33:35,697 --> 01:33:36,698
the district a who will now live in

2735
01:33:36,698 --> 01:33:37,699
district

2736
01:33:37,699 --> 01:33:38,700
b is treated differently than a candidate

2737
01:33:38,700 --> 01:33:39,701
who qualifies industry day and still

2738
01:33:39,701 --> 01:33:40,702
lives in

2739
01:33:40,702 --> 01:33:41,703
district a. There seems to be a disparate

2740
01:33:41,703 --> 01:33:42,704
treatment between candidates who qualified

2741
01:33:42,704 --> 01:33:44,704
for the

2742
01:33:44,706 --> 01:33:45,707
same office , which is really concerning.

2743
01:33:45,707 --> 01:33:47,707
you also

2744
01:33:48,710 --> 01:33:51,110
have an issue where

2745
01:33:52,714 --> 01:33:53,715
there is a provision there, and allowance

2746
01:33:53,715 --> 01:33:54,716
an exception for those candidates

2747
01:33:54,716 --> 01:33:56,716
who will

2748
01:33:57,719 --> 01:33:59,719
still qualify

2749
01:33:59,721 --> 01:34:00,722
, even though there district got completely

2750
01:34:00,722 --> 01:34:03,122
changed they just happen

2751
01:34:03,725 --> 01:34:07,325
to reside in the same district.

2752
01:34:09,698 --> 01:34:10,699
voters who no

2753
01:34:10,699 --> 01:34:11,700
longer live in that district which

2754
01:34:11,700 --> 01:34:12,701
defeats the very purpose and intent

2755
01:34:12,701 --> 01:34:13,702
of a candidate

2756
01:34:13,702 --> 01:34:14,703
qualifying position. Doesn't seem

2757
01:34:14,703 --> 01:34:15,704
to be legal issues I'm concerned with.

2758
01:34:15,704 --> 01:34:16,705
>> leader lambert.

2759
01:34:16,705 --> 01:34:17,706
I'm sorry, leader camper.

2760
01:34:17,706 --> 01:34:18,707
>> thank

2761
01:34:18,707 --> 01:34:19,708
you, mr. Speaker. I would like to

2762
01:34:19,708 --> 01:34:21,708
hear

2763
01:34:21,710 --> 01:34:25,310
this answered, so I will yield

2764
01:34:26,715 --> 01:34:27,716
30 seconds.

2765
01:34:27,716 --> 01:34:28,717
>> you have 50. Do you

2766
01:34:28,717 --> 01:34:30,717
want all 50?

2767
01:34:30,719 --> 01:34:32,719
>> 30 seconds.

2768
01:34:32,721 --> 01:34:33,722
>> leader lambert, your recognized.

2769
01:34:33,722 --> 01:34:34,723
>> thank

2770
01:34:34,723 --> 01:34:36,725
you. Is hard for me to say anything

2771
01:34:36,725 --> 01:34:39,125
in 30 seconds but I

2772
01:34:39,694 --> 01:34:40,695
will try.

2773
01:34:40,695 --> 01:34:41,696
this was repealed on december 31st

2774
01:34:41,696 --> 01:34:42,697
on the reimbursement makes it clear

2775
01:34:42,697 --> 01:34:43,698
that secretary of

2776
01:34:43,698 --> 01:34:44,699
state shall review those expenses,

2777
01:34:44,699 --> 01:34:45,700
the comptroller's office is a part

2778
01:34:45,700 --> 01:34:47,700
of those

2779
01:34:48,703 --> 01:34:49,704
processes as well. I don't think

2780
01:34:49,704 --> 01:34:50,705
there is any disparate treatment here

2781
01:34:50,705 --> 01:34:51,706
and I will say to any candidates that

2782
01:34:51,706 --> 01:34:52,707
have

2783
01:34:52,707 --> 01:34:54,709
already qualified, I recommend that

2784
01:34:54,709 --> 01:34:56,709
you requalify.

2785
01:34:59,714 --> 01:35:00,715
because if for some reason, some court

2786
01:35:00,715 --> 01:35:01,716
interprets this differently than it

2787
01:35:01,716 --> 01:35:02,717
is written, I hope they interpret

2788
01:35:02,717 --> 01:35:03,718
it exactly as written, there is a

2789
01:35:03,718 --> 01:35:04,719
grandfather

2790
01:35:04,719 --> 01:35:06,721
clause but I encourage them to requalify.

2791
01:35:06,721 --> 01:35:07,722
>> leader camper. >> I

2792
01:35:07,722 --> 01:35:08,723
reclaim the balance of my time.

2793
01:35:08,723 --> 01:35:09,724
>>

2794
01:35:09,724 --> 01:35:12,694
very good. Leader lamberth? You

2795
01:35:12,694 --> 01:35:13,695
have 10.

2796
01:35:13,695 --> 01:35:15,695
>> I renew

2797
01:35:15,697 --> 01:35:16,698
my motion.

2798
01:35:16,698 --> 01:35:18,698
>> we are voting.

2799
01:35:18,700 --> 01:35:21,703
all those in favor of house bill

2800
01:35:21,703 --> 01:35:23,703
7001, as amended,

2801
01:35:24,706 --> 01:35:25,707
for just as the bell rings. It is

2802
01:35:25,707 --> 01:35:29,907
any member wish to change their vote?

2803
01:35:30,712 --> 01:35:33,715
mr. Clerk? Please take the vote.

2804
01:35:33,715 --> 01:35:34,716
>> 68-25. >>

2805
01:35:34,716 --> 01:35:35,717
house bill 7100 received a majority

2806
01:35:35,717 --> 01:35:38,717
I declare past without objection.

2807
01:35:39,721 --> 01:35:40,722
mr. Clerk?

2808
01:35:40,722 --> 01:35:42,722
>>

2809
01:35:42,724 --> 01:35:45,694
house bill five by chairman

2810
01:35:45,694 --> 01:35:46,695
williams appropriations.

2811
01:35:46,695 --> 01:35:48,695
>>

2812
01:35:48,697 --> 01:35:49,698
your recognized.

2813
01:35:49,698 --> 01:35:50,699
>>

2814
01:35:50,699 --> 01:35:51,700
on the passage of house bill 7005

2815
01:35:51,700 --> 01:35:52,701
on third and final consideration.

2816
01:35:52,701 --> 01:35:54,701
>>

2817
01:35:55,704 --> 01:35:56,705
first amendment.

2818
01:35:56,705 --> 01:35:57,706
>> hounds finance

2819
01:35:57,706 --> 01:35:58,707
ways and means committee.

2820
01:35:58,707 --> 01:35:59,708
>> you are

2821
01:35:59,708 --> 01:36:00,709
recognized.

2822
01:36:00,709 --> 01:36:01,710
>> thank you mr. Speaker. This amendment

2823
01:36:01,710 --> 01:36:03,712
rewrite the bill, I moved to adopt.

2824
01:36:03,712 --> 01:36:06,112
defer to sponsor for

2825
01:36:06,715 --> 01:36:07,716
further expedition.

2826
01:36:07,716 --> 01:36:08,717
>>

2827
01:36:08,717 --> 01:36:09,718
any discussion of the amendments,

2828
01:36:09,718 --> 01:36:12,721
seeing them. All those in favor

2829
01:36:12,721 --> 01:36:15,721
say yes. Next him and

2830
01:36:15,724 --> 01:36:16,725
mr. Clerk.

2831
01:36:16,725 --> 01:36:17,726
>> mr. Williams

2832
01:36:17,726 --> 01:36:18,693
your recognized.

2833
01:36:18,693 --> 01:36:19,694
>> thank you mr.

2834
01:36:19,694 --> 01:36:20,695
speaker. This bill funds

2835
01:36:20,695 --> 01:36:21,696
100% of the local expenditures associated

2836
01:36:21,696 --> 01:36:23,696
with

2837
01:36:24,699 --> 01:36:26,701
limitation of house bill 7003

2838
01:36:26,701 --> 01:36:27,702
and appropriates a sum sufficient

2839
01:36:27,702 --> 01:36:29,702
for paying

2840
01:36:30,705 --> 01:36:31,706
the expenses

2841
01:36:31,706 --> 01:36:32,707
of this special session. With that,

2842
01:36:32,707 --> 01:36:33,708
I renew my motion.

2843
01:36:33,708 --> 01:36:34,709
>> any discussion

2844
01:36:34,709 --> 01:36:35,710
on

2845
01:36:35,710 --> 01:36:36,711
the bill. Representative mcallen,

2846
01:36:36,711 --> 01:36:38,711
you are recognized.

2847
01:36:39,714 --> 01:36:40,715
>> thank you mr. Speaker. Move

2848
01:36:40,715 --> 01:36:41,716
previous question.

2849
01:36:41,716 --> 01:36:43,716
>> is there objection?

2850
01:36:47,722 --> 01:36:48,723
objection on the board for all those

2851
01:36:48,723 --> 01:36:49,724
in favor vote yes when the

2852
01:36:49,724 --> 01:36:51,726
bell rings. As opposed. Is any member

2853
01:36:51,726 --> 01:36:54,696
wish to change their vote?

2854
01:36:54,696 --> 01:36:57,696
mr. Clerk, take the vote.

2855
01:36:57,699 --> 01:36:59,699
>>

2856
01:37:00,702 --> 01:37:02,702
previous question prevails.

2857
01:37:03,705 --> 01:37:04,706
those in favor of house

2858
01:37:04,706 --> 01:37:06,708
bill 7005 just when the bell rings.

2859
01:37:06,708 --> 01:37:07,709
has every member voted, does any member

2860
01:37:07,709 --> 01:37:09,709
wish

2861
01:37:09,711 --> 01:37:12,111
to change their vote?

2862
01:37:12,714 --> 01:37:15,717
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

2863
01:37:15,717 --> 01:37:17,717
>>

2864
01:37:17,719 --> 01:37:20,722
house bill 7005, having received constitutional majority

2865
01:37:20,722 --> 01:37:23,722
I declare past without objection.

2866
01:37:24,726 --> 01:37:26,726
mr.

2867
01:37:27,696 --> 01:37:28,697
clerk.

2868
01:37:28,697 --> 01:37:30,697
>>

2869
01:37:32,701 --> 01:37:33,702
has built three by speaker zachary.

2870
01:37:33,702 --> 01:37:35,702
>> passage

2871
01:37:36,705 --> 01:37:38,705
of house will 7003

2872
01:37:38,707 --> 01:37:39,708
on final consideration.

2873
01:37:39,708 --> 01:37:41,708
>> mr. Clerk,

2874
01:37:41,710 --> 01:37:42,711
call the first amendment.

2875
01:37:42,711 --> 01:37:43,712
>> amendment

2876
01:37:43,712 --> 01:37:45,712
number

2877
01:37:45,714 --> 01:37:46,715
one.

2878
01:37:46,715 --> 01:37:47,716
>>

2879
01:37:47,716 --> 01:37:48,717
your matt picht

2880
01:37:48,717 --> 01:37:49,718
>> thank you I moved

2881
01:37:49,718 --> 01:37:50,719
to adopt.

2882
01:37:50,719 --> 01:37:51,720
>>

2883
01:37:51,720 --> 01:37:52,721
any discussion amendments seeing them.

2884
01:37:52,721 --> 01:37:54,721
say yes. All

2885
01:37:54,723 --> 01:37:57,723
those opposed. Next amendment mr.

2886
01:37:57,726 --> 01:37:58,693
clerk.

2887
01:37:58,693 --> 01:38:00,693
>> has amendment to,

2888
01:38:00,695 --> 01:38:01,696
not timely filed.

2889
01:38:01,696 --> 01:38:03,696
>> johnson.

2890
01:38:11,706 --> 01:38:12,707
>> thank you, mr. Speaker. What this

2891
01:38:12,707 --> 01:38:14,707
amendment does,

2892
01:38:15,710 --> 01:38:16,711
when we are

2893
01:38:16,711 --> 01:38:18,711
establishing congressional districts

2894
01:38:18,713 --> 01:38:20,713
pursuant to subsection

2895
01:38:21,716 --> 01:38:22,717
crime statistics arrest data and

2896
01:38:22,717 --> 01:38:25,117
generalized public safety assertions

2897
01:38:26,721 --> 01:38:27,722
, must not be utilized as a basis

2898
01:38:27,722 --> 01:38:29,722
for fragmenting

2899
01:38:30,725 --> 01:38:33,695
diminishing or diluting the representation

2900
01:38:33,695 --> 01:38:35,695
influence. I

2901
01:38:35,697 --> 01:38:39,297
believe we had someone in committee

2902
01:38:39,701 --> 01:38:42,701
use that as a reason

2903
01:38:42,704 --> 01:38:44,704
for these maps.

2904
01:38:47,709 --> 01:38:48,710
that was representative loel russell.

2905
01:38:48,710 --> 01:38:51,713
I think that is important, but,

2906
01:38:51,713 --> 01:38:54,713
crime statistics and arrest data

2907
01:38:54,716 --> 01:38:58,916
should not be used . I move consideration.

2908
01:39:00,722 --> 01:39:02,722
>>

2909
01:39:03,725 --> 01:39:04,726
all those

2910
01:39:04,726 --> 01:39:06,695
in favor of considering amendment

2911
01:39:06,695 --> 01:39:07,696
number two vote yes when the bell

2912
01:39:07,696 --> 01:39:09,696
rings.

2913
01:39:09,698 --> 01:39:12,701
has any member voted or was to change

2914
01:39:12,701 --> 01:39:17,501
the vote? Mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

2915
01:39:21,710 --> 01:39:23,710
>>

2916
01:39:23,712 --> 01:39:27,312
mr. Speaker, and a further amendment.

2917
01:39:30,719 --> 01:39:32,719
>> thank

2918
01:39:33,722 --> 01:39:35,722
you mr. Chairman

2919
01:39:35,724 --> 01:39:36,725
. Mr. Speaker, I yield five minutes

2920
01:39:36,725 --> 01:39:38,725
to

2921
01:39:39,694 --> 01:39:41,694
chairman clements.

