ROLL. ALAN ANDERSON ATKINS BATES
BELL BERRYHILL BRADFORD CANNELLA
DELEON DOT FULLER GAINES
GALGIANI GLAZER HERNANDEZ
HERTZBERG HILL HUESO. JACKSON
LADA LEYVA MCGUIRE MENDOZA
MITCHELL MONNING MORE LOCKED THE
RAIL NEWMAN NGUYEN NIELSEN PAN.
PORTANTINO ROTH SKINNER STERN
STONE BIDAK Y. KATHY WIENER
WILL.
LAZY JOURNALISM. MCCORMICK'S
PRESENT WITH THE MEMBERS IN OUR
GAS ME ON THE RADIO AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RISE WILL BE LEAD
IN PRAYER THIS MORNING BY OUR
CHAPLAIN.
SISTER MICHELLE GORMAN AFTER
WHICH WE ASK ALL OF YOU PLEASE
REMAIN STANDING WILL BE LED IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY
BY TE DEAN OF THE SENATE.
CENTER NIELSEN.
LET US BICU CENTERED IN GOD'S
PRESENCE.
THIS IS THE POEM FROM A MARY
WICKHAM CALLED MERCY.
IF WE UTTERED THE WORD MERCY.
STANDING EACH OF US BY AN OPEN
WINDOW.
ANYWHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD'S.
THEN THE WORD MERCY WILL CARRY
ON THE SOUND WAVES
ON WORDS AND UNCEASING.
THROUGHTHE AIR OF THE WOUNDED
WORLDS.
AND MAYBE WHEN IT TAKES FLIGHTS.
INTO DEEDS UNKINDNESS
JUSTICE AND EFFORT.
ISRAEL AFFECTING HEALING OF OPE
AND A BLESSING.
IT MAY CALL THE HOMELESS HOME.
IT MAY COAX TO HOPE THE BITRATE
AND BROKEN.
IT BAY IS THE BURDENS EARTH.
LISTEN FOREST'S.
LISTEN FOR ITS NEIGHBORLY
DIALECTS AND GLOBAL IDIOM.
IMAGINE THOSE WHO LIKE YOU ARE
SAYING IT'S ALOUD'S.
AND THOSE WHO NEED TO HEAR IT.
TODAY.
ONE WORDS.
ONE DEEDS OF JUSTICE.
ONE KIND EFFORTS AT A TIME.
SO GRACIOUS GODS GIVE US THE
COURAGE TO SAY AND TO BE MERCY
TODAY AMEN.
YEAH SO I.
SPACES.
ZERO. SAN.
NPO.
MEMBERS.
WITH I CAN TO TAKE CARE SOME
HOUSEKEEPING IN MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS
WE MOVE TOWARDS THIS HISTORIC.
STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS BY
GOVERNOR BROWN.
PRIOR TO RECESSING WE ARE GONNA
BE GOING TO PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR WHICH WILL BE LED BY
SENATOR Y. KOWSKI.
THAT WE WILL THEN RECESS IN WALK
OVER TOGETHER. A BIPARTISAN
MANNER.
YOU BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THAT
LAST IN HISTORIC ADDRESS BY
GOVERNOR BROWN.
THIS SENATE WILL THEN RECONVENE.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE STATE
OF THE STATE ADDRESS HERE IN
THESE CHAMBERS.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. LET'S GO TO
THE PRO TEM'S DESK
SENATOR MY CASKET FOR WHAT
REASON YOU RISE.
FOR PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
THE FORCE OR SIR I THANK YOU
MISTER PRESIDENT EACH YEAR THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE'S OUTDOOR MAGAZINE
THE OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA WATCHABLE WILDLIFE IN
THIS YEAR IN THE VATICAN SERVANT
SEE HAVOC PHOTO CONTEST A VOTE.
WILDLIFE PHOTO OF THE YEAR
THERE'S OVER TWO HUNDRED IMAGES
IN THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
COMPETITION AND SANTA CLARA'S
OWNED A.
