1 00:00:02,266 --> 00:00:04,400 >> FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,366 SEE MORE WOMEN I CAN TELL YOU 3 00:00:06,366 --> 00:00:07,700 EXPERIENCE BEING HERE IN THIS 4 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:10,933 JUST IN GENERAL, MORE WOMEN 5 00:00:10,933 --> 00:00:13,166 WOULD HELP US WORK TOWARDS 6 00:00:13,166 --> 00:00:14,600 BETTER POLICY. 7 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,533 AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, I THINK 8 00:00:16,533 --> 00:00:22,666 WOMEN BRING A DIFFERENT 9 00:00:17,933 --> 00:00:33,566 PERSPECTIVE. 10 00:00:22,666 --> 00:00:33,566 [♪♪♪♪] 11 00:00:33,566 --> 00:00:36,000 >> HELLO I'M BONNIE ERBE. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,766 WELCOME TO THE CONTRARY. 13 00:00:37,766 --> 00:00:39,200 THIS WEEK, WE CONTINUE OUR 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,233 SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH WOMEN 15 00:00:42,233 --> 00:00:43,566 THOUGHT LEADERS. 16 00:00:43,566 --> 00:00:46,700 OUR GUEST IS NEVADA SENATOR 17 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:50,500 KATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, THE 18 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,600 FIRST WOMAN ELECTED FROM NEVADA 19 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,100 TO SERVE IN THE U.S. SENATE AND 20 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:56,766 THE FIRST LATINA TO SERVE IN THE 21 00:00:56,766 --> 00:00:57,733 U.S. SENATE. 22 00:00:57,733 --> 00:01:01,000 COURT 'TIS MASTO IS A RECORD OF 23 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,400 22 WOMEN SERVING IN THE U.S. 24 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:04,266 SENATE. 25 00:01:04,266 --> 00:01:07,200 17 OF THE WOMEN ARE DEMOCRATS, 26 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,733 FIVE ARE REPUBLICANS. 27 00:01:08,733 --> 00:01:12,966 IN 2017, SHE REPLACED OUTGOING 28 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:14,866 SENATOR HARRY REID WHO ENDORSED 29 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:15,700 HER. 30 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,833 HE SERVED AS SENATE MAJORITY 31 00:01:17,833 --> 00:01:19,000 LEADER. 32 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,733 >> SO HELP YOU GOD? 33 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:22,500 CONGRATULATIONS, SENATORS. 34 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:27,566 >> SENATOR CORTEZ MASTO'S 35 00:01:27,566 --> 00:01:28,400 BACKGROUND INCLUDES BEING 36 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,266 ELECTED THE 32nd ATTORNEY 37 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:31,366 GENERAL IN NEVADA WHERE SHE 38 00:01:31,366 --> 00:01:33,733 SERVED EIGHT YEARS AND WAS A 39 00:01:33,733 --> 00:01:35,033 CIVIL ATTORNEY, A CRIMINAL 40 00:01:35,033 --> 00:01:36,333 PROSECUTOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF 41 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:39,400 FOR FORMER NEVADA GOVERNOR BOB 42 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,866 MILLER. 43 00:01:40,866 --> 00:01:43,600 HER FIRST SPEECH BEFORE THE FULL 44 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,700 U.S. SENATE WAS NOT WHAT SHE 45 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:46,933 ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 46 00:01:46,933 --> 00:01:49,066 >> THE SPEECH WAS MEANT TO 47 00:01:49,066 --> 00:01:50,300 DEMAND THAT OUR COUNTRY'S 48 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:52,100 LEADERS RESPECT EVERY AMERICAN 49 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:53,733 REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF THEIR 50 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:55,866 SKIN OR HOW THEY CHOOSE TO 51 00:01:55,866 --> 00:01:57,600 WORSHIP. 52 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,100 UNFORTUNATELY, Mr. PRESIDENT, 53 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:02,066 MY MAIDEN SPEECH ON THE FLOOR OF 54 00:02:02,066 --> 00:02:03,366 THIS BODY WILL INSTEAD TALK 55 00:02:03,366 --> 00:02:04,666 ABOUT MASS MURDER. 56 00:02:04,666 --> 00:02:07,566 TODAY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 57 00:02:07,566 --> 00:02:09,300 COURAGE OF HEROS AND FIRST 58 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:11,266 RESPONDERS AND HONOR THE WOUNDED 59 00:02:11,266 --> 00:02:12,633 AND THOSE MURDERED. 60 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,100 >> SHE CALLED ON CONGRESS TO 61 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,900 PASS COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY 62 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:17,600 REFORM. 63 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,466 THE FIRST BILL SHE INTRODUCED AS 64 00:02:18,466 --> 00:02:21,366 A U.S. SENATOR WAS LEGISLATION 65 00:02:21,366 --> 00:02:24,100 TO TAKE BACK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 66 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:25,433 EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING THE 67 00:02:25,433 --> 00:02:27,333 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 68 00:02:27,333 --> 00:02:29,866 TO PRIORITIZE THE DEPORTATION OF 69 00:02:29,866 --> 00:02:32,166 A VAST MAJORITY OF UNDOCUMENTED 70 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:33,766 IMMIGRANTS. 71 00:02:33,766 --> 00:02:38,133 >> SENATOR CORTEZ MASTO, THANK 72 00:02:38,133 --> 00:02:38,666 YOU FOR JOINING US. 73 00:02:38,666 --> 00:02:39,166 >> THANK YOU. 74 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:41,100 >> TELL ME, YOU ARE THE FIRST 75 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:43,033 LATINA IN THE U.S. SENATE. 76 00:02:43,033 --> 00:02:45,766 YOU ARE PROBABLY GETTING SICK OF 77 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:46,266 RESPONDING TO THE QUESTION BY 78 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:47,466 NOW. 79 00:02:47,466 --> 00:02:48,733 BUT IS THE SENATE 80 00:02:48,733 --> 00:02:50,100 LATINA-FRIENDLY PLACE? 81 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:52,933 >> MAKING IT MORE, YES, IT IS. 82 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:55,766 BUT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY WORK HARDER 83 00:02:55,766 --> 00:02:56,966 TO MAKE SURE WE ARE OPENING UP 84 00:02:56,966 --> 00:02:59,066 MORE OF THAT DIVERSITY AND THAT 85 00:02:59,066 --> 00:03:00,800 HAS BEEN MY GOAL. 86 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,900 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE 87 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:03,366 WORKED ON. 88 00:03:03,366 --> 00:03:04,833 I ALWAYS FELT THAT WHETHER I WAS 89 00:03:04,833 --> 00:03:06,266 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEVADA 90 00:03:06,266 --> 00:03:08,566 OR WORKING HERE, I THINK OUR 91 00:03:08,566 --> 00:03:09,533 GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT 92 00:03:09,533 --> 00:03:10,966 WORK IN GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE 93 00:03:10,966 --> 00:03:12,733 JUST AS DIVERSE OF THE PEOPLE WE 94 00:03:12,733 --> 00:03:14,366 REPRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 95 00:03:14,366 --> 00:03:15,966 AND I THINK HERE IN THE UNITED 96 00:03:15,966 --> 00:03:17,333 STATES SENATE WE CAN OPEN THAT 97 00:03:17,333 --> 00:03:19,100 DOOR WIDER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE 98 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:21,666 OPENING UP AND GIVING EVERYBODY 99 00:03:21,666 --> 00:03:23,333 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. 100 00:03:23,333 --> 00:03:24,800 THAT WHY I HAVE BEEN WORKING SO 101 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,133 HARD TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE 102 00:03:28,133 --> 00:03:32,233 VARIOUS STAFF THAT WORK HERE. 103 00:03:32,233 --> 00:03:33,866 >> BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT I 104 00:03:33,866 --> 00:03:37,066 DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR 105 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:39,400 DIVERSITY INITIATIVES. 106 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,000 WHAT IS IT LIKE ON THE SENATE 107 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,033 FLOOR? 