2922
01:39:41,696 --> 01:39:42,697
>> chairman clements, you are recognized

2923
01:39:42,697 --> 01:39:43,698
for five minutes.

2924
01:39:43,698 --> 01:39:45,698
>> thank you

2925
01:39:45,700 --> 01:39:47,700
mr. Speaker.

2926
01:39:51,706 --> 01:39:52,707
I realize the person in the well

2927
01:39:52,707 --> 01:39:54,709
didn't run this bill yesterday. Here's

2928
01:39:54,709 --> 01:39:55,710
my question. Yesterday, speaker sexton

2929
01:39:55,710 --> 01:39:56,711
was

2930
01:39:56,711 --> 01:39:57,712
asked about who drafted this bill

2931
01:39:57,712 --> 01:39:59,712
, he pointed to

2932
01:40:00,715 --> 01:40:03,115
the senate, senator stevens,

2933
01:40:03,718 --> 01:40:05,718
senator johnson,

2934
01:40:05,720 --> 01:40:06,721
yesterday senator stevens was asked

2935
01:40:06,721 --> 01:40:08,723
the question, what numbers

2936
01:40:08,723 --> 01:40:09,724
were relied upon to draw these maps,

2937
01:40:09,724 --> 01:40:11,724
and his

2938
01:40:11,726 --> 01:40:12,694
answer was conclusive that it was

2939
01:40:12,694 --> 01:40:14,694
census data.

2940
01:40:15,697 --> 01:40:18,970
section 1, here, refers to

2941
01:40:18,700 --> 01:40:21,100
all census descriptions and

2942
01:40:21,703 --> 01:40:23,705
so forth. Is that

2943
01:40:23,705 --> 01:40:24,706
correct, that the census data was the

2944
01:40:24,706 --> 01:40:27,706
sole basis for drawing these

2945
01:40:27,709 --> 01:40:29,709
lines for 2020?

2946
01:40:30,712 --> 01:40:31,713
>> speaker zachary? >> thank you,

2947
01:40:31,713 --> 01:40:32,714
yes,

2948
01:40:32,714 --> 01:40:33,715
that is my understanding, the census

2949
01:40:33,715 --> 01:40:35,717
was used to draft the map you have

2950
01:40:35,717 --> 01:40:36,718
in front of you. Based on the population.

2951
01:40:36,718 --> 01:40:38,718
>>

2952
01:40:39,721 --> 01:40:41,723
that's pretty interesting, because

2953
01:40:41,723 --> 01:40:44,726
census data does not include any partisan scores

2954
01:40:44,726 --> 01:40:45,694
or partisan data. Your entire argument

2955
01:40:45,694 --> 01:40:48,940
this week has been

2956
01:40:48,697 --> 01:40:49,698
that

2957
01:40:49,698 --> 01:40:51,700
this is about politics and partisanship.

2958
01:40:51,700 --> 01:40:52,701
so if you solely relied on census

2959
01:40:52,701 --> 01:40:54,701
data, I

2960
01:40:54,703 --> 01:40:57,706
am confused about how you knew

2961
01:40:57,706 --> 01:40:59,706
partisan

2962
01:40:59,708 --> 01:41:00,709
scores when drawing this map if that

2963
01:41:00,709 --> 01:41:02,709
is not considered?

2964
01:41:03,712 --> 01:41:05,712
>> speaker zachary.

2965
01:41:05,714 --> 01:41:09,718
>> thank you. Did you have a question?

2966
01:41:09,718 --> 01:41:10,719
>> if that is your answer, that is

2967
01:41:10,719 --> 01:41:13,119
fine by me but

2968
01:41:13,722 --> 01:41:16,722
that is all I need.

2969
01:41:16,725 --> 01:41:20,925
I yield the balance of my time.

2970
01:41:21,696 --> 01:41:22,697
>> leader camper, you are recognized.

2971
01:41:22,697 --> 01:41:24,697
>> thank

2972
01:41:25,700 --> 01:41:26,701
you mr. Speaker. I yield

2973
01:41:26,701 --> 01:41:30,301
four minutes to represented of shaw.

2974
01:41:31,706 --> 01:41:32,707
>> representative shaw, you are

2975
01:41:32,707 --> 01:41:33,708
recognized.

2976
01:41:33,708 --> 01:41:35,710
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

2977
01:41:35,710 --> 01:41:39,910
I didn't rise today to be emotional.

2978
01:41:40,715 --> 01:41:42,715
I am

2979
01:41:43,718 --> 01:41:46,721
here to say that this is my second

2980
01:41:46,721 --> 01:41:48,721
go around .

2981
01:41:49,724 --> 01:41:52,694
I am standing here today ,

2982
01:41:52,694 --> 01:41:54,696
because my dad went out

2983
01:41:54,696 --> 01:41:55,697
to register to vote , but he never

2984
01:41:55,697 --> 01:41:57,697
got a chance

2985
01:41:58,700 --> 01:42:00,700
to vote.

2986
01:42:00,702 --> 01:42:02,704
but I am standing here today because he

2987
01:42:02,704 --> 01:42:04,706
didn't get a chance. I feel it is

2988
01:42:04,706 --> 01:42:06,706
my responsibility

2989
01:42:06,708 --> 01:42:07,709
to take up the mantle and run with

2990
01:42:07,709 --> 01:42:09,709
it.

2991
01:42:10,712 --> 01:42:13,715
I did get a chance to vote.

2992
01:42:13,715 --> 01:42:16,715
but all of my life,

2993
01:42:20,722 --> 01:42:22,724
voting has been a problem with the

2994
01:42:22,724 --> 01:42:24,724
other side.

2995
01:42:25,694 --> 01:42:27,694
from

2996
01:42:28,697 --> 01:42:31,970
childhood to this moment

2997
01:42:31,700 --> 01:42:32,701
,

2998
01:42:32,701 --> 01:42:34,703
and this probably is the last time

2999
01:42:34,703 --> 01:42:36,705
I will get a chance to stand

3000
01:42:36,705 --> 01:42:37,706
in this well and talk. Here is what

3001
01:42:37,706 --> 01:42:39,706
I will tell

3002
01:42:40,709 --> 01:42:42,709
you all .

3003
01:42:46,715 --> 01:42:49,715
you are not stopping anything.

3004
01:42:49,718 --> 01:42:52,118
it has been tried

3005
01:42:52,721 --> 01:42:53,722
over.

3006
01:42:53,722 --> 01:42:55,724
in fact, my dad, when he registered

3007
01:42:55,724 --> 01:42:57,724
to vote,

3008
01:42:58,727 --> 01:42:59,694
he had to move to a

3009
01:42:59,694 --> 01:43:01,696
government tent city, because they

3010
01:43:01,696 --> 01:43:04,699
put him out of a place

3011
01:43:04,699 --> 01:43:06,699
to live .

3012
01:43:07,702 --> 01:43:08,703
I remember one friday evening,

3013
01:43:08,703 --> 01:43:10,705
he came home and announced to us,

3014
01:43:10,705 --> 01:43:12,705
we've

3015
01:43:13,708 --> 01:43:17,308
got to move. And reset why?

3016
01:43:18,713 --> 01:43:19,714
he said, because I registered to vote.

3017
01:43:19,714 --> 01:43:20,715
we

3018
01:43:20,715 --> 01:43:22,717
have to move. Where will we move?

3019
01:43:22,717 --> 01:43:23,718
we have no place but we have to

3020
01:43:23,718 --> 01:43:25,720
go to the tent city. This was friday.

3021
01:43:25,720 --> 01:43:27,722
but because we knew

3022
01:43:27,722 --> 01:43:30,722
someone higher than the government

3023
01:43:34,696 --> 01:43:37,696
, we called a family prayer,

3024
01:43:37,699 --> 01:43:39,701
and from friday evening,

3025
01:43:39,701 --> 01:43:40,702
late to early monday morning, we had

3026
01:43:40,702 --> 01:43:42,702
a place

3027
01:43:43,705 --> 01:43:45,705
to stay.

3028
01:43:52,714 --> 01:43:53,715
so what I am telling you folks

3029
01:43:53,715 --> 01:43:55,717
today is, it doesn't matter what you

3030
01:43:55,717 --> 01:43:56,718
pass, how you draw maps, it doesn't

3031
01:43:56,718 --> 01:43:57,719
matter

3032
01:43:57,719 --> 01:43:58,720
how you --you can draw them anyway

3033
01:43:58,720 --> 01:44:01,723
you want to, you cannot stop

3034
01:44:01,723 --> 01:44:04,123
god's people. Trust me.

3035
01:44:04,726 --> 01:44:06,695
if you don't ever hear me say

3036
01:44:06,695 --> 01:44:07,696
anything else, even if you get to

3037
01:44:07,696 --> 01:44:09,696
attend my funeral,

3038
01:44:10,699 --> 01:44:13,699
you remember this one thing.

3039
01:44:13,702 --> 01:44:16,102
you are not doing

3040
01:44:16,705 --> 01:44:19,105
anything but hurting yourself

3041
01:44:21,710 --> 01:44:22,711
. And listen at the midnight hour.

3042
01:44:22,711 --> 01:44:25,711
we normally like to blame

3043
01:44:25,714 --> 01:44:28,714
everything on everybody else. Somebody

3044
01:44:28,717 --> 01:44:30,719
else made me angry, no, you have

3045
01:44:30,719 --> 01:44:34,723
to live with yourself. And at midnight,

3046
01:44:34,723 --> 01:44:35,724
when nobody else

3047
01:44:35,724 --> 01:44:37,726
is in your room but you, yourself, you

3048
01:44:37,726 --> 01:44:40,695
have got to live with you. If

3049
01:44:40,695 --> 01:44:42,697
you can go to sleep , close your

3050
01:44:42,697 --> 01:44:43,698
eyes and rest at night after doing

3051
01:44:43,698 --> 01:44:45,698
what you're doing ,

3052
01:44:46,701 --> 01:44:48,701
you do it.

3053
01:44:48,703 --> 01:44:49,704
but I can tell you this one thing,

3054
01:44:49,704 --> 01:44:51,704
there is

3055
01:44:52,707 --> 01:44:57,712
a man that is higher than all of us

3056
01:44:57,712 --> 01:44:58,713
, and he is looking down on us right

3057
01:44:58,713 --> 01:45:01,713
now, and you can just

3058
01:45:01,716 --> 01:45:04,116
remember this. Missile black

3059
01:45:04,719 --> 01:45:06,721
I told you before he left here,

3060
01:45:06,721 --> 01:45:07,722
you ain't heard nobody but yourself

3061
01:45:07,722 --> 01:45:09,722
.

3062
01:45:10,725 --> 01:45:12,725
god bless you

3063
01:45:13,695 --> 01:45:16,698
and we will all be okay.

3064
01:45:16,698 --> 01:45:18,698
>> leader camper

3065
01:45:19,701 --> 01:45:21,701
?

3066
01:45:25,707 --> 01:45:27,707
>> thank you, mr.

3067
01:45:27,709 --> 01:45:28,710
speaker. I yield four minutes to representative

3068
01:45:28,710 --> 01:45:29,711
miller.

3069
01:45:29,711 --> 01:45:31,711
>> representative miller. >>

3070
01:45:31,713 --> 01:45:34,713
speaker sexton and leader lamberth

3071
01:45:34,716 --> 01:45:36,716
, and to the

3072
01:45:37,719 --> 01:45:38,720
chairman's of the standing committee.

3073
01:45:38,720 --> 01:45:40,720
that question has

3074
01:45:40,722 --> 01:45:42,724
been asked, why are we here?

3075
01:45:42,724 --> 01:45:43,725
you know, I am thinking about why

3076
01:45:43,725 --> 01:45:45,725
we are here

3077
01:45:46,695 --> 01:45:49,950
, and I said, okay.

3078
01:45:52,701 --> 01:45:55,704
the governor gets a call or

3079
01:45:55,704 --> 01:45:57,704
email,

3080
01:45:58,707 --> 01:46:00,707
would be governor

3081
01:46:00,709 --> 01:46:01,710
blackburn, and the president says

3082
01:46:01,710 --> 01:46:03,710
to

3083
01:46:04,713 --> 01:46:06,713
the governor,

3084
01:46:07,716 --> 01:46:10,719
I need a few thousand votes

3085
01:46:10,719 --> 01:46:12,719
. We have heard

3086
01:46:12,721 --> 01:46:13,722
this before. Right? I need a few thousand votes.

3087
01:46:13,722 --> 01:46:15,722
because

3088
01:46:16,725 --> 01:46:19,125
I want to flip

3089
01:46:21,696 --> 01:46:22,697
the democratic seat, the ninth congressional

3090
01:46:22,697 --> 01:46:24,697
seat is

3091
01:46:25,700 --> 01:46:28,703
shelby county. I want to make it bleed.

3092
01:46:28,703 --> 01:46:31,103
I want to flip

3093
01:46:31,706 --> 01:46:34,106
it to a republican.

3094
01:46:37,712 --> 01:46:40,715
that came from a convicted felon

3095
01:46:40,715 --> 01:46:42,715
.

3096
01:46:46,721 --> 01:46:48,721
it came

3097
01:46:48,723 --> 01:46:49,724
from, probably, one of the worst presidents

3098
01:46:49,724 --> 01:46:50,725
in the history of the united states,

3099
01:46:50,725 --> 01:46:52,694
a

3100
01:46:52,694 --> 01:46:54,694
corrupt president, amazing.

3101
01:46:55,697 --> 01:46:57,697
it is

3102
01:46:57,699 --> 01:47:01,299
almost demonic. It is almost devious.

3103
01:47:04,706 --> 01:47:07,706
and it is definitely devilish.