SURE VON SOON DHAHRAN IS NOW THE
WINNER OF TE TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPH
HE'S IN. UC DAVIS WILDLIFE
BIOLOGY MAJOR HE SAID MY
CONSTITUENT HIS PHOTO WHICH
ISN'T BEHIND ME IS DOWNSTAIRS
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A WARM SENATE
WELCOME FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN WILDLIFE. PHOTO OF THE
YEAR CONTEST WINNER MY
CONSTITUENT.
SIOBHAN OF SIN DOT.
DURING GRADUATION.
WHILE.
THAT IS A SPECTACULAR PHOTO
BOBCAT COMING DOWN THE TREE.
THROUGH MY KOWSKI WOULD YOU MIND
LIFTING THAT PHOTO WHATSOEVER TO
CONCEDE THAT IS SPECTACULAR.
CONGRADULATIONS THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WE'RE STILL UNDER PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR LET'S GO TO SENATOR
DODD FOR AN INTRODUCTION.
WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THAT FOR
THAT IN JUST A BIT.
MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
RECESS HERE NOW.
NOW WE'RE GONNA BE HEADING OVER
TO THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES.
I WILL THEY BE RECONVENING HERE
IN THE SENATE CHAMBER
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE STATE
OF THE STATE EVEN TAKE UP THE
REMAINDER OF OUR ACTION ITEMS
THANK YOU SO MUCH IN IF I
EVERYONE CAN PLEASE HOLD. AS WE
WILL BE WALKING OVER TOGETHER IN
JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
THE SENATE IS NOW IN RECESS
.
COLLEAGUES.
IT IS NINE FORTY FIVE WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO IS IN UNISON
TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF THE
BIPARTISAN CAMARADERIE THAT WE
ALL SHARE TOGETHER DEMOCRATS OR
REPUBLICANS. WHO KNOW MARCH
TOGETHER LOCKED IN ARMS IN
SOLIDARITY AS WE STORE IN THE
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER YOU NOW? WITH
THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE I KNOW THAT THE LEADER
FROM.
SIDE NOTE.
IT MERELY UPON.
THE END OF THE STATE OF THE
STATE SPEECH BY OUR GOVERNOR.
WE WILL A REAL JOURNEY.
ALL RECONVENE I SHOULD SAY OUR
SESSION HERE EMILY UPON
ADJOURNMENT OF THE SAY THE
STATE'S A JUST OF A FRIENDLY
MINOR AT SO WE CAN ALL GO
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCH
IT'S PRO TEM IN NOW THE PROTEIN
WILL BE LEADING US HERE IN JUST
A FEW MOMENTS THINKING MEMBERS.
YEAH
ORGAN ASSET ALL SENATORS PLEASE
REPORT TO THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY
WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT ALL
SENATORS PLEASE REPORT THE FLOOR
IMMEDIATELY THINK IT ALSO HAVE
SERGEANTS. AT BRING SENATORS THE
FLOOR IS WELL THANK YOU
THEY SING GENERAL OF THE SENATE
WE NEED ALL SENATORS TO PLEASE
REPORT TO THE FLOOR THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES WE NEED TO BE.
TRAVELING DOWN TO RETURN IF ALL
SINNERS COULD PLEASE REPORT TO
THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY
SENATE WILL CONVENE. IN THIRTY
SECONDS SENATE WILL RECONVENE IN
THIRTY SECONDS
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN THE SENATE WE WILL BE
RECONVENING.
WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING AT ITEM
NUMBER FOUR MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR.
THOSE MESSAGES WILL BE DEEMED
READ.
MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL
BE DEEMED READ.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED.
WE'RE GONNA NOW MOVED TO
INTRODUCTIONS IN FIRST READINGS
OF BILLS WHICH YOU'RE GONNA BE
DEEMED READ.
I.
WELL YEAH SAYS SENATOR BATES WHO
HAVE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IN THE
* LOUNGE.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IN THE COCK
SOLANGE.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IN THE*
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE SENATE.