108 00:03:42,033 --> 00:03:43,633 THERE ARE A LOT MORE WHITE MALES 109 00:03:43,633 --> 00:03:46,933 IN THE POPULATION ON THE SENATE 110 00:03:46,933 --> 00:03:48,266 FLOOR THAN THE POPULATION OF THE 111 00:03:48,266 --> 00:03:49,533 UNITED STATES OR EVEN NEVADA, I 112 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:50,133 IMAGINE? 113 00:03:50,133 --> 00:03:52,266 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL I WOULD 114 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:53,633 LIKE TO SEE MORE WOMEN. 115 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:54,933 I CAN TELL YOU EXPERIENCE BEING 116 00:03:54,933 --> 00:03:57,900 HERE IN THIS JUST IN GENERAL, 117 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:00,666 MORE WOMEN WOULD HELP US WORK 118 00:04:00,666 --> 00:04:03,033 TOWARDS BETTER POLICY. 119 00:04:03,033 --> 00:04:04,900 AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, I THINK 120 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:06,533 WOMEN BRING A DIFFERENT 121 00:04:06,533 --> 00:04:08,466 PERSPECTIVE BUT MORE WILLING TO 122 00:04:08,466 --> 00:04:09,566 GET THINGS DONE. 123 00:04:09,566 --> 00:04:10,566 WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS. 124 00:04:10,566 --> 00:04:13,233 >> LIKE THE SENATOR FROM IOWA 125 00:04:13,233 --> 00:04:16,400 WHO IS AS HARD RIGHT-WING AS ANY 126 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,066 OF THE MEN DO YOU FIND IT EASIER 127 00:04:18,066 --> 00:04:19,200 TO NEGOTIATE WITH HER? 128 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,900 >> LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS NOT 129 00:04:20,900 --> 00:04:22,500 THE FIRST MONTH HAD PASSED WHEN 130 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:23,866 I WAS SWORN IN WITH MY 131 00:04:23,866 --> 00:04:26,000 COLLEAGUES WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST 132 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,933 BIPARTISAN WOMEN'S SENATE 133 00:04:27,933 --> 00:04:29,100 DINNER. 134 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:30,833 WE MET AS WOMEN SENATORS TO GET 135 00:04:30,833 --> 00:04:32,366 TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND TO BUILD 136 00:04:32,366 --> 00:04:33,500 RELATIONSHIPS. 137 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:34,833 AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT 138 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:36,966 BECAUSE IT IS WHERE IT STARTS. 139 00:04:36,966 --> 00:04:38,600 WE ARE NOT GOING TO AGREE ON 140 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,100 EVERYTHING BUT WE CAN FIND 141 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:41,366 COMMON GROUND AND IT STARTS WITH 142 00:04:41,366 --> 00:04:41,900 BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP AND 143 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:44,200 GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. 144 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,466 AND ABSOLUTELY I'VE DONE THAT 145 00:04:46,466 --> 00:04:48,033 WITH ALL OF THE WOMEN SENATORS. 146 00:04:48,033 --> 00:04:49,600 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 147 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,133 TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 148 00:04:51,133 --> 00:04:54,066 >> WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN YOU 149 00:04:54,066 --> 00:04:55,766 ACTUALLY GOT HERE BECAUSE THE 150 00:04:55,766 --> 00:04:57,500 MOOD ON CAPITOL HILL IS 151 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:59,433 DESCRIBED AS EXTREMELY 152 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:00,800 COMBATIVE. 153 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,833 AND ALL THE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 154 00:05:04,833 --> 00:05:06,600 LEGISLATION THAT COMES HERE 155 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,700 PARTICULARLY TO THE SENATE FAILS 156 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:11,000 ON JUST ABOUT A PARTY LINE. 157 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,666 NO DEMOCRATS ARE VOTING FOR IT. 158 00:05:13,666 --> 00:05:14,533 AND SOMETIMES A COUPLE OF 159 00:05:14,533 --> 00:05:18,066 REPUBLICANS ARE DEFECTING. 160 00:05:18,066 --> 00:05:21,433 BUT THAT IS NOT ALL THE TIME. 161 00:05:21,433 --> 00:05:26,200 AND IN OTHER WORDS SHOW ME WHERE 162 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,200 THERE IS -- 163 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:28,733 WHERE YOU CAN CLOSE THE GAP 164 00:05:28,733 --> 00:05:29,766 SOMEHOW? 165 00:05:29,766 --> 00:05:31,066 >> FIRST OF ALL, WOULD I LIKE TO 166 00:05:31,066 --> 00:05:33,166 SEE MORE BIPARTISAN WORK BEING 167 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:33,733 DONE? 168 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:34,866 ABSOLUTELY. 169 00:05:34,866 --> 00:05:35,966 I LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY 170 00:05:35,966 --> 00:05:37,333 WE SHOULD BE WORKING IN A 171 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:38,500 BIPARTISAN WAY TO SOLVE THE 172 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:41,200 PROBLEMS AND MOVE POLICY AND GET 173 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:41,733 THINGS DONE. 174 00:05:41,733 --> 00:05:43,833 THAT IS HOW I'VE OPERATED EVEN 175 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:43,900 WHEN I WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 176 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,500 NEVADA. 177 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,400 AND I WAS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL 178 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,933 AND I GOT TO INTRODUCE 179 00:05:48,933 --> 00:05:50,900 LEGISLATION IN THE LEGISLATURE 180 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:51,833 AND EVERYTHING THAT I INTRODUCED 181 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:54,233 WAS BIPARTISAN AND ALWAYS SIGNED 182 00:05:54,233 --> 00:05:56,100 BY A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND 183 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:57,300 THAT IS WHAT I EXPECT. 184 00:05:57,300 --> 00:05:59,000 BUT YOU DO NOT SEE THAT. 185 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,533 YOU SEE A LOT OF THE BICKERING 186 00:06:00,533 --> 00:06:02,266 AND THE PARTISANSHIP WHICH I 187 00:06:02,266 --> 00:06:04,666 THINK WE NEED TO DO AWAY WITH. 188 00:06:04,666 --> 00:06:06,800 NOW, IS THERE SOME WORK BEING 189 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,433 DONE? 190 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:08,433 ABSOLUTELY. 191 00:06:08,433 --> 00:06:09,233 I SIT ON SIX COMMITTEES AND 192 00:06:09,233 --> 00:06:10,733 EVERYONE OF THE COMMITTEES, 193 00:06:10,733 --> 00:06:12,300 THERE'S BIPARTISAN WORK BEING 194 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:13,466 DONE. 195 00:06:13,466 --> 00:06:14,866 I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE INTRODUCED 196 00:06:14,866 --> 00:06:17,366 BILLS AND THE FIRST PERSON THAT 197 00:06:17,366 --> 00:06:19,766 I TALKED TO TO TRY TO COSPONSOR 198 00:06:19,766 --> 00:06:21,066 AND WORK WITH ME IS SOMEBODY 199 00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:23,033 FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE I'LL 200 00:06:23,033 --> 00:06:23,900 REPUBLICAN. 201 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:25,600 AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO. 202 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,466 AND YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT I TELL 203 00:06:27,466 --> 00:06:28,433 PEOPLE WHEN I GO HOME. 204 00:06:28,433 --> 00:06:29,833 YOU SEE ALL OF THE BICKERING 205 00:06:29,833 --> 00:06:31,000 THAT IS GOING ON. 206 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,166 BUT YOU DON'T SEE THERE ARE SOME 207 00:06:33,166 --> 00:06:34,866 OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO GET 208 00:06:34,866 --> 00:06:35,966 THINGS DONE. 209 00:06:35,966 --> 00:06:38,233 WE ARE WORKING IN THE COMMITTEES 210 00:06:38,233 --> 00:06:39,566 TO INTRODUCE GOOD LEGISLATION 211 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:40,466 AND WORK TOGETHER. 212 00:06:40,466 --> 00:06:41,966 >> IS IT GETTING TO THE SENATE 213 00:06:41,966 --> 00:06:42,933 FLOOR? 