3104
01:47:07,709 --> 01:47:10,712
so what happens at this point

3105
01:47:10,712 --> 01:47:12,712
? We say we

3106
01:47:13,715 --> 01:47:16,718
want to continue this golden age

3107
01:47:16,718 --> 01:47:19,118
of president donald trump.

3108
01:47:19,721 --> 01:47:22,724
these are the words that come from

3109
01:47:22,724 --> 01:47:24,724
our senior senator .

3110
01:47:28,697 --> 01:47:31,970
it is almost insane.

3111
01:47:31,700 --> 01:47:33,700
as my colleague

3112
01:47:34,703 --> 01:47:36,703
has said ,

3113
01:47:39,708 --> 01:47:40,709
people will remember, your constituency

3114
01:47:40,709 --> 01:47:42,709
will remember

3115
01:47:43,712 --> 01:47:46,715
the worst things you will do

3116
01:47:46,715 --> 01:47:48,715
.

3117
01:47:49,718 --> 01:47:50,719
not often the good things, but they

3118
01:47:50,719 --> 01:47:52,719
will remember the

3119
01:47:52,721 --> 01:47:55,721
worst things that you do.

3120
01:47:55,724 --> 01:47:58,727
dependent on this vote that you take today

3121
01:47:58,727 --> 01:48:01,696
, you have to live with this.

3122
01:48:01,696 --> 01:48:04,699
you have to live with this vote

3123
01:48:04,699 --> 01:48:06,699
. Sometimes being here

3124
01:48:07,702 --> 01:48:09,702
long enough,

3125
01:48:10,705 --> 01:48:12,707
I can make predictions. And I have

3126
01:48:12,707 --> 01:48:13,708
a prediction as to what will happen

3127
01:48:13,708 --> 01:48:15,708
on this vote.

3128
01:48:16,711 --> 01:48:19,711
but I have another prediction .

3129
01:48:19,714 --> 01:48:23,314
you have to live with it.

3130
01:48:25,720 --> 01:48:28,723
regardless of what you do from this

3131
01:48:28,723 --> 01:48:32,923
point on , whatever bills you may introduce

3132
01:48:34,696 --> 01:48:37,960
, this one, this vote ,

3133
01:48:37,699 --> 01:48:39,701
your constituency, my constituents

3134
01:48:39,701 --> 01:48:40,702
will remember. I don't think that

3135
01:48:40,702 --> 01:48:42,702
you have got

3136
01:48:45,707 --> 01:48:46,708
a ton of emails, phone calls from

3137
01:48:46,708 --> 01:48:48,708
your constituents, saying

3138
01:48:50,712 --> 01:48:52,712
do this .

3139
01:48:55,717 --> 01:48:56,718
do this, follow the president of the

3140
01:48:56,718 --> 01:48:58,718
united states.

3141
01:48:59,721 --> 01:49:01,721
follow

3142
01:49:02,724 --> 01:49:04,724
stephen miller.

3143
01:49:04,726 --> 01:49:05,727
when you look at their ratings, the

3144
01:49:05,727 --> 01:49:06,695
approval ratings

3145
01:49:06,695 --> 01:49:08,697
of the president of the united states,

3146
01:49:08,697 --> 01:49:11,970
it is the lowest

3147
01:49:11,700 --> 01:49:12,701
of probably any president of the

3148
01:49:12,701 --> 01:49:17,501
united states, and you want to follow that?

3149
01:49:17,706 --> 01:49:18,707
you want to follow that, you

3150
01:49:18,707 --> 01:49:20,709
want your name, your signature on

3151
01:49:20,709 --> 01:49:22,709
this legislation?

3152
01:49:23,712 --> 01:49:26,712
you better think about it.

3153
01:49:26,715 --> 01:49:28,715
thank you.

3154
01:49:29,718 --> 01:49:31,718
>>

3155
01:49:32,721 --> 01:49:34,721
leader camper?

3156
01:49:34,723 --> 01:49:38,323
>> thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

3157
01:49:38,727 --> 01:49:41,696
I yield four minutes to

3158
01:49:41,696 --> 01:49:43,696
chairman chiswick .

3159
01:49:44,699 --> 01:49:46,701
>> you are recognized. >> thank

3160
01:49:46,701 --> 01:49:47,702
you mr. Speaker. To my colleague in

3161
01:49:47,702 --> 01:49:49,702
the well,

3162
01:49:50,705 --> 01:49:52,707
I have a few questions if you

3163
01:49:52,707 --> 01:49:55,707
will indulge me. State government,

3164
01:49:56,711 --> 01:49:57,712
we have

3165
01:49:57,712 --> 01:49:59,714
a map in place, now, that was defended

3166
01:49:59,714 --> 01:50:01,714
in court

3167
01:50:02,717 --> 01:50:05,717
saying he did not dilute

3168
01:50:05,720 --> 01:50:07,720
minority voters. Why

3169
01:50:08,723 --> 01:50:09,724
would this plan replace one

3170
01:50:09,724 --> 01:50:11,726
that was already backed by this body?

3171
01:50:11,726 --> 01:50:13,726
>> repeat

3172
01:50:14,696 --> 01:50:15,697
that last part again?

3173
01:50:15,697 --> 01:50:17,697
>>

3174
01:50:19,701 --> 01:50:20,702
I was stating that we have a map that

3175
01:50:20,702 --> 01:50:22,702
was defended in

3176
01:50:22,704 --> 01:50:23,705
court, now. Why would this plan right

3177
01:50:23,705 --> 01:50:24,706
here replace

3178
01:50:24,706 --> 01:50:25,707
the one that is already in place?

3179
01:50:25,707 --> 01:50:26,708
>>

3180
01:50:26,708 --> 01:50:27,709
speaker zachary?

3181
01:50:27,709 --> 01:50:29,709
>>

3182
01:50:30,712 --> 01:50:32,714
members, it is important to know that

3183
01:50:32,714 --> 01:50:34,716
the map you have in front

3184
01:50:34,716 --> 01:50:35,717
of your was drafted based on the population

3185
01:50:35,717 --> 01:50:37,717
related

3186
01:50:38,720 --> 01:50:39,721
to the last census , but it

3187
01:50:39,721 --> 01:50:41,723
was absolutely drafted on politics,

3188
01:50:41,723 --> 01:50:44,123
based on court rulings

3189
01:50:44,726 --> 01:50:46,695
, this gives us a

3190
01:50:46,695 --> 01:50:47,696
unique opportunity for the first time

3191
01:50:47,696 --> 01:50:49,696
in history, to

3192
01:50:50,699 --> 01:50:52,699
have an

3193
01:50:54,703 --> 01:50:55,704
all republican delegation sent from

3194
01:50:55,704 --> 01:50:56,705
tennessee to washington, d.c. To represent

3195
01:50:56,705 --> 01:50:57,706
conservative values,

3196
01:50:57,706 --> 01:50:59,708
to represent conservative principles,

3197
01:50:59,708 --> 01:51:02,108
and this gives us

3198
01:51:02,711 --> 01:51:03,712
a

3199
01:51:03,712 --> 01:51:05,714
historic opportunity and we are taking advantage

3200
01:51:05,714 --> 01:51:06,715
of that as the super majority in this

3201
01:51:06,715 --> 01:51:07,716
body. That is why we are doing it.

3202
01:51:07,716 --> 01:51:08,717
>> representative chisholm. >> yes.

3203
01:51:08,717 --> 01:51:10,717
I am

3204
01:51:11,720 --> 01:51:13,720
trying to be

3205
01:51:14,723 --> 01:51:15,724
concise. How does this map apply

3206
01:51:15,724 --> 01:51:17,726
with the 14th amendment's equal protection

3207
01:51:17,726 --> 01:51:18,727
clause?

3208
01:51:18,727 --> 01:51:20,695
>> speaker zachary?

3209
01:51:20,695 --> 01:51:22,695
>> thank you

3210
01:51:23,698 --> 01:51:24,699
mr. Speaker.

3211
01:51:24,699 --> 01:51:25,700
we drafted this in consultation with

3212
01:51:25,700 --> 01:51:26,701
legal, and we are confident that this

3213
01:51:26,701 --> 01:51:27,702
meets the

3214
01:51:27,702 --> 01:51:28,703
criteria that we are required to by

3215
01:51:28,703 --> 01:51:29,704
law and the constitution draft maps.

3216
01:51:29,704 --> 01:51:31,704
>> many

3217
01:51:32,707 --> 01:51:35,710
of us are still confused. Whose legal consultation

3218
01:51:35,710 --> 01:51:36,711
drew the map?

3219
01:51:36,711 --> 01:51:38,711
>>

3220
01:51:38,713 --> 01:51:39,714
representative

3221
01:51:39,714 --> 01:51:40,715
zachary?

3222
01:51:40,715 --> 01:51:41,716
>> the senate was the primary

3223
01:51:41,716 --> 01:51:43,718
drafter of the map

3224
01:51:43,718 --> 01:51:44,719
with the input and collaboration with

3225
01:51:44,719 --> 01:51:46,719
the house.

3226
01:51:47,722 --> 01:51:50,122
>> repetitive chisholm. >> thank you.

3227
01:51:53,695 --> 01:51:54,696
mapmakers are skilled in using proxies

3228
01:51:54,696 --> 01:51:56,696
such

3229
01:51:56,698 --> 01:51:59,980
as urban areas and

3230
01:52:00,702 --> 01:52:02,704
people who live predominantly near

3231
01:52:02,704 --> 01:52:05,704
black churches or schools, so,

3232
01:52:08,710 --> 01:52:11,710
were proxies used to identify

3233
01:52:11,713 --> 01:52:13,713
racial demographics?

3234
01:52:14,716 --> 01:52:16,716
>> speaker zachary? >>

3235
01:52:18,720 --> 01:52:20,722
thank you mr. Speaker. As I stated

3236
01:52:20,722 --> 01:52:21,723
earlier, the criteria used to draft

3237
01:52:21,723 --> 01:52:22,724
this

3238
01:52:22,724 --> 01:52:23,725
map was politics and population based

3239
01:52:23,725 --> 01:52:25,725
on census

3240
01:52:25,727 --> 01:52:26,695
data.

3241
01:52:26,695 --> 01:52:28,695
>> representative chisholm. >>

3242
01:52:29,698 --> 01:52:32,698
I'm curious, was the word

3243
01:52:35,704 --> 01:52:36,705
urban used in drawing this map?

3244
01:52:36,705 --> 01:52:37,706
>>

3245
01:52:37,706 --> 01:52:38,707
speaker zachary.

3246
01:52:38,707 --> 01:52:39,708
>> thank you. Again, this map

3247
01:52:39,708 --> 01:52:41,710
was drafted based on

3248
01:52:41,710 --> 01:52:42,711
politics, based on population

3249
01:52:42,711 --> 01:52:44,713
and the opportunity for the first

3250
01:52:44,713 --> 01:52:46,713
time in history

3251
01:52:47,716 --> 01:52:48,717
for us to

3252
01:52:48,717 --> 01:52:49,718
send an entire republican delegation

3253
01:52:49,718 --> 01:52:50,719
from tennessee to represent the state

3254
01:52:50,719 --> 01:52:52,719
in washington,

3255
01:52:53,722 --> 01:52:54,723
d.c.

3256
01:52:54,723 --> 01:52:56,723
>>

3257
01:52:56,725 --> 01:52:57,726
how does this map not cause voter

3258
01:52:57,726 --> 01:52:59,694
confusion if the primary election

3259
01:52:59,694 --> 01:53:02,940
is already going on?

3260
01:53:08,703 --> 01:53:09,704
>> speaker

3261
01:53:09,704 --> 01:53:10,705
zachary.

3262
01:53:10,705 --> 01:53:11,706
>> I trust the people of

3263
01:53:11,706 --> 01:53:12,707
tennessee who were informed and have

3264
01:53:12,707 --> 01:53:13,708
plenty of

3265
01:53:13,708 --> 01:53:14,709
time before they go to vote in august,

3266
01:53:14,709 --> 01:53:15,710
to be informed about who the candidates

3267
01:53:15,710 --> 01:53:16,711
will be.

3268
01:53:16,711 --> 01:53:17,712
>> repetitive chisholm. >>

3269
01:53:17,712 --> 01:53:19,714
let me say this. I know you

3270
01:53:19,714 --> 01:53:20,715
probably think this is my constituents

3271
01:53:20,715 --> 01:53:22,715
were not informed.

3272
01:53:23,718 --> 01:53:24,719
let me

3273
01:53:24,719 --> 01:53:26,721
caution, many of your constituents

3274
01:53:26,721 --> 01:53:29,724
are not informed either. So, I

3275
01:53:29,724 --> 01:53:31,724
have to --

3276
01:53:31,726 --> 01:53:32,727
let me speak to the humanity of everyone

3277
01:53:32,727 --> 01:53:34,696
in the room for the next

3278
01:53:34,696 --> 01:53:35,697
10 seconds. This is not a good thing

3279
01:53:35,697 --> 01:53:37,699
for my district, nor yours

3280
01:53:37,699 --> 01:53:38,700
. It is going to hurt more than it

3281
01:53:38,700 --> 01:53:40,700
helps you, and

3282
01:53:41,703 --> 01:53:42,704
I

3283
01:53:42,704 --> 01:53:44,706
think history is going to show that

3284
01:53:44,706 --> 01:53:47,709
the wrong thing was done today.

3285
01:53:47,709 --> 01:53:48,710
thank you.

3286
01:53:48,710 --> 01:53:50,710
>> leader camper. >> thank

3287
01:53:50,712 --> 01:53:52,714
you mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

3288
01:53:52,714 --> 01:53:53,715
I would like to yield three minutes

3289
01:53:53,715 --> 01:53:55,715
to representative

3290
01:53:56,718 --> 01:53:58,718
hakim .

3291
01:53:59,721 --> 01:54:02,121
>> recognized for three minutes.