WE'RE GONNA BE RECONVENING IN
THIRTY SECONDS
WELL GOOD MORNING WE THE NIGHT
YOU CAN
FEDERATION OF THE DAILY FILE ARE
GONNA START WITH THE SECOND
READING OF FILE MISTER SECRETARY
PLEASE READ.
SENATE BILL FOR NINETEEN SENATE
BILL SEVEN FOURTEEN ASSEMBLY
BILL FOR A THREE THANK YOU SO
MUCH AS A SECRETARY.
MEMBERS ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
SENATE THIRD READING ITEM FIFTY
NINE MISTER SECRETARY PLEASE
READ.
SENATE RESOLUTION SEVENTY NINE
BY SENATOR DE LEóN RELATIVE TO
THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE
FOR THE TWENTY SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN REGULAR SESSION.
SENATOR THE ON THE FLOOR IS
YOURS FIGURE MUCH.
MISS PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE
US SENATE RULES RESOLUTION
NUMBER SEVENTY NINE I THINK IT'S
PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY I THINK
COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES THE AL
HAVE THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEFORE
THEM. UP I DO WANNA MAKE UP A
CERTAIN A COUPLE POINTS.
SO WE CAN CLARIFY IT.
FOR THE BODY ITSELF BUT WE WILL
HAVE AN AMENDED VERSION OF
SOMETIME NEXT WEEK TO CLARIFY
THAT THIS WILL BE AN EXTENSION.
OF FOR MAXIMUM OF SIXTY DAYS.
SIXTY DAYS PER ANY DECISION
MADE BY THE SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE ALSO TO I WANNA MAKE A
A PUBLIC.
.
THE STATEMENT THAT I WILL BE
WORKING CLOSELY OUT WITH OUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES.
CENTER UP UP PAT BATES.
TO DRAFT IN THE.
IF WE COULD HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE IN THE MEDIA BAY PLEASE KEEP
YOUR VOICES DOWN.
TO DRAFT ANY LANGUAGE TO FORESEE
ANY POTENTIAL UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
THIS IS OF A MEASURE THAT I
BELIEVE IS A BIPARTISAN MEASURE
THAT CONFERS ON THE RULES
COMMITTEE.
A NEWS OF A RULE.
DEALING WITH A LEAVES OF
ABSENCES I WILL BE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH OUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES AT A SPECIFICALLY
WITH MISS PAT BATES AS WELL AS.
THE REPUBLICAN STAFF TO DEAL
SPECIFICALLY WITH ANY NEW
LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE THAT WILL
BE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH ANY
FORCING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
A COLLEAGUES ARE SIMPLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SENATOR ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE THAT'S
GOING TO SENATOR ANDERSON THOUGH
GO TO SENATOR STONE.
MEMBERS IDEA.
I'M NOT HAPPY TO SPEAK AGAINST
US I WISH THERE WAS A BETTER
PATH FOR US.
AND I WANT TO.
I AM NOT.
IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
CHALLENGING THE PRO TEM'S
SINCERITY OR INTEGRITY ON THIS
ISSUE I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
BUT WHAT WE DO TODAY IS COULD
IMPACT US TOMORROW AND LONG
AFTER OF LEFTIST LEGISLATURE
WILL IMPACT THIS FLOOR.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GET IT
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
AND I GET THAT WE THOUGHT THE
INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE BY
NOW AND CONCLUSIONS WERE TO.
CONCUR WORK THE LAST MOMENT JUST
LIKE WITH OUR BUDGET AT THE LAST
SECOND.
AND WERE FORCED INTO DECISIONS
THAT I DON'T THINK ARE CRACKED.
IF YOU EXTEND.
OUR AN ABSENCE.
A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE
MEMBER.
THAT'S NOT A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
THAT'S A SUSPENSION.
AND UNDER PROP FIFTY IT NEEDS TO
COME TO THIS FLOOR AND WE ALL
NEED TO VOTE ON IT.