214 00:06:42,933 --> 00:06:43,433 >> YES. 215 00:06:43,433 --> 00:06:45,233 WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A NUMBER 216 00:06:45,233 --> 00:06:45,533 OF THINGS. 217 00:06:45,533 --> 00:06:47,800 >> GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OR TWO, 218 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:48,366 PLEASE. 219 00:06:48,366 --> 00:06:50,300 >> SURE, SANCTIONS AGAINST 220 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:51,300 RUSSIA. 221 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:53,266 >> THE SENATE WILL TAKE A FINAL 222 00:06:53,266 --> 00:06:56,266 VOTE ON A BIPARTISAN STEP TO 223 00:06:56,266 --> 00:06:58,333 HOLD IRAN AND RUSSIA 224 00:06:58,333 --> 00:06:59,500 ACCOUNTABLE. 225 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:01,900 >> LAST NIGHT WE VOTED IN 226 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:04,366 BIPARTISAN FASHION TO STRENGTHEN 227 00:07:04,366 --> 00:07:05,600 A PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST 228 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:06,866 RUSSIA. 229 00:07:06,866 --> 00:07:08,633 >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT WAS 230 00:07:08,633 --> 00:07:11,200 BIPARTISAN AND IT MOVED QUICKLY. 231 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,500 I AM ON BANKING, HOUSING AND 232 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,733 URBAN DEVELOP MANY. 233 00:07:14,733 --> 00:07:16,033 I AM ON ENERGY AND NATURAL 234 00:07:16,033 --> 00:07:17,566 RESOURCES. 235 00:07:17,566 --> 00:07:19,866 I SIT ON SCIENCE, COMMERCE, 236 00:07:19,866 --> 00:07:20,933 TRANSPORTATION. 237 00:07:20,933 --> 00:07:23,500 I SIT ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, SPECIAL 238 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,033 COMMITTEE ON AGING AND SENATE 239 00:07:26,033 --> 00:07:27,233 RULES COMMITTEE. 240 00:07:27,233 --> 00:07:28,066 THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT 241 00:07:28,066 --> 00:07:31,666 WE'RE DOING IN A BIPARTISAN WAY. 242 00:07:31,666 --> 00:07:33,533 SEXUAL HARASSMENT, MANDATORY 243 00:07:33,533 --> 00:07:34,933 TRAINING, RULES COMMITTEE WE 244 00:07:34,933 --> 00:07:36,400 PASSED THAT OUT AND IT'S GONE 245 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:37,433 THROUGH. 246 00:07:37,433 --> 00:07:38,600 THERE'S WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. 247 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:39,600 AND IT CAN BE. 248 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,200 AND IT IS A MATTER OF MAKING 249 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:41,833 SURE YOU ARE WORKING WITH YOUR 250 00:07:41,833 --> 00:07:43,300 COLLEAGUES. 251 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:44,833 BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT 252 00:07:44,833 --> 00:07:46,133 THERE IS NOT PARTISANSHIP 253 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:47,633 GETTING IN THE WAY OF SOME 254 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:49,200 THINGS WE ABSOLUTELY SEE IT. 255 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,700 AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. 256 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:53,833 >> SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHAT IS THE 257 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:54,500 MOOD HERE? 258 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,566 THERE HAVE BEEN HOUSE MEMBERS 259 00:07:56,566 --> 00:07:58,466 WHO HAVE COME OUT AND SAID THERE 260 00:07:58,466 --> 00:08:00,700 HAS BEEN SENATE SEXUAL 261 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:03,700 HARASSMENT BY SITTING HOUSE 262 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:06,200 MEMBERS OF WOMEN. 263 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,366 WOULD THAT HAPPEN IN THE SENATE? 264 00:08:08,366 --> 00:08:09,400 COULD IT HAPPEN IN THE SENATE? 265 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,666 >> THE MOOD IS IT SHOULD NOT BE 266 00:08:11,666 --> 00:08:13,000 TOLERATED. 267 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,733 I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO 268 00:08:14,733 --> 00:08:15,866 INSURE THAT ON THE RULES 269 00:08:15,866 --> 00:08:18,633 COMMITTEE WE ARE PASSING RULES 270 00:08:18,633 --> 00:08:20,900 TO MANDATE TRAINING NECESSARY 271 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:22,200 MANDATORY TRAINING FOR SEXUAL 272 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:23,500 HARASSMENT. 273 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:24,166 AND THEN WE ARE CHANGING THE 274 00:08:24,166 --> 00:08:26,900 LAWS SO THAT THE VICTIMS FEEL 275 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:28,133 EMPOWERED TO COME FORWARD THEY 276 00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:29,600 ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT 277 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,700 RETALIATION. 278 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:31,733 THEY KNOW IF THEY COME FORWARD 279 00:08:31,733 --> 00:08:34,466 THERE'S GOING TO BE AN IMMEDIATE 280 00:08:34,466 --> 00:08:35,100 INVESTIGATION AND EXAMINATION 281 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:37,833 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 282 00:08:37,833 --> 00:08:39,133 THE LAW THAT WE HAVE PASSED IN 283 00:08:39,133 --> 00:08:41,666 1995 DOES NOT DO THAT. 284 00:08:41,666 --> 00:08:45,666 IN FACT, IT JUST DOES JUST THE 285 00:08:45,666 --> 00:08:48,100 OPPOSITE IT KEEPS VICTIMS 286 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:49,566 UNWILLING TO COME FORWARD. 287 00:08:49,566 --> 00:08:51,166 I SIGNED ON TO SENATOR 288 00:08:51,166 --> 00:08:52,566 GILLIBRAND'S BILL AND WORKING 289 00:08:52,566 --> 00:08:53,800 HARD ON THE RULES COMMITTEE AS A 290 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,733 PART OF A GROUP TO CHANGE THAT 291 00:08:55,733 --> 00:08:56,600 TO MAKE THAT ENVIRONMENT 292 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:57,600 DIFFERENT. 293 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,800 AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 294 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,633 THIS IS AN AREA I'VE WORKED ON 295 00:09:00,633 --> 00:09:01,966 MOST OF MY CAREER. 296 00:09:01,966 --> 00:09:04,033 >> HAVE YOU PROSECUTED SEXUAL 297 00:09:04,033 --> 00:09:04,100 ASSAULT CASES? 298 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:06,500 >> I HAVE NOT PROSECUTED SEXUAL 299 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:08,333 ASSAULT BUT I'VE WORKED HARD AS 300 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:10,133 ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WORK ON 301 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:14,433 PASSING LAWS THAT ADDRESS 302 00:09:14,433 --> 00:09:16,733 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, 303 00:09:16,733 --> 00:09:18,600 SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, 304 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,833 SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION. 305 00:09:20,833 --> 00:09:22,100 THOSE ARE AREAS THAT I HAVE 306 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:24,533 WORKED ON MY ENTIRE CAREER TO 307 00:09:24,533 --> 00:09:26,700 MAKE SURE NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING 308 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:28,333 RIGHT BY THE VICTIM AND 309 00:09:28,333 --> 00:09:29,700 EMPOWERING THAT VICTIM, BUT WE 310 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:31,100 ARE GIVING THEM TOOLS TO TAKE 311 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:32,633 ACTION AGAINST THEIR 312 00:09:32,633 --> 00:09:34,366 PERPETRATORS AND INCREASING THE 313 00:09:34,366 --> 00:09:36,066 LAWS AGAINST THE PERPETRATORS TO 314 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:37,966 HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING 315 00:09:37,966 --> 00:09:39,166 SURE THERE IS THAT 316 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:41,166 ACCOUNTABILITY. 