3292
01:54:02,724 --> 01:54:05,124
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

3293
01:54:05,727 --> 01:54:08,127
I guess I rise

3294
01:54:08,697 --> 01:54:11,970
with the feeling that

3295
01:54:11,700 --> 01:54:14,700
there is an effort on

3296
01:54:14,703 --> 01:54:17,706
some people in this room to play with god.

3297
01:54:17,706 --> 01:54:19,706
we profess in

3298
01:54:20,709 --> 01:54:23,709
this body to be servants

3299
01:54:23,712 --> 01:54:25,712
of god. But,

3300
01:54:26,715 --> 01:54:29,718
do we treat each other with respect

3301
01:54:29,718 --> 01:54:31,718
and understanding?

3302
01:54:32,721 --> 01:54:35,724
I am one of those people

3303
01:54:35,724 --> 01:54:38,124
born in tennessee, probably

3304
01:54:38,727 --> 01:54:41,127
one of the oldest

3305
01:54:41,696 --> 01:54:42,697
people in this room. I know what happened

3306
01:54:42,697 --> 01:54:44,699
in the 50s and

3307
01:54:44,699 --> 01:54:47,702
60s. I was exposed to it.

3308
01:54:47,702 --> 01:54:48,703
I went to jail at 13 because a man

3309
01:54:48,703 --> 01:54:49,704
wanted

3310
01:54:49,704 --> 01:54:50,705
to run over me in his car. He wound

3311
01:54:50,705 --> 01:54:53,708
up in the hospital, I wound

3312
01:54:53,708 --> 01:54:56,711
up in jail. What I am trying to say is,

3313
01:54:56,711 --> 01:54:59,111
do we truly believe

3314
01:54:59,714 --> 01:55:01,714
in a power

3315
01:55:02,717 --> 01:55:04,717
higher than ourselves?

3316
01:55:05,720 --> 01:55:08,723
I go to bible study with some in

3317
01:55:08,723 --> 01:55:10,723
this room. And

3318
01:55:11,726 --> 01:55:14,696
you are going to tell me , that taking

3319
01:55:14,696 --> 01:55:17,696
rights away from others is

3320
01:55:17,699 --> 01:55:20,702
what god has put in your mind

3321
01:55:20,702 --> 01:55:23,705
on what you should be doing?

3322
01:55:23,705 --> 01:55:26,708
do we fear god , or do we fear man

3323
01:55:26,708 --> 01:55:29,108
? And when I say

3324
01:55:29,711 --> 01:55:34,511
do we fear man, are we saying that

3325
01:55:34,716 --> 01:55:35,717
the position I have, the position

3326
01:55:35,717 --> 01:55:37,717
that has been

3327
01:55:37,719 --> 01:55:38,720
promised to me is more important than

3328
01:55:38,720 --> 01:55:41,120
my faith in a

3329
01:55:41,723 --> 01:55:44,726
power greater than myself? Look, people.

3330
01:55:44,726 --> 01:55:47,696
I was born and raised

3331
01:55:47,696 --> 01:55:49,696
in the south.

3332
01:55:50,699 --> 01:55:52,701
I know what it is to go through a

3333
01:55:52,701 --> 01:55:53,702
lot of the things that some people

3334
01:55:53,702 --> 01:55:56,102
want to re-implement today

3335
01:55:56,705 --> 01:55:59,705
. There are those among us,

3336
01:55:59,708 --> 01:56:02,108
including myself who are

3337
01:56:02,711 --> 01:56:04,713
not going through it. God put me

3338
01:56:04,713 --> 01:56:05,714
here for a purpose in this legislature,

3339
01:56:05,714 --> 01:56:08,114
to let you know

3340
01:56:08,717 --> 01:56:12,721
that what has been is not going to be

3341
01:56:12,721 --> 01:56:14,721
. We are here

3342
01:56:15,724 --> 01:56:16,725
to work with you, to make

3343
01:56:16,725 --> 01:56:18,727
this state a better place, but we

3344
01:56:18,727 --> 01:56:21,696
are not going to take

3345
01:56:21,696 --> 01:56:24,960
mess off of anybody.

3346
01:56:27,702 --> 01:56:28,703
I

3347
01:56:28,703 --> 01:56:30,705
would hope, many in this room similar

3348
01:56:30,705 --> 01:56:33,708
to me, I came up with

3349
01:56:33,708 --> 01:56:35,708
what was called

3350
01:56:35,710 --> 01:56:39,714
the . Some here grew up in a trailer

3351
01:56:39,714 --> 01:56:41,714
park.

3352
01:56:44,719 --> 01:56:47,722
folks, just because you didn't live on a mountain, just because you didn't live in

3353
01:56:47,722 --> 01:56:48,723
the suburbs, don't make you any less than anybody

3354
01:56:48,723 --> 01:56:49,724
else. And I

3355
01:56:49,724 --> 01:56:51,726
would hope that people of goodwill will remember

3356
01:56:51,726 --> 01:56:54,696
where you come from, where you need

3357
01:56:54,696 --> 01:56:56,696
to go ,

3358
01:56:57,699 --> 01:57:00,699
to be god centered. Thank

3359
01:57:00,702 --> 01:57:01,703
you, mr. Speaker.

3360
01:57:01,703 --> 01:57:03,703
>> leader

3361
01:57:03,705 --> 01:57:05,705
camper, you are

3362
01:57:05,707 --> 01:57:06,708
recognized.

3363
01:57:06,708 --> 01:57:08,710
>> thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I

3364
01:57:08,710 --> 01:57:09,711
would like to yield two minutes to

3365
01:57:09,711 --> 01:57:11,711
representative hardaway

3366
01:57:12,714 --> 01:57:13,715
.

3367
01:57:13,715 --> 01:57:15,717
>> representative hardaway, you are

3368
01:57:15,717 --> 01:57:18,117
recognized for two minutes.

3369
01:57:18,720 --> 01:57:19,721
>> first, I would like

3370
01:57:19,721 --> 01:57:23,921
to thank the representative body for providing

3371
01:57:24,726 --> 01:57:26,726
a welcoming community.

3372
01:57:27,696 --> 01:57:30,696
my father stood on this

3373
01:57:30,699 --> 01:57:32,699
bill ,

3374
01:57:33,702 --> 01:57:34,703
as something

3375
01:57:34,703 --> 01:57:36,705
that directly impacted his constituents

3376
01:57:36,705 --> 01:57:38,705
. The

3377
01:57:38,707 --> 01:57:42,907
majority of the people in this room,

3378
01:57:46,715 --> 01:57:47,716
your constituents will have representation. In my

3379
01:57:47,716 --> 01:57:48,717
current position as a representative,

3380
01:57:48,717 --> 01:57:49,718
on

3381
01:57:49,718 --> 01:57:51,720
their behalf, a body of people who

3382
01:57:51,720 --> 01:57:53,722
have already been disadvantaged,

3383
01:57:53,722 --> 01:57:56,722
are threatened with more disadvantages.

3384
01:58:00,695 --> 01:58:03,950
how do we rationalize

3385
01:58:03,698 --> 01:58:05,698
the

3386
01:58:05,700 --> 01:58:08,703
majority of everyone in this room,

3387
01:58:08,703 --> 01:58:11,703
being presented, taxation without representation

3388
01:58:12,707 --> 01:58:16,307
, on my part, is now blatant.

3389
01:58:18,713 --> 01:58:21,716
I returned the balance of my time.

3390
01:58:21,716 --> 01:58:23,716
>> thank you,

3391
01:58:24,719 --> 01:58:26,719
mr. Speaker.

3392
01:58:30,725 --> 01:58:31,726
esther speaker, I

3393
01:58:31,726 --> 01:58:32,727
yield three minutes to representative

3394
01:58:32,727 --> 01:58:33,695
harris.

3395
01:58:33,695 --> 01:58:34,696
>> representative harris,

3396
01:58:34,696 --> 01:58:35,697
you are recognized for three minutes.

3397
01:58:35,697 --> 01:58:36,698
>> thank

3398
01:58:36,698 --> 01:58:37,699
you, mr. Speaker. To the sponsor,

3399
01:58:37,699 --> 01:58:41,299
members, the fix is already in.

3400
01:58:45,707 --> 01:58:46,708
we already heard our

3401
01:58:46,708 --> 01:58:48,710
sponsor just say it, that this will

3402
01:58:48,710 --> 01:58:49,711
allow them to have, for the first time,

3403
01:58:49,711 --> 01:58:50,712
an opportunity to send the full delegation

3404
01:58:50,712 --> 01:58:51,713
of republican leadership to the white

3405
01:58:51,713 --> 01:58:53,713
house, to

3406
01:58:53,715 --> 01:58:54,716
be able to represent us in congress,

3407
01:58:54,716 --> 01:58:56,716
that fix

3408
01:58:56,718 --> 01:58:57,719
is already in. They know that by changing these maps,

3409
01:58:57,719 --> 01:58:59,721
that the decisions will

3410
01:58:59,721 --> 01:59:00,722
be made at the voting box, that they

3411
01:59:00,722 --> 01:59:02,722
will win the

3412
01:59:03,725 --> 01:59:07,325
extra seats. We lose our power

3413
01:59:09,698 --> 01:59:10,699
. I have to stand here,

3414
01:59:10,699 --> 01:59:11,700
because earlier in committee on yesterday,

3415
01:59:11,700 --> 01:59:12,701
it was said that this was based off

3416
01:59:12,701 --> 01:59:14,701
of

3417
01:59:14,703 --> 01:59:15,704
lyrical desire, but I have to say

3418
01:59:15,704 --> 01:59:18,707
it as a black man, as

3419
01:59:18,707 --> 01:59:20,709
a black man who lives in memphis,

3420
01:59:20,709 --> 01:59:21,710
as a black man who lives in congressional

3421
01:59:21,710 --> 01:59:23,710
district 9,

3422
01:59:23,712 --> 01:59:24,713
that I lose part of my voting power

3423
01:59:24,713 --> 01:59:26,713
by this

3424
01:59:27,716 --> 01:59:29,716
piece of map.

3425
01:59:29,718 --> 01:59:31,720
we cannot celebrate democracy while

3426
01:59:31,720 --> 01:59:33,722
carving out black communities, apart

3427
01:59:33,722 --> 01:59:35,722
from political advantage.

3428
01:59:36,725 --> 01:59:38,725
we all know

3429
01:59:39,728 --> 01:59:41,696
it, whether we say it or not,

3430
01:59:41,696 --> 01:59:42,697
that this map impact black people

3431
01:59:42,697 --> 01:59:45,700
negatively. In fact, I will say

3432
01:59:45,700 --> 01:59:47,700
it. Like this,

3433
01:59:50,705 --> 01:59:51,706
after the civil war, black americans have

3434
01:59:51,706 --> 01:59:54,709
finally gained the right to be able

3435
01:59:54,709 --> 01:59:56,711
to vote on paper

3436
01:59:56,711 --> 01:59:57,712
. Some did not like that. They could

3437
01:59:57,712 --> 01:59:58,713
not out right

3438
01:59:58,713 --> 02:00:00,715
say that black people should not vote

3439
02:00:00,715 --> 02:00:01,716
anymore, so instead, they put in things

3440
02:00:01,716 --> 02:00:03,716
like

3441
02:00:03,718 --> 02:00:06,718
a poll tax , like a

3442
02:00:06,721 --> 02:00:08,721
literacy exam

3443
02:00:08,723 --> 02:00:09,724
. Intimidation, drawing maps just

3444
02:00:09,724 --> 02:00:12,724
like the ones that have

3445
02:00:12,727 --> 02:00:14,696
been drawn today. We

3446
02:00:14,696 --> 02:00:15,697
are diluting the black voice , we

3447
02:00:15,697 --> 02:00:17,697
are diluting the

3448
02:00:18,700 --> 02:00:20,702
black voice. That is

3449
02:00:20,702 --> 02:00:24,902
why the 15th amendment matters so much

3450
02:00:27,709 --> 02:00:28,710
. It was not just about

3451
02:00:28,710 --> 02:00:29,711
black people casting a ballot, it

3452
02:00:29,711 --> 02:00:30,712
was about protecting the voice of

3453
02:00:30,712 --> 02:00:32,712
black people

3454
02:00:32,714 --> 02:00:33,715
from being intentionally diluted .

3455
02:00:33,715 --> 02:00:34,716
the people who championed the 15th

3456
02:00:34,716 --> 02:00:35,717
amendment believed that democracy

3457
02:00:35,717 --> 02:00:36,718
could not survive if states manipulated

3458
02:00:36,718 --> 02:00:38,718
the system to

3459
02:00:39,721 --> 02:00:42,724
silence black voices . Now here we are,

3460
02:00:42,724 --> 02:00:44,724
in 2026,

3461
02:00:45,727 --> 02:00:48,127
watching efforts to dismantle

3462
02:00:48,697 --> 02:00:49,698
the only majority black congressional

3463
02:00:49,698 --> 02:00:51,698
district

3464
02:00:51,700 --> 02:00:53,700
in tennessee .

3465
02:00:57,706 --> 02:00:59,708
when people ask why this matters

3466
02:00:59,708 --> 02:01:00,709
so much, the answer is very simple. It is because

3467
02:01:00,709 --> 02:01:01,710
history has already shown us

3468
02:01:01,710 --> 02:01:03,712
that what happens when black people's

3469
02:01:03,712 --> 02:01:05,712
voices become inconvenient

3470
02:01:06,715 --> 02:01:09,718
to those in control, this new

3471
02:01:09,718 --> 02:01:11,718
map shows ,

3472
02:01:12,721 --> 02:01:15,121
by diluting our black

3473
02:01:15,724 --> 02:01:17,724
voting power, sponsor,

3474
02:01:17,726 --> 02:01:18,727
I ask that if the supreme court decided

3475
02:01:18,727 --> 02:01:20,695
to say

3476
02:01:20,695 --> 02:01:24,699
that a two dollar poll tax was okay,

3477
02:01:24,699 --> 02:01:26,699
and the governor

3478
02:01:26,701 --> 02:01:27,702
called us back in, would we be okay

3479
02:01:27,702 --> 02:01:30,102
with passing legislation to

3480
02:01:30,705 --> 02:01:33,708
move a two dollar poll tax?