NOW.
IF GIVEN MY DRUTHERS I'D LIKE T
SEE. THE MEMBER FROM ARTESIA.
TAKEN EXTENDED LEAVE OF ABSENCE
I THINK IT'S IN HIS BEST
INTEREST TO HAVE HIS NAME CLEAR.
BECAUSE IT PUTS HIM ABOVE
REPROACH WHEN HE'S IN HIS
DISTRICT HE CAN'T BE ACCUSED OF
INFLUENCING THE PROCESS.
AND I THINK IT GIVES THE
VICTIMS.
WELL OR THAT THE ACCUSERS
A CONFIDENCE
THAT THIS IS AN HONEST AND OPEN
AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
BUT TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A
RIGHT.
AND WHEN WE FORCED AIR ON HIM.
THEN LET'S INVOKE PROP FIFTY.
AND PRHAPS IF WE TALK ABOUT
DOING IT ON MONDAY.
PROP FIFTY ASPECT.
PERHAPS THE PRO TERM CAN DISCUSS
WITH THE MEMBER.
IN DETAIL.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY
OF THE ISSUE.
BUT I CANNOT FORCE.
MANSON KEY ARE HIGH ABSENCE.
ON SOMEBODY WHO HAS A REQUESTED.
WITHOUT IT COMING TO A VOTE OF
THIS FLOOR IN GIVING THAT
AUTHORITY TO RULES.
I BELIEVE FAR VIOLATES PROP
FIFTY BECAUSE YOU CAN CALL. YOU
CAN CALL THE LIPSTICK YOU WANT
ON IT BUT IT'S STILL A PICK.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS SUSPENDED ON.
AND WE'RE NOT HAVING A VOTE ON
THE FLOOR.
SOME DAY ON THIS FLOOR. MAYBE IT
MAY NOT BE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
MAYBE IT'S A WHOLE NEW PARTY IN
MAJORITY BUT TERMS AREN'T THAT
SUPERMAJORITY.
AND YOU WILL BE THE MINORITY.
AND YOU THESE RULES THAT WE PUT
IN PLACE WILL EITHER PROTECT YOU
OR PUT YOU AT RISK.
MEMBERS.
LET'S NOT RUSH INTO THIS.
LET'S GIVE THE PRO TERM THE
WEEKEND. AND THAT'S.
DO IT RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WE WOULDN'T HAVE A VOTE
ON THIS FLOOR WHEN WE HAD THREE
SENATORS.
WHO RAN AFOUL THE LAW? AND I
WANT HAVE A VOTE TO EXPEL HIM
BECAUSE THE ONLY.
REMEDY WE HAD WAS TO CENSURE OR
EXPEL.
AND THIS FLOOR DECIDED THAT
THEY'RE GONNA PUT PROP FIFTY ON
THE BALLOT.
SO THAT YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY
TO SUSPEND A MATTER. ARE A
MEMBER WITH OR WITHOUT PAY.
AND NOW YOU'RE SHIRKING
RESPONSIBILITY.
AND YOU'RE CHANGING THE RULES
YET AGAIN.
BY FORCING AN EXTENDED LEAVE OF
ABSENCE ON A MEMBER WHO HAS NOT
REQUESTED.
CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
HALF THE PROPER VOTE EQUIPPED
GAMING THE SYSTEM.
THIS IS WHY VICTIMS ARE AFRAID
TO COME FORWARD THIS IS WHAT WE
HAVE TO LEGISLATORS WHO IN THE
PAPER SAID.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO LET THEIR
NAMES OUT.
ALTHOUGH THEY FEEL SEXUALLY
HARASSED BECAUSE.
THE OTHER MEMBERS TOO POWERFUL
AND THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY STAND
UP WE MUST BE TRANSPARENT.
WE MUST BE CLEAR IN OUR PROCESS%
FOR THE VICTIMS.
AND FOR.
HOW DOES BEING ACCUSED?
SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU NOT VOTE
FOR THIS.