317 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:42,166 >> WHAT TOOLS HAVE YOU GIVEN TO 318 00:09:42,166 --> 00:09:46,166 SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT? 319 00:09:46,166 --> 00:09:48,200 >> SURVIVORS IN GENERAL IN THE 320 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,533 STATE OF NEVADA WORKED VERY HARD 321 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:52,100 TO PASS VICTIMS' RIGHTS LAWS. 322 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:53,266 SO COUPLE OF THE THINGS 323 00:09:53,266 --> 00:09:54,833 PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO 324 00:09:54,833 --> 00:09:56,466 SURVIVORS GIVING THEM THE RIGHT 325 00:09:56,466 --> 00:09:58,733 TO SUE THEIR PERPETRATORS 326 00:09:58,733 --> 00:09:59,633 CIVILLY. 327 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:00,733 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 328 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:03,633 MAKING SURE THAT THE VICTIMS 329 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:06,000 HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME FORWARD 330 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,633 AND FEEL SAFE SO THAT WE HAVE 331 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:12,166 CERTAIN NURSES, NURSES THAT CAN 332 00:10:12,166 --> 00:10:13,866 REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING 333 00:10:13,866 --> 00:10:15,266 WITH THE VICTIMS. 334 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:17,700 THE VICTIMS WITH THE NURSES 335 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,633 MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE VICTIMS 336 00:10:19,633 --> 00:10:21,000 COMPENSATION FUND IN THE STATE 337 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:21,600 OF NEVADA. 338 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,900 WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT 339 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:25,600 THOSE VICTIM COMPENSATION FUNDS 340 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:25,900 WERE THERE TO SUPPORT THE 341 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:27,400 VICTIMS. 342 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,366 >> ARE YOU TRYING TO GET IT 343 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:29,533 FEDERALLY. 344 00:10:29,533 --> 00:10:30,966 >> WE HAVE IT, FEDERALLY. 345 00:10:30,966 --> 00:10:32,200 IT DOES EXIST AND WE NEED TO 346 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,833 MAKE SURE THAT THE FEDERAL LAWS 347 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:35,333 WITH RESPECT TO VICTIMS' 348 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:37,300 COMPENSATION FUNDS CONTINUE TO 349 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:40,500 SUPPORT STATE LAWS AS WELL AND 350 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:42,000 VICE VERSA AND MAKING SURE THE 351 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,366 VICTIMS HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME 352 00:10:43,366 --> 00:10:44,700 FORWARD AND THEY ARE GOING TO 353 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:46,033 GET COMPENSATION. 354 00:10:46,033 --> 00:10:47,133 AND MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING 355 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:48,600 RIGHT BY THEM. 356 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,366 AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS. 357 00:10:51,366 --> 00:10:53,833 >> THIS OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A SEA 358 00:10:53,833 --> 00:10:55,700 CHANGE GOING ON WITH SEXUAL 359 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:58,633 HARASSMENT AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO 360 00:10:58,633 --> 00:11:01,766 HAVE COME OUT AGAINST MEN IN 361 00:11:01,766 --> 00:11:05,066 POWER, MEN IN HIGH POSITIONS IN 362 00:11:05,066 --> 00:11:06,833 CORPORATIONS AND THE MEDIA, ET 363 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:07,433 CETERA. 364 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:08,933 BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOMAN IN A 365 00:11:08,933 --> 00:11:11,800 DINER IN A SMALL TOWN IN NEVADA 366 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,700 WHO IS GETTING CONSTANTLY 367 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:16,100 SEXUALLY HARASSED AND MAYBE 368 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:18,933 ASSAULTED BY HER BOSS? 369 00:11:18,933 --> 00:11:20,866 ARE WHAT YOU DOING GOING TO HELP 370 00:11:20,866 --> 00:11:22,800 THAT WOMAN WHO IS NOT GOING TO 371 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,800 GET NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION? 372 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,833 >> ABSOLUTELY THOSE ARE THE LAWS 373 00:11:26,833 --> 00:11:29,166 I'VE WORKED FOR TO ADDRESS. 374 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:32,600 IN NEVADA, THERE IS A LAW THAT 375 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,000 SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE A VICTIM 376 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,366 AND YOU COME FORWARD AND YOU GO 377 00:11:37,366 --> 00:11:39,700 GET THAT EXAMINATION FROM A 378 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:42,133 NURSE, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO 379 00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:43,900 FILE A COMPLAINT IF YOU DON'T 380 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:44,866 WANT TO. 381 00:11:44,866 --> 00:11:46,533 OR IF YOU CHOOSE TO FILE A 382 00:11:46,533 --> 00:11:48,133 COMPLAINT, THEN THERE WILL BE 383 00:11:48,133 --> 00:11:51,233 IMMEDIATE ACTION AND EXAMINATION 384 00:11:51,233 --> 00:11:54,300 AND INVESTIGATION TAKEN. 385 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:55,366 PART OF WHAT THE GOAL IS WITH 386 00:11:55,366 --> 00:11:57,366 VICTIMS IS MAKING SURE THEY ARE 387 00:11:57,366 --> 00:11:58,866 EMPOWERED TO COME FORWARD BUT WE 388 00:11:58,866 --> 00:12:01,733 DON'T WANT TO REVICTIMMIZE THEM. 389 00:12:01,733 --> 00:12:03,233 AND THOSE ARE THE LAWS THAT WE 390 00:12:03,233 --> 00:12:05,533 PASSED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE 391 00:12:05,533 --> 00:12:07,000 FIGHTING FOR THEM AND GIVING 392 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,900 THEM THE ABILITY TO FEEL SAFE 393 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:11,533 COMING FORWARD AND THERE'S 394 00:12:11,533 --> 00:12:12,466 TRAINING. 395 00:12:12,466 --> 00:12:13,633 PART OF WHAT WE DID IN THE STATE 396 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:16,233 OF NEVADA AS WELL IS MAKING SURE 397 00:12:16,233 --> 00:12:18,033 THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT CAME 398 00:12:18,033 --> 00:12:21,200 INTO THE STATE THROUGH VOWA 399 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,733 ACTUALLY CAME IN TO SUPPORT 400 00:12:23,733 --> 00:12:25,700 TRAINING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT 401 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:27,566 TRAINING, SEX TRAFFICKING 402 00:12:27,566 --> 00:12:28,533 TRAINING. 403 00:12:28,533 --> 00:12:30,100 >> IS TRAINING GOING TO DO IT? 404 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:31,533 >> IT'S PART OF IT. 405 00:12:31,533 --> 00:12:33,266 AND NOT JUST TRAINING FOR LAW 406 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:33,800 ENFORCEMENT BUT JUDGES AND 407 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,833 TRAINING FOR ADVOCATES AND 408 00:12:35,833 --> 00:12:37,233 TRAINING FOR PROSECUTORS, 409 00:12:37,233 --> 00:12:39,366 TRAINING FOR TREATMENT PROVIDERS 410 00:12:39,366 --> 00:12:40,533 AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS 411 00:12:40,533 --> 00:12:41,866 THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO WORK 412 00:12:41,866 --> 00:12:42,900 WITH A VICTIM. 413 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:43,900 AND PARTICULARLY WITH A VICTIM 414 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:46,366 IT SHOULD BE VICTIM-BASED. 415 00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:48,533 EVIDENCE-BASED AND VICTIM-BASED 416 00:12:48,533 --> 00:12:50,733 SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS 417 00:12:50,733 --> 00:12:51,866 OF THE VICTIM AND NOT EVERYONE 418 00:12:51,866 --> 00:12:52,633 ELSE. 419 00:12:52,633 --> 00:12:53,633 THAT IS PART OF THE TRAINING. 