3481
02:01:33,708 --> 02:01:35,708
>> leader camper, you

3482
02:01:36,711 --> 02:01:37,712
are recognized.

3483
02:01:37,712 --> 02:01:39,712
>> thank you,

3484
02:01:39,714 --> 02:01:42,114
mr. Speaker. I yield

3485
02:01:43,718 --> 02:01:45,720
five minutes to representative parkinson.

3486
02:01:45,720 --> 02:01:48,723
>> you are recognized for five minutes.

3487
02:01:48,723 --> 02:01:51,123
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

3488
02:01:51,726 --> 02:01:54,696
this is a very serious moment.

3489
02:01:54,696 --> 02:01:56,698
this is a historic

3490
02:01:56,698 --> 02:01:59,698
moment, actually. You cannot separate

3491
02:02:00,702 --> 02:02:02,702
this vote

3492
02:02:02,704 --> 02:02:03,705
from the historical reality of race

3493
02:02:03,705 --> 02:02:05,705
in tennessee,

3494
02:02:06,708 --> 02:02:09,108
and the american south.

3495
02:02:09,711 --> 02:02:12,711
memphis is not merely a

3496
02:02:12,714 --> 02:02:14,714
geographic region ,

3497
02:02:15,717 --> 02:02:18,717
it is a cultural, economic,

3498
02:02:18,720 --> 02:02:21,120
and the center of

3499
02:02:21,723 --> 02:02:23,723
black life in

3500
02:02:24,726 --> 02:02:26,726
shelby county.

3501
02:02:27,696 --> 02:02:30,696
I want you to think

3502
02:02:30,699 --> 02:02:33,990
about this. Nearly half

3503
02:02:33,702 --> 02:02:36,705
of the black population in the state

3504
02:02:36,705 --> 02:02:38,705
of tennessee lives

3505
02:02:39,708 --> 02:02:42,708
in memphis, in shelby county.

3506
02:02:42,711 --> 02:02:44,711
nearly half . How

3507
02:02:45,714 --> 02:02:48,114
can we sit here

3508
02:02:48,717 --> 02:02:51,717
and say that this is

3509
02:02:51,720 --> 02:02:53,720
not about race?

3510
02:02:54,723 --> 02:02:56,723
nearly

3511
02:02:56,725 --> 02:02:57,726
half of the black people in the state

3512
02:02:57,726 --> 02:03:00,695
of tennessee live in that corner

3513
02:03:00,695 --> 02:03:02,695
of tennessee

3514
02:03:03,698 --> 02:03:05,698
, that you are

3515
02:03:06,701 --> 02:03:08,701
deciding

3516
02:03:09,704 --> 02:03:12,707
to cars into three different spaces when

3517
02:03:12,707 --> 02:03:14,709
now there is only one,

3518
02:03:14,709 --> 02:03:15,710
and all of those black people that

3519
02:03:15,710 --> 02:03:17,712
live in that corner

3520
02:03:17,712 --> 02:03:18,713
of tennessee , nearly half of the

3521
02:03:18,713 --> 02:03:20,713
states black population

3522
02:03:22,717 --> 02:03:24,719
are sitting in one

3523
02:03:24,719 --> 02:03:25,720
congressional district. How can you

3524
02:03:25,720 --> 02:03:27,720
say this

3525
02:03:28,723 --> 02:03:31,123
is not about race?

3526
02:03:32,727 --> 02:03:34,696
black representation in this state

3527
02:03:34,696 --> 02:03:35,697
was not given freely. It was

3528
02:03:35,697 --> 02:03:39,297
fought for. It was sacrificed for

3529
02:03:39,701 --> 02:03:42,701
through protestant generations of struggle.

3530
02:03:43,705 --> 02:03:45,707
this chamber must decide whether

3531
02:03:45,707 --> 02:03:49,711
the black voice of tennessee deserves protection

3532
02:03:49,711 --> 02:03:51,711
. You

3533
02:03:52,714 --> 02:03:55,114
cannot celebrate dr. King

3534
02:03:55,717 --> 02:03:58,117
in january, and turnaround

3535
02:04:00,722 --> 02:04:04,726
, and killed a black voice of tennessee

3536
02:04:04,726 --> 02:04:06,726
in may.

3537
02:04:06,728 --> 02:04:09,728
let's talk about christian values.

3538
02:04:15,704 --> 02:04:16,705
the highest christian values love

3539
02:04:16,705 --> 02:04:17,706
of thy neighbor,

3540
02:04:17,706 --> 02:04:19,708
and love does not silence communities.

3541
02:04:19,708 --> 02:04:20,709
love does not divide people ,

3542
02:04:20,709 --> 02:04:22,711
or we can their voice. Love does not

3543
02:04:22,711 --> 02:04:23,712
benefit from a community

3544
02:04:23,712 --> 02:04:26,112
while diminishing its representation.

3545
02:04:27,716 --> 02:04:28,717
if we truly believe in christian principles

3546
02:04:28,717 --> 02:04:30,717
of

3547
02:04:31,720 --> 02:04:33,722
loving our neighbor , then we

3548
02:04:33,722 --> 02:04:36,722
cannot justify weakening the voice

3549
02:04:37,726 --> 02:04:39,728
of nearly half of the

3550
02:04:39,728 --> 02:04:40,695
black population in the state of tennessee

3551
02:04:40,695 --> 02:04:42,695
.

3552
02:04:46,701 --> 02:04:47,702
some

3553
02:04:47,702 --> 02:04:48,703
of you have black neighbors, some of

3554
02:04:48,703 --> 02:04:49,704
you have black friends. Some of you

3555
02:04:49,704 --> 02:04:51,704
have

3556
02:04:51,706 --> 02:04:53,708
black family members. How do you tell them

3557
02:04:53,708 --> 02:04:55,710
, what you did to the people that

3558
02:04:55,710 --> 02:04:58,110
look just like them?

3559
02:04:58,713 --> 02:05:01,716
some of you say that you are

3560
02:05:01,716 --> 02:05:03,716
my friend .

3561
02:05:05,720 --> 02:05:07,722
but when I ask if you will take this

3562
02:05:07,722 --> 02:05:08,723
vote you cannot even look me

3563
02:05:08,723 --> 02:05:10,725
in the eye. The shame is all over

3564
02:05:10,725 --> 02:05:11,726
your face. You look down,

3565
02:05:11,726 --> 02:05:13,695
you look away, but you will not look

3566
02:05:13,695 --> 02:05:15,695
at me on

3567
02:05:16,698 --> 02:05:17,699
and tell me yes, I am about to

3568
02:05:17,699 --> 02:05:19,701
push this button and vote to take

3569
02:05:19,701 --> 02:05:20,702
your voice away.

3570
02:05:20,702 --> 02:05:22,704
the lord sees your heart. You cannot

3571
02:05:22,704 --> 02:05:24,706
hide from it. He

3572
02:05:24,706 --> 02:05:25,707
also sees your lack of courage. Well

3573
02:05:25,707 --> 02:05:27,707
here is something

3574
02:05:27,709 --> 02:05:28,710
for you. God does not deliver the

3575
02:05:28,710 --> 02:05:30,710
spirit

3576
02:05:31,713 --> 02:05:33,713
of fear.

3577
02:05:34,716 --> 02:05:35,717
if god does not deliver the

3578
02:05:35,717 --> 02:05:37,719
spirit of fear, then that spirit came

3579
02:05:37,719 --> 02:05:39,719
from somewhere else.

3580
02:05:40,722 --> 02:05:42,722
let me close

3581
02:05:43,725 --> 02:05:45,725
with this .

3582
02:05:46,728 --> 02:05:48,728
if this body

3583
02:05:53,702 --> 02:05:54,703
believes that memphis should not have

3584
02:05:54,703 --> 02:05:55,704
the right to elect representation reflective

3585
02:05:55,704 --> 02:05:57,704
of its

3586
02:05:57,706 --> 02:05:58,707
own community, then perhaps the legislature

3587
02:05:58,707 --> 02:06:00,707
should explain

3588
02:06:01,710 --> 02:06:04,110
why memphis should continue

3589
02:06:04,713 --> 02:06:07,716
to be part of the state

3590
02:06:07,716 --> 02:06:09,716
of tennessee . A

3591
02:06:09,718 --> 02:06:13,318
government that fits from the people

3592
02:06:13,722 --> 02:06:15,722
by weakening their

3593
02:06:16,725 --> 02:06:17,726
political power

3594
02:06:17,726 --> 02:06:19,728
creates the appearance of representation

3595
02:06:19,728 --> 02:06:21,728
without self-determination.

3596
02:06:22,697 --> 02:06:24,699
don't hide behind the maps.

3597
02:06:24,699 --> 02:06:25,700
if that is the case, let me make it

3598
02:06:25,700 --> 02:06:26,701
easier for you.

3599
02:06:26,701 --> 02:06:28,703
let memphis secede from the state

3600
02:06:28,703 --> 02:06:30,703
of tennessee.

3601
02:06:31,706 --> 02:06:32,707
you don't have to redraw maps if you

3602
02:06:32,707 --> 02:06:34,707
let

3603
02:06:34,709 --> 02:06:36,709
us out. Let

3604
02:06:37,712 --> 02:06:39,712
my people go .

3605
02:06:40,715 --> 02:06:42,715
and I am

3606
02:06:43,718 --> 02:06:45,718
dead serious.

3607
02:06:46,721 --> 02:06:49,721
you are constantly beating on

3608
02:06:49,724 --> 02:06:51,726
us, allow us out.

3609
02:06:51,726 --> 02:06:54,726
>> leader camper, you are recognized.

3610
02:06:55,697 --> 02:06:57,699
>> thank you, mr. Speaker.

3611
02:06:57,699 --> 02:07:01,899
I yield five minutes to representative towns

3612
02:07:03,705 --> 02:07:04,706
.

3613
02:07:04,706 --> 02:07:05,707
>> representative towns, you are recognized

3614
02:07:05,707 --> 02:07:06,708
for five minutes.

3615
02:07:06,708 --> 02:07:07,709
>>

3616
02:07:07,709 --> 02:07:09,709
thank you. Like

3617
02:07:10,712 --> 02:07:12,712
my colleagues,

3618
02:07:12,714 --> 02:07:13,715
I will ditto everything that has been

3619
02:07:13,715 --> 02:07:15,715
said today.

3620
02:07:15,717 --> 02:07:16,718
men especially on the floor. I want

3621
02:07:16,718 --> 02:07:18,720
you all to think

3622
02:07:18,720 --> 02:07:19,721
about something. Let's go down this

3623
02:07:19,721 --> 02:07:22,121
historical truck with me.

3624
02:07:25,727 --> 02:07:28,127
the american war of 1775 ,

3625
02:07:33,702 --> 02:07:34,703
the indian war of 1789, the barbary

3626
02:07:34,703 --> 02:07:35,704
war of 1805 and

3627
02:07:35,704 --> 02:07:37,706
1815, the war of 1812. The mexican

3628
02:07:37,706 --> 02:07:39,706
american war, 1846 through 1848.

3629
02:07:43,712 --> 02:07:44,713
the american civil war which we talked

3630
02:07:44,713 --> 02:07:45,714
about

3631
02:07:45,714 --> 02:07:46,715
all the time, some people still fighting

3632
02:07:46,715 --> 02:07:47,716
that war, 1861 to 1865. Spanish american

3633
02:07:47,716 --> 02:07:48,717
war,

3634
02:07:48,717 --> 02:07:51,117
1898. The philippine american war,

3635
02:07:52,721 --> 02:07:55,121
1899 to 1902. World war I, 17

3636
02:07:55,724 --> 02:07:57,724
1917 to 1919.

3637
02:07:58,727 --> 02:08:00,727
korean war, 1950 253. The

3638
02:08:01,696 --> 02:08:04,960
vietnam war, 64 to 65, the

3639
02:08:04,699 --> 02:08:06,699
persian gulf war,

3640
02:08:07,702 --> 02:08:10,102
the war on terror, 2001,

3641
02:08:12,707 --> 02:08:13,708
one of our longest wars, until 2021. The iraq

3642
02:08:13,708 --> 02:08:15,708
war, 2003 to 2011.

3643
02:08:16,711 --> 02:08:18,711
let's imagine

3644
02:08:19,714 --> 02:08:21,716
you all, as men,

3645
02:08:21,716 --> 02:08:22,717
had fought in every of those wars.

3646
02:08:22,717 --> 02:08:25,720
you fought in every one of

3647
02:08:25,720 --> 02:08:27,720
those wars

3648
02:08:27,722 --> 02:08:31,726
. Let's imagine you come back to a country

3649
02:08:31,726 --> 02:08:34,696
that won't allow you to vote.

3650
02:08:34,696 --> 02:08:36,698
let's imagine the country that you

3651
02:08:36,698 --> 02:08:37,699
fought in every one of those wars,

3652
02:08:37,699 --> 02:08:40,990
and you come back

3653
02:08:40,702 --> 02:08:42,702
to a country

3654
02:08:42,704 --> 02:08:46,304
in your considered 3/5 of a human.

3655
02:08:46,708 --> 02:08:47,709
now with all the

3656
02:08:47,709 --> 02:08:49,711
imagination we are imagining today,

3657
02:08:49,711 --> 02:08:50,712
let's imagine that you are white .