THAT WE GO BACK.
YEAH AND TRY TO TO WORK WITH THE
MEMBER TO GET THEM TO HAVE
REQUEST A LEAVE OF THAT EXTENDED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
A WE HAVE A PROP FIFTY VOTE FOR
SUSPENSION.
BUT IF WEEK START GAMING THE
SYSTEM AGAIN LIKE WE DID WHEN
WHEN I TRY TO EXPEL HAVE. NOT
TRIED TO EXPEL TRIED TO HAVE A
VOTE TO EXPEL. THE NEWS NO
GUARANTEE THOSE MEMBERS WOULD BE
EXPELLED AND THERE'S NO
GUARANTEE.
THAT THIS MEMBER WILL BE
SUSPENDED.
BUT LET'S NOT GAME THE SYSTEM
WHEN SO MUCH IS AT RISK THE
WORLD IS WATCHING US TODAY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT US.
WE'RE SENDING A SIGNAL.
ARE WE GOING TO BE TRUE TO THOSE
WHO ARE HARASSED.
ARE WE CAN GIVE THEM A VOICE.
AND THIS IS PART OF THAT PROCESS
AND I THINK THE FAIREST.
VIGOROUS WAY TO GO.
IS FOR THAT MEMBER TO ASK FOR AN
EXTENDED STAY WE GRANTED.
SO THAT THE HE SAID THEY GET A
FAIR HEARING BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY THE VICTIMS GET A
FAIR HEARING OR THE ACCUSERS GET
A FAIR HEARING.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL NOT
BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY I THINK
THAT WERE BETTER THAN THIS WE
CAN COME TO SACRAMENTO TO CHANGE
THE RULES AND GAME THE SYSTEM.
TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT.
WE CAME HERE.
TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR ALL
CALIFORNIANS
AND I THINK THE OR THERE'S ONLY
ONE PATH IN DOING THAT. SO
MEMBERS I URGE ARGENEAU VOTER
MASS.
THANK YOU SENATOR WE'RE NOT
GONNA GO TO SENATOR STONE WE'RE
GONNA LEADER BATES IN IN SENATOR
ALLEN.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
IS IS MEMBERS KNOW I SPOKE ON
THIS ISSUE ON ON CONDITION OF
THE FILE AND ENCOURAGE.
ANYONE THAT FEELS THAT THEY'VE
BEEN A VICTIM BUT ARE AFRAID TO
COME FORWARD TO.
TO TO CALL OUR OFFICE IN AND AND
MAKE THEIR PLIGHT KNOWN TO US.
AND.
I'VE SPOKEN. WITH SOME.
POTENTIAL VICTIMS
THAT SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE
IN THE SENATE IS NOTHING MORE
THAN A CIRCUS.
AND ARE SCARED OF COMING FORWARD
FOR FEAR OF. RETALIATION.
YOU KNOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT IN THE ASSEMBLY WHEN THEY
HAD.
SIMILAR ISSUES WAS SIMILAR
MEMBERS THAT THE.
SPEAKER MADE A VERY CLEAR.
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RESIGN.
OR GUN EXPEL YOU.
HEARSAY DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
TRUE OR NOT.
BUT HERE WE ARE.
AT THE END OF A THIRTY DAY
PROCESS.
GETTING A LAST MINUTE
RESOLUTION.
GETTING A LAST MINUTE LETTER
FROM.
SENATOR MENDOZA.
WHO REFUSES TO VOLUNTARILY FROM
MY UNDERSTANDING?
CONTINUE HIS LEAVE ABSENCE
WHICH WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE
ACTION.
FOR HIM TO TAKE.
BUT WE NEED TO SET A RECORD.
MAKE IT CLEAR.
MAKE IT TRANSPARENT.
THAT THIS INSTITUTION.
BELIEVES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS
A SERIOUS OFFENSE.
WHEN IS THE MAJORITY PARTY WHO
PRETENDS TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS
OF WOMEN GOING TO LEARN THAT
GIVING COVER TO A SENATOR. WHO'S
BEEN AT CUES OF A VERY SERIOUS
OFFENSES.