420 00:12:53,633 --> 00:12:55,566 PART OF IT IS THE LAWS. 421 00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:57,500 PASSING LAWS TO STRENGTHEN THE 422 00:12:57,500 --> 00:12:58,200 ACCOUNTABILITY AGAINST THE 423 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,666 PERPETRATORS AND GIVE NEW TOOLS 424 00:13:00,666 --> 00:13:01,866 FOR THE VICTIMS. 425 00:13:01,866 --> 00:13:03,266 AND PART OF IT IS THE 426 00:13:03,266 --> 00:13:04,166 ENFORCEMENT. 427 00:13:04,166 --> 00:13:05,166 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE 428 00:13:05,166 --> 00:13:06,800 ENFORCEMENT IS OCCURRING AND THE 429 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:07,900 TREATMENT IS THERE AS WELL. 430 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,233 >> YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEXUAL 431 00:13:10,233 --> 00:13:11,566 SEX TRAFFICKING. 432 00:13:11,566 --> 00:13:13,033 TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING 433 00:13:13,033 --> 00:13:17,100 THERE AND WHY IT IS A PASSION? 434 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,333 >> THERE IS SO MUCH SEX 435 00:13:18,333 --> 00:13:20,000 TRAFFICKING GOING ON AND LET ME 436 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:28,100 TELL YOU THIS IS A CRIME THAT IS 437 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,300 SO PREVALENT AND THANK YOU FOR 438 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:31,800 BEING A VOICE. 439 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,700 BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EASY FOR 440 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:36,700 YOU TO GET HERE AND TELL YOUR 441 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:38,366 DAUGHTER'S STORY AND YOUR STORY 442 00:13:38,366 --> 00:13:41,500 IS ONE I'VE HEARD TOO MANY TIMES 443 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,500 IN MY STATE AND THIS IS AN ISSUE 444 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:44,333 WE HAVE TO STOP. 445 00:13:44,333 --> 00:13:45,200 WE HAVE TO STOP IT. 446 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,100 AND IT IS NOT JUST FOR FEDERAL 447 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,700 LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP IT. 448 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:50,600 IT IS FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 449 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,433 FOR STATE, LOCAL, TO TAKE ACTION 450 00:13:52,433 --> 00:13:54,666 AND THAT IS ALL WE'RE ASKING IS 451 00:13:54,666 --> 00:13:55,766 THAT STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE 452 00:13:55,766 --> 00:13:57,800 THAT ABILITY BECAUSE IT IS SO 453 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,800 PREVALENT 454 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,666 >> YES, WHEN I WAS ATTORNEY 455 00:13:59,666 --> 00:14:03,766 GENERAL IN NEVADA, I MET TOO 456 00:14:03,766 --> 00:14:06,066 MANY TIMES YOUNG PEOPLE THAT 457 00:14:06,066 --> 00:14:08,466 WERE VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 458 00:14:08,466 --> 00:14:10,166 AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE LAWS ON 459 00:14:10,166 --> 00:14:12,066 THE BOOKS TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY 460 00:14:12,066 --> 00:14:13,533 THE CRIME BUT MAKE IT CRIMINAL 461 00:14:13,533 --> 00:14:15,233 AND HOLD THOSE PERPETRATORS 462 00:14:15,233 --> 00:14:16,300 ACCOUNTABLE. 463 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:17,600 BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO INTRODUCE 464 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:17,933 LEGISLATION AS AN ATTORNEY 465 00:14:17,933 --> 00:14:19,633 GENERAL, I INTRODUCED FOR THE 466 00:14:19,633 --> 00:14:21,900 FIRST TIME, SEX TRAFFICKING 467 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:23,200 CRIME IN THE STATE OF NEVADA. 468 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,466 MAKING IT A FELONY HOLDING THOSE 469 00:14:25,466 --> 00:14:27,633 PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE, 470 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:28,833 INCREASE PUNISHMENT AND GIVING 471 00:14:28,833 --> 00:14:29,900 VICTIMS RIGHTS. 472 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:31,300 AND MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING 473 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:32,366 MORE FOR THEM FOR TREATMENT AND 474 00:14:32,366 --> 00:14:34,600 GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO BECOME 475 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,433 SURVIVORS AT THE END OF THE DAY. 476 00:14:36,433 --> 00:14:37,333 THAT WAS THE LAW THAT I 477 00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:38,366 INTRODUCED. 478 00:14:38,366 --> 00:14:39,033 IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND 479 00:14:39,033 --> 00:14:40,866 SIGNED BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. 480 00:14:40,866 --> 00:14:42,633 NOW, WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON THE 481 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:43,866 TREATMENT SIDE OF IT. 482 00:14:43,866 --> 00:14:45,400 NOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 483 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,466 ARE DOING RIGHT BY THOSE VICTIMS 484 00:14:47,466 --> 00:14:48,500 ALSO. 485 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:50,400 MANY VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING 486 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,266 ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE ARRESTED 487 00:14:52,266 --> 00:14:55,500 FOR PROSTITUTION OR TRESPASSING, 488 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:58,133 THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNFORTUNATELY 489 00:14:58,133 --> 00:14:59,266 PREVIOUS CRIMES ON THE BOOKS 490 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:01,066 THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED 491 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:02,233 OF. 492 00:15:02,233 --> 00:15:03,733 WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE RECORDS. 493 00:15:03,733 --> 00:15:03,800 THEY ARE VICTIMS OF SEX 494 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,800 TRAFFICKING WHO ARE REALLY WE 495 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,966 WANT TO MAKE THEM SURVIVORS. 496 00:15:07,966 --> 00:15:09,133 MAKE SURE WE HAVE LAWS ON THE 497 00:15:09,133 --> 00:15:11,000 BOOKS WHERE THEY CAN CLEAN UP 498 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:11,833 THEIR RECORD. 499 00:15:11,833 --> 00:15:12,933 PART OF THAT -- 500 00:15:12,933 --> 00:15:14,400 >> AND PUT MORE RESPONSIBILITY 501 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,600 FOR THE CRIME ON THE JOHN. 502 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:16,400 >> THAT IS RIGHT. 503 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:17,533 ON THE DEMAND SIDE. 504 00:15:17,533 --> 00:15:18,866 THAT IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. 505 00:15:18,866 --> 00:15:20,233 I WAS ABLE IN THE STATE OF 506 00:15:20,233 --> 00:15:21,933 NEVADA WORKING WITH THE 507 00:15:21,933 --> 00:15:24,666 LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE SOME OF 508 00:15:24,666 --> 00:15:28,800 THE PENALTIES AGAINST THE 509 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,566 DEMAND, THE JOHN'S BUT WE NEED 510 00:15:31,566 --> 00:15:32,033 TO DO MORE. 511 00:15:32,033 --> 00:15:34,666 AND WE NEED TO DO MORE RIGHT BY 512 00:15:34,666 --> 00:15:35,766 THE VICTIMS BECAUSE WE DON'T 513 00:15:35,766 --> 00:15:36,500 HAVE A LOT OF TREATMENT FOR THE 514 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:39,166 VICTIMS. 515 00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:40,400 IN THE STATE OF NEVADA WE DON'T 516 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:41,733 HAVE ENOUGH TREATMENT WHERE THEY 517 00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:43,733 CAN SEEK HELP AND BE PROTECTED 518 00:15:43,733 --> 00:15:46,600 FROM THEIR PIMPS, THEIR 519 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,066 PERPETRATORS. 