3658
02:08:50,712 --> 02:08:52,712
that

3659
02:08:52,714 --> 02:08:54,716
you are a white man that

3660
02:08:54,716 --> 02:08:56,718
was denied your rights after fighting

3661
02:08:56,718 --> 02:08:58,720
all the wars I just listed. Imagine

3662
02:08:58,720 --> 02:09:01,120
that you were white

3663
02:09:01,723 --> 02:09:03,723
, as a man,

3664
02:09:04,726 --> 02:09:07,126
giving blood, treasure, life

3665
02:09:09,698 --> 02:09:10,699
, family, limb, ideas and everything

3666
02:09:10,699 --> 02:09:12,699
and you

3667
02:09:12,701 --> 02:09:16,901
return to a country that some men

3668
02:09:18,707 --> 02:09:19,708
were in their uniforms, and murdered, but

3669
02:09:19,708 --> 02:09:20,709
you dedicated yourself to

3670
02:09:20,709 --> 02:09:21,710
the country because you were loyal

3671
02:09:21,710 --> 02:09:22,711
to the country. This is not hyperbole,

3672
02:09:22,711 --> 02:09:25,111
this is a history

3673
02:09:25,714 --> 02:09:27,714
that has occurred.

3674
02:09:28,717 --> 02:09:31,720
anyone in their right mind would be

3675
02:09:31,720 --> 02:09:32,721
insane to say that is proper treatment.

3676
02:09:32,721 --> 02:09:34,721
that

3677
02:09:34,723 --> 02:09:35,724
is not christian treatment. That is

3678
02:09:35,724 --> 02:09:36,725
fake

3679
02:09:36,725 --> 02:09:40,325
christian treatment. That is diabolical treatment.

3680
02:09:40,695 --> 02:09:41,696
but this is

3681
02:09:41,696 --> 02:09:43,698
happening in this country. And now,

3682
02:09:43,698 --> 02:09:45,698
we want

3683
02:09:46,701 --> 02:09:47,702
to put our head in the sand and act

3684
02:09:47,702 --> 02:09:48,703
like it

3685
02:09:48,703 --> 02:09:52,707
doesn't happen. We want to play peekaboo with

3686
02:09:52,707 --> 02:09:55,710
the lives of the men in this country.

3687
02:09:55,710 --> 02:09:56,711
we have taken an oath that says we

3688
02:09:56,711 --> 02:09:57,712
are not

3689
02:09:57,712 --> 02:09:58,713
supposed to do injurious things to

3690
02:09:58,713 --> 02:10:01,113
each other in the

3691
02:10:01,716 --> 02:10:02,717
state

3692
02:10:02,717 --> 02:10:04,719
of tennessee. We took that oath. Recently

3693
02:10:04,719 --> 02:10:05,720
we heard that there are people on

3694
02:10:05,720 --> 02:10:06,721
the

3695
02:10:06,721 --> 02:10:07,722
outside of all stripes, protesting

3696
02:10:07,722 --> 02:10:10,725
what we are trying to do in here,

3697
02:10:10,725 --> 02:10:11,726
attempting to do. Blacks on our side,

3698
02:10:11,726 --> 02:10:13,726
whites

3699
02:10:13,728 --> 02:10:16,698
on our side, hispanics, indians,

3700
02:10:16,698 --> 02:10:18,698
jewish,

3701
02:10:22,704 --> 02:10:23,705
everyone is saying stop, what you

3702
02:10:23,705 --> 02:10:24,706
are doing is absolutely

3703
02:10:24,706 --> 02:10:25,707
not democratic but it is not even

3704
02:10:25,707 --> 02:10:27,707
american. Yet,

3705
02:10:27,709 --> 02:10:28,710
we want to track forward to do something

3706
02:10:28,710 --> 02:10:31,110
that is injurious to

3707
02:10:31,713 --> 02:10:33,715
the people , which we just said

3708
02:10:33,715 --> 02:10:34,716
we are not supposed to do. What we

3709
02:10:34,716 --> 02:10:37,716
are doing it anyway, trying

3710
02:10:37,719 --> 02:10:40,119
to do it anyway.

3711
02:10:40,722 --> 02:10:43,725
the world certainly is watching america.

3712
02:10:43,725 --> 02:10:45,727
the world is watching tennessee.

3713
02:10:45,727 --> 02:10:46,728
all those ideals we espouse across

3714
02:10:46,728 --> 02:10:48,728
the water,

3715
02:10:49,698 --> 02:10:52,701
they know we are lying. You cannot

3716
02:10:52,701 --> 02:10:53,702
fool people. You're saying one thing

3717
02:10:53,702 --> 02:10:55,702
and

3718
02:10:55,704 --> 02:10:57,706
doing another. That is

3719
02:10:57,706 --> 02:11:02,506
called a bald-faced lie, where I grew up.

3720
02:11:04,713 --> 02:11:05,714
my grandma would call it a bald-faced

3721
02:11:05,714 --> 02:11:06,715
lie. We are

3722
02:11:06,715 --> 02:11:07,716
lying to the people, lying to ourselves,

3723
02:11:07,716 --> 02:11:10,716
lying to our children. We

3724
02:11:10,719 --> 02:11:11,720
are lying. You don't need an advantage

3725
02:11:11,720 --> 02:11:12,721
when you

3726
02:11:12,721 --> 02:11:13,722
already have an advantage. What do

3727
02:11:13,722 --> 02:11:15,724
you need an advantage for?

3728
02:11:15,724 --> 02:11:16,725
you weigh 2000 pounds, the other man

3729
02:11:16,725 --> 02:11:18,725
weighs 20 pounds,

3730
02:11:18,727 --> 02:11:19,728
you will need up on him and take what

3731
02:11:19,728 --> 02:11:21,696
he has? That

3732
02:11:21,696 --> 02:11:22,697
is cowardice. That is weakness. That

3733
02:11:22,697 --> 02:11:25,700
is not what men do. Men

3734
02:11:25,700 --> 02:11:27,700
of honor, men

3735
02:11:28,703 --> 02:11:30,705
of valor, men of commitment do

3736
02:11:30,705 --> 02:11:31,706
not behave that way. I don't want

3737
02:11:31,706 --> 02:11:34,709
to win an unfair fight. I don't need

3738
02:11:34,709 --> 02:11:36,711
you to stack the deck for me.

3739
02:11:36,711 --> 02:11:37,712
we call that being sissified where

3740
02:11:37,712 --> 02:11:39,712
I come from.

3741
02:11:41,716 --> 02:11:42,717
I don't need you to

3742
02:11:42,717 --> 02:11:43,718
stack the deck, but we are stacking

3743
02:11:43,718 --> 02:11:47,722
the deck. Because you want one mode

3744
02:11:47,722 --> 02:11:49,722
of thought.

3745
02:11:50,725 --> 02:11:52,727
everybody has to think the same.

3746
02:11:52,727 --> 02:11:53,728
that's how we got our butt kicked

3747
02:11:53,728 --> 02:11:55,728
in 2011.

3748
02:11:57,699 --> 02:11:58,700
everybody thinking the same thing,

3749
02:11:58,700 --> 02:11:59,701
nobody is watching you think. How

3750
02:11:59,701 --> 02:12:00,702
do

3751
02:12:00,702 --> 02:12:02,704
you expect for this country and black

3752
02:12:02,704 --> 02:12:03,705
folks to be loyal to you

3753
02:12:03,705 --> 02:12:05,707
when you are not loyal to your own

3754
02:12:05,707 --> 02:12:07,707
voting rights?

3755
02:12:07,709 --> 02:12:10,109
>> leader camper, your recognized.

3756
02:12:16,718 --> 02:12:17,719
>> mr. Speaker, I would like to yield

3757
02:12:17,719 --> 02:12:18,720
a

3758
02:12:18,720 --> 02:12:19,721
minute to representative powell.

3759
02:12:19,721 --> 02:12:20,722
>>

3760
02:12:20,722 --> 02:12:21,723
representative powell, you are recognized

3761
02:12:21,723 --> 02:12:22,724
for one minute.

3762
02:12:22,724 --> 02:12:23,725
>> thank

3763
02:12:23,725 --> 02:12:25,725
you mr. Speaker.

3764
02:12:26,728 --> 02:12:27,696
in 2012 I was

3765
02:12:27,696 --> 02:12:28,697
first elected to this body, and I

3766
02:12:28,697 --> 02:12:29,698
cried tears of joy and happiness,

3767
02:12:29,698 --> 02:12:30,699
that night. It

3768
02:12:30,699 --> 02:12:32,701
wasn't because I was elected to this

3769
02:12:32,701 --> 02:12:33,702
body, I cried because our first

3770
02:12:33,702 --> 02:12:35,704
black president, barack obama, was

3771
02:12:35,704 --> 02:12:38,704
re-elected for his second term.

3772
02:12:38,707 --> 02:12:41,107
I celebrated the movement

3773
02:12:42,711 --> 02:12:43,712
and forwardness of our country, and look

3774
02:12:43,712 --> 02:12:44,713
where we stand today. It is a shame.

3775
02:12:44,713 --> 02:12:46,713
I

3776
02:12:46,715 --> 02:12:49,718
will be in a district where black

3777
02:12:49,718 --> 02:12:50,719
, african americans, hispanic, latinas,

3778
02:12:50,719 --> 02:12:52,719
asian

3779
02:12:53,722 --> 02:12:56,122
americans are all concentrated .

3780
02:12:56,725 --> 02:12:59,728
it has clearly been packed together,

3781
02:12:59,728 --> 02:13:01,728
in nashville.

3782
02:13:03,698 --> 02:13:04,699
I am the only state elected democrat

3783
02:13:04,699 --> 02:13:05,700
in the entire sixth district. And

3784
02:13:05,700 --> 02:13:06,701
they packed communities

3785
02:13:06,701 --> 02:13:08,703
together. This is about politics.

3786
02:13:08,703 --> 02:13:10,703
let's be clear.

3787
02:13:10,705 --> 02:13:14,709
this is about politics. The only politics

3788
02:13:14,709 --> 02:13:16,709
are

3789
02:13:16,711 --> 02:13:18,713
racial politics but this is all about

3790
02:13:18,713 --> 02:13:19,714
racial politics.

3791
02:13:19,714 --> 02:13:20,715
>> leader camper,

3792
02:13:20,715 --> 02:13:22,715
you are recognized.

3793
02:13:23,718 --> 02:13:25,718
>> thank you

3794
02:13:26,721 --> 02:13:29,121
mr. Speaker. I yield

3795
02:13:29,724 --> 02:13:31,724
three minutes to

3796
02:13:32,727 --> 02:13:34,727
representative mitchell.

3797
02:13:35,697 --> 02:13:36,698
>> representative mitchell,

3798
02:13:36,698 --> 02:13:37,699
you are recognized for three.

3799
02:13:37,699 --> 02:13:38,700
>> thank you

3800
02:13:38,700 --> 02:13:41,700
mr. Speaker. Leadership and power,

3801
02:13:42,704 --> 02:13:46,904
being in the majority comes with responsibilities.

3802
02:13:49,711 --> 02:13:50,712
it also comes with the good sense of knowing when

3803
02:13:50,712 --> 02:13:52,712
not

3804
02:13:53,715 --> 02:13:55,715
to do things.

3805
02:13:55,717 --> 02:13:56,718
just because you have the power doesn't mean

3806
02:13:56,718 --> 02:13:58,718
you want to

3807
02:13:59,721 --> 02:14:01,723
do it, sometimes. You know,

3808
02:14:01,723 --> 02:14:02,724
this week, when the governor made

3809
02:14:02,724 --> 02:14:04,724
the call, and

3810
02:14:06,728 --> 02:14:08,697
I heard all the groups getting ready

3811
02:14:08,697 --> 02:14:09,698
to come down here,

3812
02:14:09,698 --> 02:14:11,700
you know, many of you all have seen

3813
02:14:11,700 --> 02:14:13,700
over the years,

3814
02:14:14,703 --> 02:14:17,706
I have got a young kid. He is

3815
02:14:17,706 --> 02:14:20,706
a freshman at bandy. He

3816
02:14:20,709 --> 02:14:23,109
decided he wanted --

3817
02:14:23,712 --> 02:14:24,713
I heard it

3818
02:14:24,713 --> 02:14:26,715
would be a little rowdy down there

3819
02:14:26,715 --> 02:14:27,716
so I told him, son,

3820
02:14:27,716 --> 02:14:29,718
I don't think you want to come down

3821
02:14:29,718 --> 02:14:31,718
here this week.

3822
02:14:32,721 --> 02:14:35,721
he looked at me and

3823
02:14:35,724 --> 02:14:38,724
said, try and stop me.

3824
02:14:38,727 --> 02:14:39,728
I think that being said, I

3825
02:14:39,728 --> 02:14:41,696
knew I had raised my child right.

3826
02:14:41,696 --> 02:14:44,696
and I will tell you

3827
02:14:44,699 --> 02:14:47,699
one thing , don't worry about

3828
02:14:47,702 --> 02:14:48,703
your constituents.

3829
02:14:48,703 --> 02:14:50,705
worry about going home and looking

3830
02:14:50,705 --> 02:14:52,705
at your children ,

3831
02:14:53,708 --> 02:14:56,108
after you vote today.

3832
02:14:56,711 --> 02:14:57,712
will you be proud to tell them how you

3833
02:14:57,712 --> 02:14:58,713
voted

3834
02:14:58,713 --> 02:14:59,714
today? Just think about that , when

3835
02:14:59,714 --> 02:15:01,714
you look at

3836
02:15:01,716 --> 02:15:02,717
these buttons , on which one you will

3837
02:15:02,717 --> 02:15:04,717
push

3838
02:15:05,720 --> 02:15:07,722
here, today. Think about what you

3839
02:15:07,722 --> 02:15:08,723
will tell your kids you did appear.

3840
02:15:08,723 --> 02:15:10,723
you know,

3841
02:15:11,726 --> 02:15:13,726
did you come

3842
02:15:14,696 --> 02:15:16,696
take people's power

3843
02:15:16,698 --> 02:15:17,699
and voice away like a bull connor

3844
02:15:17,699 --> 02:15:19,699
, standing

3845
02:15:20,702 --> 02:15:22,702
on a bridge?