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
LAST WEEKEND THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
CAME TO THE CAPITOL TO MARCH.
AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF SIGNS
STATING THAT.
WE HEAR YOU.
ON MONDAY SEVERAL MEMBERS GOT UP
AND SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF ROE VERSUS WADE CLAIMING THE
WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL
THEIR OWN BODIES YES.
WOMEN MATTER YES.
WOMEN ARE VALUED WOMEN ARE TO
BELIEVED WHEN THEY CLAIM
HARASSMENT.
BUT.
SR SEVENTY NINE IS OFFENSIVE.
IT GIVES HE SENATOR AN EXTENDED
PAID VACATION WHILE ALLEGATIONS
OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ARE BEING
INVESTIGATED.
BY THIS BODY WITH.
VERY LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THE RESULTS COME
AND ARE THEY GONNA BE REPORTED
TO THE RULES COMMITTEE OTHER
GOING TO REPORT IT TO THE MEDIA.
IF THE SENATOR WHO UNDER
INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN A
REPUBLICAN.
MY FRIENDS BE HONEST SUB
CONSCIOUSLY.
HOW LONG WOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE
THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS
IN THE DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE WOULD
OF CALL FOR HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE
EXPULSION?
I CONTEND IT WOULD HAPPEN
IMMEDIATELY.
NOVAK I'D SPECULATE WOULD
ALREADY HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION
CALLED TO REPLACE HIM.
AND THAT'S THE RULES OF COURSE
ARE CHANGED.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A RESOLUTION
BE HELD IN RULES COMMITTEE SR
SIXTY NINE THE CALLS FOR THE
EXPULSION OF THE MEMBER BEING
INVESTIGATED.
WHY IS THAT RELEVANT RESOLUTION
NOT ON THIS FLOOR TODAY?
THE MAJORITY PARTY OF THIS.
BODIES CERTAINLY SEEMS MORE
INTENT ON KEEPING ITS PRECIOUS
TWO THIRDS MAJORITY. THAN IT
DOES FOR PROTECTING THE RIGHTS
OF WOMEN.
WHO WORK HERE AND DON'T HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE?
THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING FOR THEM.
AND PRESERVE THEIR ABILITY TO
WORK.
IN THIS PRESTIGE IS BODY.
IF HIS BODY PASSES THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY WOMEN ACROSS
CALIFORNIA WILL HEAR SENATE
DEMOCRATS SAY THAT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IS NOT A SERIOUS
OFFENSE.
AND YOU WILL QUELL.
ANYONE THAT'S BEEN VICTIMIZED BY
MEMBERS OF THIS INSTITUTION FROM
COMING FORWARD NOT ONLY TODAY.
BUT THEY'LL NEVER TRUST THE
PROCESS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
BILL HERE THAT THE LEADERSHIP
THIS BODY CARES MORE ABOUT
SAVING THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF A
DEMOCRATIC USE OF SERIOUSNESS
CONDUCT. THEN THE WOMEN THAT HE
ALLEGEDLY.
HARASSED.
FINALLY.
THE PEOPLE WHO TAUGHT VARIOUS
HASHTAGS LIKE WE HEAR YOU.
WE BELIEVE YOU.
MAY COME UP WITH THE NEW SLOGAN
SOMETHING LIKE HASH TAG.
WE IGNORED YOU.
MEMBERS PLEASE.
VOTE NO ON SR SEVENTY NINE DON'T
LET SENATORS GET AWAY. WITH
SEXUAL HARASSMENT LET'S STAND UP
FOR THE VICTIMS AND GIVEN THE
FREEDOM OF CONSCIOUS TO COME
FORWARD. AND FACE THEIR
ACCUSERS.
THEY GIVE A CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU LATER BATES.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT OF
THE.
A FEW COMMENTS HAS WE HIGH
DELIBERATE AGAIN A VERY SERIOUS
ISSUE BEFORE THIS BODY.