520 00:15:48,066 --> 00:15:48,133 >> DO YOU THINK THE CRIMINAL 521 00:15:48,133 --> 00:15:51,266 PART OF IT SHOULD BE ALL PUT ON 522 00:15:51,266 --> 00:15:54,433 THE DEMAND SIDE? 523 00:15:54,433 --> 00:15:58,466 PROSECUTE THE CUSTOMERS NOT THE 524 00:15:58,466 --> 00:15:59,833 WOMEN WHO ARE FORCED INTO 525 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:00,533 PROSTITUTION? 526 00:16:00,533 --> 00:16:01,700 >> NO. 527 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:02,366 YES. 528 00:16:02,366 --> 00:16:03,400 WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING IS 529 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,666 PROSECUTING THE CUSTOMERS AND 530 00:16:04,666 --> 00:16:06,733 PROSECUTING THE PIMPS. 531 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:07,633 THE WOMEN ARE VICTIMS. 532 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:08,966 WE SHOULD BE TREATING THEM LIKE 533 00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:10,233 VICTIMS. 534 00:16:10,233 --> 00:16:12,700 THAT BRINGS INTO SAFE HARBOR 535 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:13,800 PROVISIONS. 536 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:13,866 INSTEAD OF ARRESTING THEM AND 537 00:16:13,866 --> 00:16:17,200 LOCKING THEM UP WE PUT THEM INTO 538 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,500 A DIVERSION PROGRAM WHERE THEY 539 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:21,266 CAN START BECOMING SURVIVORS AND 540 00:16:21,266 --> 00:16:22,600 GET THE TREATMENT AND HELP AND 541 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,666 SAFE AWAY FROM THEIR THE PIMPS. 542 00:16:26,666 --> 00:16:28,766 BECAUSE NINE TIMES OUT OF 10 THE 543 00:16:28,766 --> 00:16:31,133 PIMPS WILL CIRCLE BACK AND 544 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:34,833 THREATEN THEM TO NOT TESTIFY 545 00:16:34,833 --> 00:16:36,300 AGAINST THEM IN TRIAL. 546 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,333 WE HAVE GIVEN PROSECUTORS TOOLS. 547 00:16:38,333 --> 00:16:40,366 >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON 548 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:41,933 DIVERSITY IN THE SENATE? 549 00:16:41,933 --> 00:16:42,933 YOU ARE MEETING WITH GROUPS OF 550 00:16:42,933 --> 00:16:44,933 WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT MINORITIES, 551 00:16:44,933 --> 00:16:45,733 RIGHT? 552 00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:46,600 >> I AM. 553 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:47,333 INCREDIBLE. 554 00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:49,400 SO I'VE HAD THE IN THIS ROOM TO 555 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,500 INVITE IN LATINAS, WORKING ON 556 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:54,800 THE HILL. 557 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,666 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, WOMEN 558 00:16:57,666 --> 00:17:01,466 FROM ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFICKER 559 00:17:01,466 --> 00:17:04,666 POPULATION, LGBTQ MEMBERS TO SIT 560 00:17:04,666 --> 00:17:06,766 AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS HOW WE 561 00:17:06,766 --> 00:17:08,900 TEAR DOWN THE BARRIERS TO MORE 562 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:10,133 DIVERSITY HERE IN THE UNITED 563 00:17:10,133 --> 00:17:12,166 STATES AND HONESTLY IN CONGRESS. 564 00:17:12,166 --> 00:17:14,633 AND SO WE'VE HAD GREAT CANDID 565 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:16,100 CONVERSATIONS AND THEY ARE FULL 566 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:18,933 OF IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN OPEN THAT 567 00:17:18,933 --> 00:17:20,300 DOOR UP WIDER. 568 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:21,866 AND MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE 569 00:17:21,866 --> 00:17:22,366 DIVERSITY HERE. 570 00:17:22,366 --> 00:17:24,733 >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THE END OF 571 00:17:24,733 --> 00:17:28,133 2018 AND THEN, OF COURSE, 2020, 572 00:17:28,133 --> 00:17:31,200 IN 2018 DO YOU THINK THE 573 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,266 DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE BACK THE 574 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:33,700 HOUSE? 575 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:35,966 >> WELL, I'M COUNTING ON IT AND 576 00:17:35,966 --> 00:17:38,133 I'M WORKING VERY HARD AS THE 577 00:17:38,133 --> 00:17:39,633 CHAIR TO NOT ONLY GET MY 578 00:17:39,633 --> 00:17:42,633 COLLEAGUES REELECTED AND HELP 579 00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:44,200 GET ELECTED ADDITIONAL WOMEN 580 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,200 SENATORS AND I THINK IT'S 581 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,333 POSSIBLE ABSOLUTELY. 582 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:48,466 AND RIGHTFULLY SO. 583 00:17:48,466 --> 00:17:51,900 WE NEED TO HAVE MORE WOMEN HERE. 584 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:53,366 I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY 585 00:17:53,366 --> 00:17:55,566 TO REALLY FOCUS ON GOOD POLICY 586 00:17:55,566 --> 00:17:57,933 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS COUNTRY. 587 00:17:57,933 --> 00:17:59,100 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT 588 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:01,166 STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE AND FOR 589 00:18:01,166 --> 00:18:03,100 WORKING FAMILIES WHO ARE STILL 590 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:03,766 STRUGGLING. 591 00:18:03,766 --> 00:18:07,066 >> IF THE TRUMP BUDGET WERE TO 592 00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:08,966 BECOME LAW THERE ARE A LOT OF 593 00:18:08,966 --> 00:18:10,533 PEOPLE SAY EXPERTS LOOKING AT 594 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:12,133 THE NUMBERS SAYING THE PEOPLE 595 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:14,133 WHO WILL BE REALLY HURT ARE THE 596 00:18:14,133 --> 00:18:16,966 VERY LOW INCOME WOMEN, MANY OF 597 00:18:16,966 --> 00:18:19,233 WHOM IN THIS COUNTRY ARE LATINA 598 00:18:19,233 --> 00:18:21,233 AND NATIVE-AMERICAN AND ALSO A 599 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:23,400 LARGE POPULATION IN YOUR HOME 600 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,066 STATE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 601 00:18:25,066 --> 00:18:25,666 THAT? 602 00:18:25,666 --> 00:18:27,633 >> IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 603 00:18:27,633 --> 00:18:28,933 TRUMP BUDGET IT ZEROS EVERYTHING 604 00:18:28,933 --> 00:18:30,300 OUT. 605 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:31,700 EVERYBODY WOULD BE HARMED FROM 606 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:33,433 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO 607 00:18:33,433 --> 00:18:35,066 ENVIRONMENT, YOU NAME IT. 608 00:18:35,066 --> 00:18:36,966 IT DEVASTATES EVERY SINGLE 609 00:18:36,966 --> 00:18:38,966 AGENCY AND DEVASTATES THE PEOPLE 610 00:18:38,966 --> 00:18:40,400 IN MY STATE. 611 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,500 >> AND THEY ARE ALREADY DOING 612 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:43,500 THE BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN 613 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:44,400 APPROVED, THEY ARE ALREADY 614 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,500 CUTTING BACK AT AGENCIES. 615 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:48,366 >> AND LET ME SAY THAT. 616 00:18:48,366 --> 00:18:50,200 THAT IS WHY TO ME THE TRUMP 617 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,566 BUDGET IS A NONSTARTER. 618 00:18:51,566 --> 00:18:53,633 IT WOULD HARM TOO MANY PEOPLE 619 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:54,800 ACROSS THIS COUNTRY INCLUDING IN 620 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,366 NEVADA. 621 00:18:56,366 --> 00:18:57,866 THAT IS WHY WE ARE FIGHTING TO 622 00:18:57,866 --> 00:18:59,366 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING 623 00:18:59,366 --> 00:19:01,933 FUNDING IN FOR CHIP, THAT WE ARE 624 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:04,933 NOT REPEALING HEALTHCARE, THAT 625 00:19:04,933 --> 00:19:06,533 WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 626 00:19:06,533 --> 00:19:08,900 PEOPLE STILL STRUGGLING IN MY 627 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:12,266 STATE. 