3846
02:15:25,707 --> 02:15:28,710
did you sick german shepherds on someone?

3847
02:15:28,710 --> 02:15:32,910
did you turn water hoses on someone?

3848
02:15:34,716 --> 02:15:39,516
or did you give a community there voice?

3849
02:15:44,726 --> 02:15:45,727
you know, a man died in memphis, tennessee, and

3850
02:15:45,727 --> 02:15:47,696
that is the

3851
02:15:47,696 --> 02:15:49,698
only way the voting rights act

3852
02:15:49,698 --> 02:15:53,898
got past. The only way it happened.

3853
02:15:56,705 --> 02:15:59,708
and we will turn back the clock?

3854
02:15:59,708 --> 02:16:02,711
I know how I will vote

3855
02:16:02,711 --> 02:16:04,711
, and

3856
02:16:04,713 --> 02:16:05,714
I will be proud to go home and tell

3857
02:16:05,714 --> 02:16:08,714
my kids how I voted

3858
02:16:08,717 --> 02:16:11,717
I hope you can, too.

3859
02:16:14,723 --> 02:16:17,723
reverend shaw, like he said,

3860
02:16:17,726 --> 02:16:19,728
you are only hurting yourselves.

3861
02:16:19,728 --> 02:16:23,328
you're not hurting anybody but yourselves.

3862
02:16:23,698 --> 02:16:26,698
bottom line of this is,

3863
02:16:26,701 --> 02:16:29,101
unlike these lines drawn

3864
02:16:29,704 --> 02:16:31,704
by race ,

3865
02:16:38,713 --> 02:16:39,714
the arc of the

3866
02:16:39,714 --> 02:16:41,716
moral universe is long, but it bends

3867
02:16:41,716 --> 02:16:42,717
towards justice.

3868
02:16:42,717 --> 02:16:43,718
>> leader camper,

3869
02:16:43,718 --> 02:16:44,719
your recognized.

3870
02:16:44,719 --> 02:16:45,720
>> I yield four minutes

3871
02:16:45,720 --> 02:16:46,721
to representative peers in.

3872
02:16:46,721 --> 02:16:47,722
>> representative

3873
02:16:47,722 --> 02:16:48,723
pearson, your recognized.

3874
02:16:48,723 --> 02:16:50,723
>> these maps

3875
02:16:50,725 --> 02:16:52,727
are racist tools of white

3876
02:16:52,727 --> 02:16:53,728
supremacy at the behest of the most powerful

3877
02:16:53,728 --> 02:16:55,697
whites the premises

3878
02:16:55,697 --> 02:16:56,698
in the united states of america, donald

3879
02:16:56,698 --> 02:16:58,698
j trump.

3880
02:16:59,701 --> 02:17:02,704
memphis is the most beautiful place on

3881
02:17:02,704 --> 02:17:04,704
the planet.

3882
02:17:04,706 --> 02:17:05,707
it is the place that raised me, my

3883
02:17:05,707 --> 02:17:07,707
brothers, my parents,

3884
02:17:07,709 --> 02:17:08,710
my grandmothers, and where my ancestors

3885
02:17:08,710 --> 02:17:10,710
bones rest.

3886
02:17:11,713 --> 02:17:14,713
what you are doing today

3887
02:17:16,718 --> 02:17:17,719
is eviscerating the only black majority

3888
02:17:17,719 --> 02:17:19,721
congressional district in our

3889
02:17:19,721 --> 02:17:23,321
state, because we are majority black.

3890
02:17:23,725 --> 02:17:24,726
we are here because this republican

3891
02:17:24,726 --> 02:17:26,726
party

3892
02:17:26,728 --> 02:17:27,696
has to seek to's deal elections and

3893
02:17:27,696 --> 02:17:28,697
seats

3894
02:17:28,697 --> 02:17:32,297
because the president and party have

3895
02:17:32,701 --> 02:17:33,702
refused to address the pain,

3896
02:17:33,702 --> 02:17:35,704
the suffering and the struggling of

3897
02:17:35,704 --> 02:17:38,104
every day tennesseans. This

3898
02:17:38,707 --> 02:17:42,307
is about attacking , targeting, and cracking

3899
02:17:44,713 --> 02:17:46,713
district 9 into pieces,

3900
02:17:47,716 --> 02:17:49,718
for more political and racial dominance

3901
02:17:49,718 --> 02:17:50,719
and white supremacy in the state of tennessee.

3902
02:17:50,719 --> 02:17:53,119
we need to realize

3903
02:17:53,722 --> 02:17:54,723
that the calle decision that you are

3904
02:17:54,723 --> 02:17:56,723
all basing

3905
02:17:56,725 --> 02:17:57,726
your decisions on , which gutted the

3906
02:17:57,726 --> 02:17:59,726
voting

3907
02:17:59,728 --> 02:18:01,728
rights act,

3908
02:18:02,697 --> 02:18:03,698
the voting rights act was paid for

3909
02:18:03,698 --> 02:18:05,698
in blood.

3910
02:18:05,700 --> 02:18:08,703
it was not just a parchment signed

3911
02:18:08,703 --> 02:18:10,705
into law, it was paid for in blood

3912
02:18:10,705 --> 02:18:11,706
on the edmund pettis bridge. Paid

3913
02:18:11,706 --> 02:18:13,706
in

3914
02:18:14,709 --> 02:18:17,109
blood by megan evers,

3915
02:18:17,712 --> 02:18:20,715
paid in blood by fanny lou

3916
02:18:20,715 --> 02:18:22,717
haven, a time and time

3917
02:18:22,717 --> 02:18:23,718
assassination after assassination,

3918
02:18:23,718 --> 02:18:25,718
lynching after lynching

3919
02:18:29,724 --> 02:18:30,725
, so that more people might be able to

3920
02:18:30,725 --> 02:18:31,726
ascertain

3921
02:18:31,726 --> 02:18:32,727
access to this constitution of democratic

3922
02:18:32,727 --> 02:18:34,696
republican experiment, that

3923
02:18:34,696 --> 02:18:35,697
is currently being gutted, seeking

3924
02:18:35,697 --> 02:18:37,697
to be

3925
02:18:38,700 --> 02:18:40,702
guided by this chamber ,

3926
02:18:40,702 --> 02:18:41,703
by this house, the senate and this state.

3927
02:18:41,703 --> 02:18:43,703
what is

3928
02:18:44,706 --> 02:18:47,709
happening here is immoral and wrong

3929
02:18:47,709 --> 02:18:49,709
.

3930
02:18:50,712 --> 02:18:53,715
I was reading my bible early this morning

3931
02:18:53,715 --> 02:18:55,715
,

3932
02:18:55,717 --> 02:18:59,317
asking god why this is happening.

3933
02:18:59,721 --> 02:19:01,721
why again does

3934
02:19:01,723 --> 02:19:02,724
it seem that white supremacy is seeming

3935
02:19:02,724 --> 02:19:04,724
to gain

3936
02:19:05,727 --> 02:19:07,727
. Why, again, does

3937
02:19:08,697 --> 02:19:10,699
it seem like the pillars of pain

3938
02:19:10,699 --> 02:19:11,700
that we have felt and experienced

3939
02:19:11,700 --> 02:19:14,703
for over 400 years in this country

3940
02:19:14,703 --> 02:19:17,103
continue to rise again.

3941
02:19:17,706 --> 02:19:19,706
whispered

3942
02:19:22,711 --> 02:19:23,712
in the words of this bible and in

3943
02:19:23,712 --> 02:19:24,713
the words of these ancestors that

3944
02:19:24,713 --> 02:19:25,714
have come

3945
02:19:25,714 --> 02:19:27,716
before us, just the simple words, we are

3946
02:19:27,716 --> 02:19:29,716
still here.

3947
02:19:30,719 --> 02:19:32,721
we are still here.

3948
02:19:32,721 --> 02:19:33,722
this nation, this state has legislated

3949
02:19:33,722 --> 02:19:35,722
and legalized

3950
02:19:36,725 --> 02:19:37,726
the worst

3951
02:19:37,726 --> 02:19:39,728
things in humanity including our enslavement,

3952
02:19:39,728 --> 02:19:41,728
and we are

3953
02:19:42,697 --> 02:19:43,698
still here.

3954
02:19:43,698 --> 02:19:45,700
right in this country, whereas one

3955
02:19:45,700 --> 02:19:47,700
black

3956
02:19:48,703 --> 02:19:50,705
woman says, your clan ancestors

3957
02:19:50,705 --> 02:19:51,706
enslaved us, tinnitus of our rights,

3958
02:19:51,706 --> 02:19:53,706
called us

3959
02:19:53,708 --> 02:19:54,709
3/5 of a person and yet we are still

3960
02:19:54,709 --> 02:19:56,709
here. You put

3961
02:19:57,712 --> 02:19:59,712
us on

3962
02:20:01,716 --> 02:20:03,718
cotton plantations and tobacco plantations,

3963
02:20:03,718 --> 02:20:04,719
you denied our human rights, and

3964
02:20:04,719 --> 02:20:06,721
our right to exist as children of

3965
02:20:06,721 --> 02:20:08,723
god and we are still here. You

3966
02:20:08,723 --> 02:20:09,724
destroyed tulsa . You killed and lynched

3967
02:20:09,724 --> 02:20:11,724
black folks

3968
02:20:12,727 --> 02:20:14,696
, shelby county, tennessee

3969
02:20:14,696 --> 02:20:15,697
had the most lynchings of any district

3970
02:20:15,697 --> 02:20:17,697
in

3971
02:20:18,700 --> 02:20:20,700
this state,

3972
02:20:23,705 --> 02:20:24,706
and we are still here. You have had

3973
02:20:24,706 --> 02:20:25,707
three strikes

3974
02:20:25,707 --> 02:20:26,708
laws, mass incarceration, denied us

3975
02:20:26,708 --> 02:20:30,712
who we are, and we are still here,

3976
02:20:30,712 --> 02:20:31,713
and today,

3977
02:20:31,713 --> 02:20:33,715
you're taking the only majority black

3978
02:20:33,715 --> 02:20:34,716
district from us, but I want

3979
02:20:34,716 --> 02:20:36,718
you to know, and I want my nephews,

3980
02:20:36,718 --> 02:20:37,719
and sons in the future

3981
02:20:37,719 --> 02:20:39,721
to know, no matter what you do, no

3982
02:20:39,721 --> 02:20:40,722
matter how much you try and break

3983
02:20:40,722 --> 02:20:42,724
us and make us bend and make us quit,

3984
02:20:42,724 --> 02:20:44,724
we will

3985
02:20:45,727 --> 02:20:47,727
still be here .

3986
02:20:51,700 --> 02:20:52,701
>> leader camper, you

3987
02:20:52,701 --> 02:20:53,702
are recognized.

3988
02:20:53,702 --> 02:20:54,703
>> thank you, mr.

3989
02:20:54,703 --> 02:20:57,706
speaker. I would like to yield

3990
02:20:57,706 --> 02:20:59,708
three minutes to representative

3991
02:20:59,708 --> 02:21:00,709
love.

3992
02:21:00,709 --> 02:21:01,710
>> your recognized. >> thank

3993
02:21:01,710 --> 02:21:03,710
you

3994
02:21:03,712 --> 02:21:05,712
speaker. Members,

3995
02:21:05,714 --> 02:21:09,718
my father was born september the eighth, 1919.

3996
02:21:09,718 --> 02:21:11,718
he served in

3997
02:21:12,721 --> 02:21:14,721
world war ii,

3998
02:21:15,724 --> 02:21:16,725
and fought for the freedoms of this

3999
02:21:16,725 --> 02:21:17,726
country. But

4000
02:21:17,726 --> 02:21:18,727
when he came back, his right to vote

4001
02:21:18,727 --> 02:21:20,727
was not guaranteed

4002
02:21:21,696 --> 02:21:22,697
. It was not

4003
02:21:22,697 --> 02:21:24,699
until after the voting rights act,

4004
02:21:24,699 --> 02:21:27,699
but his right to vote

4005
02:21:27,702 --> 02:21:30,702
was guaranteed. He was elected

4006
02:21:30,705 --> 02:21:32,705
.

4007
02:21:32,707 --> 02:21:33,708
in 1968 and served in this chamber

4008
02:21:33,708 --> 02:21:35,708
until 1994.

4009
02:21:36,711 --> 02:21:39,711
he served with former speaker

4010
02:21:39,714 --> 02:21:42,717
pro tem lois barry. And I have

4011
02:21:42,717 --> 02:21:43,718
talked to many of you

4012
02:21:43,718 --> 02:21:44,719
all who served with him and I have

4013
02:21:44,719 --> 02:21:48,319
heard your statements about how fondly

4014
02:21:48,723 --> 02:21:50,723
you appreciate

4015
02:21:50,725 --> 02:21:51,726
her life and how she legislated, and

4016
02:21:51,726 --> 02:21:54,696
I wonder, today, if she

4017
02:21:54,696 --> 02:21:56,696
were alive

4018
02:21:57,699 --> 02:22:00,699
and serving in this chamber,

4019
02:22:00,702 --> 02:22:03,705
could you look her in the face

4020
02:22:03,705 --> 02:22:05,705
and say

4021
02:22:06,708 --> 02:22:09,711
to her, that what you are about

4022
02:22:09,711 --> 02:22:12,111
to do is write ,

4023
02:22:12,714 --> 02:22:15,114
is just , is moral

4024
02:22:15,717 --> 02:22:17,717
?

4025
02:22:18,720 --> 02:22:20,720
could you?

4026
02:22:21,723 --> 02:22:22,724
say

4027
02:22:22,724 --> 02:22:24,726
to her, my colleague, I've got to

4028
02:22:24,726 --> 02:22:26,726
do it.