WHILE MANY MEMBERS OF BOTH
PARTIES BELIEVE THAT CENTER
MENDOZA IS ENTITLED TO DUE
PROCESS IT CERTAINLY AND I THINK
WILL AGREE THAT IT CENTER
MENDOZA HIMSELF WHO'S PUTTING
HIMSELF. IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT
POSITION AND CERTAIN HILLS
CERTAINLY IS COLLEAGUES ON THIS
FOR.
OUR RULES COMMUNE.
MEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE
FIRST MADE AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL
FOR THIS RULES CHANGE SHOW IN A
CLOSED SESSION IN THE SENATE
RULES COMMITTEE. THERE WAS NO
COMMUNICATION TO OUR CAUCUSES A
HOLDER WITH MY OFFICE UNTIL WE
INQUIRED YESTERDAY. AFTER WE USE
RECEIVE THE LANGUAGE OF THIS
RESOLUTION AND THAT WAS QUITE
LATE IN THE DAY. IT IS BEEN
RUSHED TO THE SENATE FLOOR AND
HERE WE ARE DEALING WITH MATTER
WHEN WE SHOULD BE REALLY HEADED
TO YOU ARE THE AIRPORT TO CATCH
OUR. VARIOUS FLIGHTS SO MUCH FOR
ALL THE TALK OF TRANSPARENCY SO
MUCH FOR ALL THE TALK OF DEALING
WITH THESE ISSUES ON A
BIPARTISAN BASIS.
YESTERDAY IN THE JOINT RULES
COMMITTEE THAT PHONE NUMBER OF
ARE THE MEMBERS BIPARTISAN
PARTICIPATED IN. THERE WAS QUITE
A DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING THE
CULTURE NOW HOW DOES THIS RUSH
JOB CHANGE THE CULTURE.
I PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY ASKED
LEADERSHIP APPROACH HIM AND.
THE SENATE OF SECRETARY ABOUT
THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE THAT IT WAS
EXPIRING WHAT WERE WE GOING TO
DO ABOUT IT WE SENT A LETTER I
READ THE LETTER. IT CLEARLY SAID
YOU SHOULD NOT RATHER THAN YOU
SHALL NOT BE PRESENT WITH THE IN
THE SENATE HERE IN THE CAPITAL
IN USING SENATE RESOURCES I ASK
THEM TO SPELL OUT THE
CONSEQUENCES. IF THAT HAPPENED
THAT DID NOT APPEN IN AGAIN
HERE WE ARE ARE ON A JOB RUSH
JOB I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE. WHAT
THE GOOD SENATOR FROM SAN DIEGO
SAD HE'S SPOT ON IN TERMS OF THE
LAW DIFFICULTY THERE'S PLACED US
IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD? OF
THE MEASURE THIS BEING PROPOSALS
CLOSE TO BE TEMPORARY AND I DO
ACKNOWLEDGE.
BR PROTONS COMMITMENT OUGHT TO
LOOK AT LANGUAGE THAT BETTER
SUITS THIS RATHER UNIQUE
SITUATION BUT IT IS NOT GOOD
ENOUGH WHEN HAS BROUGHT TO US ON
SUCH SHORT NOTICE IN FRANKLY I
WILL BE VERY VERY CANDID I AM
GETTING VERY TIRED OF HEARING
THE TERM BIPARTISAN. WHEN IT'S
NOT OPERATIVE IN THIS CHAMBER IN
IT HAS TO CHANGE ESPECIALLY WE
COME UPON A SITUATION LIKE THIS
THAT ESSENTIALLY NOT PUTS OUR
SENATOR MENDOZA AT RISK IT PUTS
ALL OF US AT RISK. ALL DELEGATED
TO SOME RULES
COMMITTEE THEY MAY HAVE YOU KNOW
TWO OR THREE MEMBERS THERE OUGHT
IN A CLOSED SESSION EVEN IF IT'S
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH BECAUSE THAT
REFLECTS ON EVERYONE OF US WHO
DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO ENTER
OUR CONCERNS. OR COMMENTS AND
CERTAINLY RESPOND TO THE GOOD
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA WHO ARE
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE
IN AS A NATION WIDE CONCERN IF
WE'RE GOING TO BE LEADING ON AT.