628 00:19:12,266 --> 00:19:13,266 WE HAVE BLOCK GRANTS THAT ARE 629 00:19:13,266 --> 00:19:13,700 STILL COMING INTO THE STATE TO 630 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:15,666 HELP OUR COMMUNITIES. 631 00:19:15,666 --> 00:19:19,866 THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS THAT 632 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:21,200 THIS ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS THAT 633 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,233 THEY WANT TO HELP WORKING 634 00:19:22,233 --> 00:19:23,600 FAMILIES ARE DOING JUST THE 635 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,866 OPPOSITE IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT 636 00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:28,266 THE BUDGET THAT THE TRUMP 637 00:19:28,266 --> 00:19:28,333 ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCED IN 638 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,533 CONGRESS. 639 00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:30,866 THE GOOD NEWS IS, THEY DON'T GET 640 00:19:30,866 --> 00:19:32,866 TO PASS THE BUDGET WE DO. 641 00:19:32,866 --> 00:19:34,633 AND IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW WE ARE 642 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:35,966 FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 643 00:19:35,966 --> 00:19:37,833 KEEPING THAT MONEY IN, THAT 644 00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:39,500 SUPPORTS OUR WORKING FAMILIES. 645 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:42,066 THAT SUPPORTS NIH FOR RESEARCH. 646 00:19:42,066 --> 00:19:42,500 >> IS IT GOING OUT TO THE 647 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:44,533 FAMILIES STILL? 648 00:19:44,533 --> 00:19:46,533 OR IS IT BEING CUT BACK? 649 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:48,466 BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST 650 00:19:48,466 --> 00:19:50,166 HAPPENED TO TALK TO A WOMAN WHO 651 00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:53,266 RECENTLY RETIRED FROM EPA SHE 652 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:56,733 WAS WORKING ON THE IMPACT OF 653 00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:58,333 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ON 654 00:19:58,333 --> 00:20:01,433 NATIVE-AMERICAN RESERVATIONS, 655 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,266 AND THEY CUT BACK ALL HER TRAVEL 656 00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:06,066 SO SHE COULD NOT REALLY DO HER 657 00:20:06,066 --> 00:20:06,900 JOB ANYMORE. 658 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:09,366 AND SHE TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT 659 00:20:09,366 --> 00:20:10,500 AND THEY ARE SQUEEZINGS PEOPLE 660 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:11,400 OUT. 661 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,300 >> AND THAT IS THE OTHER 662 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:13,600 CONCERN. 663 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:13,666 THIS ADMINISTRATION IF THEY 664 00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:16,000 CAN'T GET CUT THE BUDGET THEY 665 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,300 WILL UNDERMINE BY NOT FILLING 666 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:19,433 POSITIONS AND CUTTING BACK THE 667 00:20:19,433 --> 00:20:20,900 SERVICES THAT THEY SHOULD BE 668 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:22,266 PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITIES 669 00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:24,066 THAT THEY ARE BUDGETED FOR AND 670 00:20:24,066 --> 00:20:25,000 MANDATED TO DO. 671 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,100 AND THAT IS THE TRAGEDY OF THIS. 672 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:28,966 I'M HEARING IT. 673 00:20:28,966 --> 00:20:30,233 >> DO YOU GET IT -- 674 00:20:30,233 --> 00:20:31,500 FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 675 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:32,733 >> I HEAR IT FROM MY 676 00:20:32,733 --> 00:20:34,166 CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE CONCERNS 677 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:36,400 THAT THE MONEY IS NOT COMING 678 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:36,933 THEIR WAY. 679 00:20:36,933 --> 00:20:37,933 AND LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 680 00:20:37,933 --> 00:20:39,966 THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOT FILLING 681 00:20:39,966 --> 00:20:41,400 POSITIONS. 682 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,066 YOU HAVE WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS 683 00:20:43,066 --> 00:20:43,766 THIS ADMINISTRATION REALLY 684 00:20:43,766 --> 00:20:48,500 TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE VERY 685 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,733 AGENCIES THAT ARE THERE TO 686 00:20:50,733 --> 00:20:53,500 SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT ARE 687 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:54,966 RELYING ON THAT SUPPORT. 688 00:20:54,966 --> 00:20:57,333 >> LOOKING FORWARD TO 2020, AND 689 00:20:57,333 --> 00:20:58,466 AS A RESULT OF WHAT IS GOING ON 690 00:20:58,466 --> 00:21:00,333 WITH THE FEDERAL BUDGET, A 691 00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:03,400 NUMBER OF YOUR FEMALE COLLEAGUES 692 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,500 ARE OFTEN NAMES ARE BANTIED 693 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,233 ABOUT AS POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC 694 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:09,266 NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT INCLUDING 695 00:21:09,266 --> 00:21:11,366 SENATOR GILLIBRAND, SENATOR 696 00:21:11,366 --> 00:21:13,400 HARRIS, DO YOU THINK THE 697 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,866 DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE A FEMALE 698 00:21:15,866 --> 00:21:17,700 NOMINEE NEXT TIME AROUND? 699 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:20,233 >> I HAVE NO IDEA. 700 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:22,500 BUT IS IT TIME TO ELECT A FEMALE 701 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:23,266 PRESIDENT? 702 00:21:23,266 --> 00:21:24,600 ABSOLUTELY. 703 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,166 I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME 704 00:21:26,166 --> 00:21:27,200 INCREDIBLE WOMEN RIGHT NOW IN 705 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,800 THE UNITED STATES SENATE. 706 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,266 IF WE WERE IN MAJORITY MANY OF 707 00:21:30,266 --> 00:21:32,466 THESE WOMEN WOULD BE CHAIRING 708 00:21:32,466 --> 00:21:33,833 THE COMMITTEES FROM HOMELAND 709 00:21:33,833 --> 00:21:35,766 SECURITY TO AGRICULTURE. 710 00:21:35,766 --> 00:21:36,666 YOU NAME IT. 711 00:21:36,666 --> 00:21:38,433 SMALL BUSINESSES. 712 00:21:38,433 --> 00:21:39,500 THEY HAVE TO HEALTHCARE. 713 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:41,800 THEY HAVE EXPERTISE IN AREAS 714 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,600 THEY ARE SMART, THEY REALLY 715 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,333 FOCUSED ON SOLVING PROBLEMS AND 716 00:21:45,333 --> 00:21:48,666 GETTING THINGS DONE FOR THE 717 00:21:48,666 --> 00:21:49,466 AMERICAN PUBLIC. 718 00:21:49,466 --> 00:21:51,566 AND I THINK THEY WOULD DO AN 719 00:21:51,566 --> 00:21:51,800 INCREDIBLE JOB. 720 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,066 >> WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST 721 00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:55,633 LIKELY TO GET THE NOMINATION? 