4029
02:22:27,729 --> 02:22:28,697
so that we can look beyond your part

4030
02:22:28,697 --> 02:22:30,697
of

4031
02:22:30,699 --> 02:22:33,702
the state . I don't know what

4032
02:22:33,702 --> 02:22:35,702
is worse. To

4033
02:22:36,705 --> 02:22:37,706
not think about black folks, or to

4034
02:22:37,706 --> 02:22:39,706
say that

4035
02:22:39,708 --> 02:22:41,708
you haven't and

4036
02:22:42,711 --> 02:22:43,712
not tell the truth.

4037
02:22:43,712 --> 02:22:45,714
oftentimes, we have discussions about

4038
02:22:45,714 --> 02:22:47,714
race and racism

4039
02:22:48,717 --> 02:22:51,717
, many times you will have

4040
02:22:51,720 --> 02:22:53,722
difficulty accepting that we have

4041
02:22:53,722 --> 02:22:54,723
pain still in our hearts , because

4042
02:22:54,723 --> 02:22:56,723
of the vestiges

4043
02:22:57,726 --> 02:22:59,726
of slavery .

4044
02:23:00,729 --> 02:23:02,697
the stuff that is left over

4045
02:23:02,697 --> 02:23:03,698
. The little things that you might

4046
02:23:03,698 --> 02:23:04,699
not pay

4047
02:23:04,699 --> 02:23:06,701
attention to. The micro aggressions

4048
02:23:06,701 --> 02:23:08,701
that

4049
02:23:09,704 --> 02:23:11,704
we feel .

4050
02:23:14,709 --> 02:23:15,710
the votes I cast that still ripped

4051
02:23:15,710 --> 02:23:18,713
the scab off. So here we

4052
02:23:18,713 --> 02:23:22,313
are again , with another bill bill

4053
02:23:24,719 --> 02:23:27,722
that members are saying to you is hurtful

4054
02:23:27,722 --> 02:23:29,722
to us.

4055
02:23:30,725 --> 02:23:32,725
that

4056
02:23:33,728 --> 02:23:35,697
says to us you are

4057
02:23:35,697 --> 02:23:39,701
disregarding how I think. How I feel.

4058
02:23:39,701 --> 02:23:42,701
how this bill will impact

4059
02:23:42,704 --> 02:23:44,704
me

4060
02:23:45,707 --> 02:23:47,707
.

4061
02:23:48,710 --> 02:23:51,110
it hurts, it does

4062
02:23:51,713 --> 02:23:54,716
. Many of us have said in these hallowed halls,

4063
02:23:54,716 --> 02:23:56,716
we legislate

4064
02:24:00,722 --> 02:24:01,723
. We

4065
02:24:01,723 --> 02:24:03,725
will do more damage to black folks

4066
02:24:03,725 --> 02:24:05,725
with this vote.

4067
02:24:09,698 --> 02:24:12,980
>> leader camper? >> mr. Speaker,

4068
02:24:12,701 --> 02:24:15,701
I would yield myself two

4069
02:24:15,704 --> 02:24:17,704
minutes and 35 seconds.

4070
02:24:18,707 --> 02:24:19,708
>> leader camper, you

4071
02:24:19,708 --> 02:24:21,710
are recognized for two minutes and

4072
02:24:21,710 --> 02:24:22,711
35 seconds.

4073
02:24:22,711 --> 02:24:24,711
>> mr. Speaker, members

4074
02:24:24,713 --> 02:24:27,713
, I served in the army

4075
02:24:27,716 --> 02:24:30,719
for 21 years to protect and defend

4076
02:24:30,719 --> 02:24:33,722
the constitution of the united states

4077
02:24:33,722 --> 02:24:36,122
against all enemies, foreign

4078
02:24:36,725 --> 02:24:38,725
and domestic.

4079
02:24:40,729 --> 02:24:42,697
bearing true faith and allegiance

4080
02:24:42,697 --> 02:24:43,698
to the same. I took a similar oath

4081
02:24:43,698 --> 02:24:45,698
when

4082
02:24:45,700 --> 02:24:47,702
I came here, to uphold

4083
02:24:47,702 --> 02:24:48,703
the u.s. Constitution and the state constitution

4084
02:24:48,703 --> 02:24:50,703
and

4085
02:24:51,706 --> 02:24:54,709
not be injurious to the people. I

4086
02:24:54,709 --> 02:24:56,709
took that oath.

4087
02:24:57,712 --> 02:24:58,713
it

4088
02:24:58,713 --> 02:25:00,715
meant something to me, and it still

4089
02:25:00,715 --> 02:25:02,715
does. I think

4090
02:25:03,718 --> 02:25:06,118
and truly believe these

4091
02:25:06,721 --> 02:25:09,724
maps are injurious to my people.

4092
02:25:09,724 --> 02:25:12,124
particularly those in memphis

4093
02:25:12,727 --> 02:25:14,727
, tennessee. Man, when

4094
02:25:15,697 --> 02:25:16,698
I saw that map, it hurt. It was like

4095
02:25:16,698 --> 02:25:18,698
a

4096
02:25:18,700 --> 02:25:21,100
stab in the heart,

4097
02:25:21,703 --> 02:25:24,706
in the center of my hometown.

4098
02:25:24,706 --> 02:25:26,706
that hurt . I

4099
02:25:27,709 --> 02:25:29,709
didn't like it.

4100
02:25:30,712 --> 02:25:33,715
but I tell you what hurt more

4101
02:25:33,715 --> 02:25:35,715
.

4102
02:25:36,718 --> 02:25:38,718
we

4103
02:25:38,720 --> 02:25:39,721
got to calendar and rules I said mr. Speaker,

4104
02:25:39,721 --> 02:25:41,721
we did

4105
02:25:42,724 --> 02:25:44,726
not decide on a time.

4106
02:25:44,726 --> 02:25:45,727
oh, she will announce the time. So,

4107
02:25:45,727 --> 02:25:47,727
for this bill,

4108
02:25:48,697 --> 02:25:50,697
it's 47 minutes each.

4109
02:25:54,703 --> 02:25:55,704
you all know I was a military intelligence

4110
02:25:55,704 --> 02:25:56,705
analyst, and

4111
02:25:56,705 --> 02:26:00,905
I'm trying to figure out the numbers.

4112
02:26:03,712 --> 02:26:05,712
20 minutes

4113
02:26:05,714 --> 02:26:06,715
and 34 minutes. We understand 47 is

4114
02:26:06,715 --> 02:26:07,716
for the president. Got it. Because

4115
02:26:07,716 --> 02:26:09,716
it doesn't

4116
02:26:09,718 --> 02:26:12,718
make sense , in my analytical

4117
02:26:12,721 --> 02:26:14,721
mind, 47 minutes.

4118
02:26:15,724 --> 02:26:17,724
but

4119
02:26:18,727 --> 02:26:21,696
man, when I added up

4120
02:26:21,696 --> 02:26:23,696
34 and 20?

4121
02:26:24,699 --> 02:26:26,699
that's 54. Y 54 minutes?

4122
02:26:27,702 --> 02:26:29,702
that

4123
02:26:30,705 --> 02:26:33,708
was the heart, to me now.

4124
02:26:33,708 --> 02:26:39,108
just how I read it, from my analytical mind.

4125
02:26:39,714 --> 02:26:40,715
brown v board of education. The supreme

4126
02:26:40,715 --> 02:26:42,715
court decision in 1954.

4127
02:26:42,717 --> 02:26:44,717
that hurt me.

4128
02:26:44,719 --> 02:26:45,720
I'm just telling you, these numbers

4129
02:26:45,720 --> 02:26:47,720
mean something.

4130
02:26:48,723 --> 02:26:51,123
they are not arbitrary.

4131
02:26:51,726 --> 02:26:53,726
so,

4132
02:26:54,729 --> 02:26:56,729
I'm only doing

4133
02:26:58,700 --> 02:27:00,700
44 minutes

4134
02:27:01,703 --> 02:27:03,703
.

4135
02:27:06,708 --> 02:27:09,708
>> leader lamberth, you are recognized. >>

4136
02:27:15,717 --> 02:27:16,718
mr. Speaker are yield five minutes

4137
02:27:16,718 --> 02:27:17,719
to

4138
02:27:17,719 --> 02:27:18,720
representative martin.

4139
02:27:18,720 --> 02:27:19,721
>> representative

4140
02:27:19,721 --> 02:27:20,722
martin, you are recognized.

4141
02:27:20,722 --> 02:27:21,723
>> thank

4142
02:27:21,723 --> 02:27:22,724
you, mr. Speaker. Let's remind ourselves

4143
02:27:22,724 --> 02:27:23,725
why we

4144
02:27:23,725 --> 02:27:24,726
are here in this special session.

4145
02:27:24,726 --> 02:27:25,727
>> mr. Trooper, please clear out that

4146
02:27:25,727 --> 02:27:26,728
balcony

4147
02:27:26,728 --> 02:27:28,697
over there.

4148
02:27:28,697 --> 02:27:30,697
>>

4149
02:27:31,700 --> 02:27:33,700
leader lamberth?

4150
02:27:34,703 --> 02:27:36,705
>> thank you mr. Speaker. Yield

4151
02:27:36,705 --> 02:27:37,706
the remainder of my time.

4152
02:27:37,706 --> 02:27:39,706
>> speaker

4153
02:27:40,709 --> 02:27:42,709
lamberth yields

4154
02:27:45,714 --> 02:27:46,715
the remainder of his time. We are

4155
02:27:46,715 --> 02:27:47,716
voting. We are voting on

4156
02:27:47,716 --> 02:27:49,718
the bill. All those in favor of house

4157
02:27:49,718 --> 02:27:50,719
bill 7003 as amended, but yes when

4158
02:27:50,719 --> 02:27:54,723
the bell rings. Those opposed vote no.

4159
02:27:54,723 --> 02:27:55,724
has every member voted, does any member

4160
02:27:55,724 --> 02:27:57,724
wish to change

4161
02:27:58,727 --> 02:28:00,727
their vote?

4162
02:28:07,702 --> 02:28:09,702
>>

4163
02:28:10,705 --> 02:28:14,305
mr. Clerk, please take the vote.

4164
02:28:25,720 --> 02:28:27,720
>>

4165
02:28:28,723 --> 02:28:30,723
64-25. Three not

4166
02:28:31,726 --> 02:28:32,727
voting.

4167
02:28:32,727 --> 02:28:33,728
>>

4168
02:28:33,728 --> 02:28:34,729
house bill 7003 having received a

4169
02:28:34,729 --> 02:28:36,698
constitutional majority I declared

4170
02:28:36,698 --> 02:28:37,699
past without objection. Leader lamberth,

4171
02:28:37,699 --> 02:28:39,699
you

4172
02:28:40,702 --> 02:28:42,702
are recognized.

4173
02:28:43,705 --> 02:28:46,105
>> thank you mr. Speaker.

4174
02:28:46,708 --> 02:28:48,708
rules be suspended

4175
02:28:49,711 --> 02:28:52,711
for a reading of hr 22.

4176
02:29:22,711 --> 02:29:25,711
>> house joint resolution 22, leader lamberth

4177
02:29:25,714 --> 02:29:28,714
providing for the second --

4178
02:29:28,717 --> 02:29:29,718
114th general assembly.

4179
02:29:29,718 --> 02:29:31,718
>>

4180
02:29:34,723 --> 02:29:35,724
any objection, the rules are suspended.

4181
02:29:35,724 --> 02:29:37,726
leader lamberth, you are recognized.

4182
02:29:37,726 --> 02:29:40,126
>> thank you mr. Speaker.

4183
02:29:41,696 --> 02:29:42,697
I move the adoption of hjr number 22.

4184
02:29:42,697 --> 02:29:43,698
>> leader lamberth mears adoption

4185
02:29:43,698 --> 02:29:44,699
of house joint resolution

4186
02:29:44,699 --> 02:29:46,701
22. Any objection to the question,

4187
02:29:46,701 --> 02:29:49,704
seeing none. All those in favor

4188
02:29:49,704 --> 02:29:52,104
of house joint resolution 22

4189
02:29:52,707 --> 02:29:55,710
say yes, those opposed say no.

4190
02:29:55,710 --> 02:29:56,711
the

4191
02:29:56,711 --> 02:29:57,712
motion to reconsider his tabled. Leader

4192
02:29:57,712 --> 02:29:58,713
lamberth, you are recognized.

4193
02:29:58,713 --> 02:29:59,714
>> thank

4194
02:29:59,714 --> 02:30:01,714
you

4195
02:30:01,716 --> 02:30:04,719
mr. Speaker. Be approved through the first

4196
02:30:04,719 --> 02:30:06,719
day of the

4197
02:30:09,724 --> 02:30:10,725
session of the 114th general assembly.

4198
02:30:10,725 --> 02:30:12,725
>> so ordered.

4199
02:30:13,728 --> 02:30:15,728
leader lamberth?

4200
02:30:16,698 --> 02:30:17,699
>> thank you mr. Speaker. Percent

4201
02:30:17,699 --> 02:30:19,701
to house joint resolution number 22

4202
02:30:19,701 --> 02:30:20,702
I moved the house of representatives

4203
02:30:20,702 --> 02:30:22,704
of the second extraordinary session

4204
02:30:22,704 --> 02:30:24,706
of the 114th general assembly of

4205
02:30:24,706 --> 02:30:25,707
the state of tennessee adjourn.

4206
02:30:25,707 --> 02:30:26,708
>>

4207
02:30:26,708 --> 02:30:28,708
in

4208
02:30:28,710 --> 02:30:30,710
accordance with house

4209
02:30:31,713 --> 02:30:33,713
joint resolution 22 I

4210
02:30:34,716 --> 02:30:35,717
declare the second extraordinary session of

4211
02:30:35,717 --> 02:30:36,718
the

4212
02:30:36,718 --> 02:30:37,719
house of representatives of the 114th

4213
02:30:37,719 --> 02:30:40,689
general assembly of the state of

4214
02:30:40,689 --> 02:30:42,689
tennessee adjourned.