722 00:21:55,633 --> 00:21:56,500 >> GOODNESS, I COULD NOT ANSWER 723 00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:57,566 THAT. 724 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:58,500 >> WHY NOT? 725 00:21:58,500 --> 00:21:59,466 >> BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY 726 00:21:59,466 --> 00:22:01,266 PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT 727 00:22:01,266 --> 00:22:03,066 THAT WILL COME FORWARD THERE ARE 728 00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:04,333 GREAT FOLKS OUT THERE AND WE 729 00:22:04,333 --> 00:22:05,433 HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 730 00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:06,666 >> YOU THINK SOMEBODY WILL BE 731 00:22:06,666 --> 00:22:09,066 COMING FROM NOT FROM THE 732 00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:10,366 SENATE -- 733 00:22:10,366 --> 00:22:11,733 >> YOU NEVER KNOW. 734 00:22:11,733 --> 00:22:12,633 BILL CLINTON DID NOT COME FROM 735 00:22:12,633 --> 00:22:14,100 THE SENATE AND OTHERS DID NOT 736 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,266 COME FROM THE SENATE TO RUN FOR 737 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:17,200 OFFICE. 738 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,066 OR WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME. 739 00:22:19,066 --> 00:22:20,600 WE KNOW IN THE PAST MANY 740 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,533 GOVERNORS RUN FOR PRESIDENT. 741 00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:25,133 AND THEY BECOME GOOD PRESIDENTS. 742 00:22:25,133 --> 00:22:26,166 YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. 743 00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:28,166 >> DO YOU SEE NEVADA ELECTING 744 00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:30,233 MORE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MEMBERS AS 745 00:22:30,233 --> 00:22:31,900 A RESULT OF BUDGETS THAT ARE 746 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:32,800 BEING CUT? 747 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,966 >> WELL, RIGHT NOW OUT OF THE 748 00:22:34,966 --> 00:22:36,733 FOUR WE HAVE THREE DEMOCRATIC 749 00:22:36,733 --> 00:22:38,033 HOUSE MEMBERS. 750 00:22:38,033 --> 00:22:39,300 I THINK THERE IS A GOOD SHOT 751 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:43,033 WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IN 752 00:22:43,033 --> 00:22:44,000 GENERAL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 753 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,600 GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE FOR 754 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:46,866 THE STATE OF NEVADA. 755 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,733 >> IS THERE ANGER OUT THERE? 756 00:22:48,733 --> 00:22:51,033 >> THERE'S FRUSTRATION. 757 00:22:51,033 --> 00:22:53,966 I KNOW IN NEVADA, LISTEN THIS 758 00:22:53,966 --> 00:22:56,266 LAST ELECTION WE TURNED THE 759 00:22:56,266 --> 00:22:56,866 STATE BLUE. 760 00:22:56,866 --> 00:22:58,133 HILLARY WON. 761 00:22:58,133 --> 00:22:58,666 I WON. 762 00:22:58,666 --> 00:23:00,766 WE WON TWO SEATS AND FLIPPED 763 00:23:00,766 --> 00:23:02,800 BOTH STATE HOUSES DEMOCRAT. 764 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:03,566 AND THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH 765 00:23:03,566 --> 00:23:05,400 THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT, THAT 766 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,933 SUPPORTED THE MESSAGE THAT 767 00:23:06,933 --> 00:23:10,633 SUPPORTED WHAT THEY HEARD PEOPLE 768 00:23:10,633 --> 00:23:12,466 WERE GOING TO FIGHT FOR ON THEIR 769 00:23:12,466 --> 00:23:14,233 BEHALF WHETHER IT IS JOBS, 770 00:23:14,233 --> 00:23:18,033 WAGES, IMMIGRATION REFORM, YOU 771 00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:19,166 NAME IT. 772 00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:21,200 THINGS THAT THEY CARED ABOUT, 773 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,100 THAT THEY STILL CARE ABOUT, 774 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:25,066 EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR THEIR KIDS. 775 00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:27,366 MAKING SURE THEIR KIDS DO NOT 776 00:23:27,366 --> 00:23:29,266 GRADUATE WITH TONS OF DEBT IN 777 00:23:29,266 --> 00:23:30,933 NEVADA AND THE COUNTRY IF YOU 778 00:23:30,933 --> 00:23:32,166 SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO 779 00:23:32,166 --> 00:23:34,400 HARD-WORKING FAMILIES, YOU WILL 780 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,533 FIND COMMON GROUND AND TALK 781 00:23:36,533 --> 00:23:39,800 ABOUT HOW TOGETHER YOU CAN 782 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,033 REALLY BRING HERE TO WASHINGTON 783 00:23:43,033 --> 00:23:44,533 A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES. 784 00:23:44,533 --> 00:23:45,933 AND THAT IS WHAT I'VE SAID TO 785 00:23:45,933 --> 00:23:48,400 NEVADA IT IS NOT MY VOICE IT'S 786 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,066 YOUR VOICES. 787 00:23:49,066 --> 00:23:51,900 I GO HOME TO MY STATE AND I ON A 788 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:53,100 REGULAR BASIS I MEET WITH 789 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:55,800 DREAMERS AND THEIR AUTO FAMILIES 790 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:56,666 AND IT IS NO DIFFERENT. 791 00:23:56,666 --> 00:23:58,966 WE SIT AROUND AND TALK AND TELL 792 00:23:58,966 --> 00:24:00,666 STORIES ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLE AND 793 00:24:00,666 --> 00:24:02,333 FIGHT JUST TO HAVE THAT AMERICAN 794 00:24:02,333 --> 00:24:02,800 DREAM. 795 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,300 AND THEY ARE CRYING MANY ARE 796 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,300 AFRAID TO TELL THEIR STORIES. 797 00:24:08,300 --> 00:24:09,566 I WILL TELL YOU THE FIRST TIME I 798 00:24:09,566 --> 00:24:12,166 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH 799 00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:14,333 DREAMERS THEY HAD NEVER TOLD 800 00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:15,466 THEIR STORY BECAUSE THEY WERE 801 00:24:15,466 --> 00:24:17,633 TOO AFRAID TO TELL IT. 802 00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:18,966 THEY WERE TOO AFRAID IF THEY 803 00:24:18,966 --> 00:24:21,800 TOLD IT AND LEFT THEIR HOME AND 804 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,433 WENT TO HOME OR SCHOOL IF THEY 805 00:24:23,433 --> 00:24:25,733 CAME BACK THEIR PARENTS WOULD 806 00:24:25,733 --> 00:24:26,766 NOT BE THERE. 807 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:28,900 AND THAT IS NO DIFFERENT NOW. 808 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:30,666 THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT 809 00:24:30,666 --> 00:24:32,500 THEY ARE DOING IS CONTINUING THE 810 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,400 FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 811 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,233 AND THAT IS WHY NOW MORE THAN 812 00:24:36,233 --> 00:24:38,166 EVER WE HAVE TO PASS THE DREAM 813 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:39,000 ACT. 814 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,500 >> WE NEED TO HAVE THIS 815 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:41,766 CONVERSATION AND WE NEED TO TALK 816 00:24:41,766 --> 00:24:43,500 WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR YOU AND 817 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:45,433 HOW CAN WE DO THIS TOGETHER? 818 00:24:45,433 --> 00:24:46,466 >> THANK YOU SENATOR. 819 00:24:46,466 --> 00:24:48,200 THIS WAS FABULOUS. 820 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:48,700 >> THANK YOU. 821 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:48,766 THANK YOU. 822 00:24:48,766 --> 00:24:51,500 >> THAT'S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF 823 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:52,333 TO THE CONTRARY. 824 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:53,600 FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER. 825 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,133 AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE, 826 00:24:55,133 --> 00:24:55,900 PBS.ORG/TOTHECONTRARY. 827 00:24:55,900 --> 00:25:00,100 AND WHETHER YOU AGREE OR THINK 828 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:08,400 TO THE CONTRARY, SEE YOU 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