THE LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT
REALLY IS VERY THE LIBERTY OF
ITS QUICK DUE PROCESS FAIR AND
JUST SO TODAY WHILE I WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO SUPPORT THIS I WILL NOT
BE SUPPORTING IT. BUT I WILL
LOOK TO OUR PROTIUM TO TAKE US
FORWARD INCOME TO SOME JUST
CONCLUSION THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPACE.
CHRIS SENATOR ALLEN A RIGOROUS
CENTER WIENER CENTER ON THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
MEMBERS I DON'T THINK THEY WERE
READING THE SAME RESOLUTION.
I I DON'T I I I WONDER WHETHER
MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS SIDE OF
THE AISLE ARE. FULLY
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S BEING
PROPOSED HERE.
WHAT THIS ALLOWS IS FOR THE
RULES COMMITTEE TO?
DELINEATE VERY SPECIFICALLY THE
CONCERNS THAT WERE JUST RAISED
BY THE MINORITY LEADER.
AND IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS
THAT A MEMBER OF THE SENATE SOME
NOT EXERCISE. ANY OF THE RIGHTS
PRIVILEGES DUTIES ARE POWERS OF
HIS OUR OFFICE OR UTILIZING THE
RESOURCES OF THE LEGISLATURE
DURING.
THE PERIOD OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
I THINK IT'S VERY CLEARLY
SPELLED OUT RIGHT HERE IN THE
RESOLUTION.
WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE FOR
PROCEDURE FOR THE RULES
COMMITTEE TO TAKE ACTION UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE
FIND OURSELVES? THIS DOES NOT
PRECLUDE ANY MEMBER OF THE
SENATE. FROM BRINGING FORWARD A
RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR THE
EXPULSION OR SUSPENSION. OF A
MEMBER. BUT IT GIVES THE RULES
COMMITTEE THE ABILITY.
TO HANDLE A SITUATION LIKE WE
HAVE HERE TODAY. WHICH IS WHERE
WE HAVE A MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN
ACCUSED OF VERY SERIOUS
ALLEGATIONS.
AND AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION HAS
BEEN LAUNCHED
SO AS TO ENSURE INTEGRITY TO THE
PROCESS.
AND THAT INVESTIGATION IS STILL
UNDERWAY.
AND NEARING COMPLETION. BUT IT
IS STILL UNDER WAY.
NOW THESE ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE
MADE AGAINST OUR COLLEAGUE ARE
VERY SERIOUS AND I AM PLEASED.
TO HEAR MY FRIENDS FROM THE
OTHER SIDE THE AISLE TAKING
THESE ALLEGATIONS SERIOUSLY IN
TAKING THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT SERIOUSLY.
AND I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS
MOMENT IN TIME. WILL.
RING THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA.
WHERE WOMEN?
NO LONGER HAVE TO FEAR SHOWING
UP TO WORK.
BECAUSE OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
KNOW.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER FINALLY GETS A
JOB GOD WILLING A GRANDDAUGHTER
WHO KNOWS.
THAT SHE WILL NOT BE SUBJECTED.
TO THE SAME KIND OF HARASSMENT
AND.
MISCONDUCT THAT MY MOTHER AND MY
WIFE WERE SUBJECTED TO IN
WORKPLACE SITUATIONS.
BUT.
CONSISTENCY.
AND PARTISANSHIP.
IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO
CONSIDER.
THE MEMBER FROM TO MACULA HAS
EFFECTIVELY ACCUSED.
THE DEMOCRATS OF HYPOCRISY ON
THIS ISSUE.
I KNOW THAT HE IS RISEN MANY
TIMES TO OBJECT TO THE MANY
COMMENTS MADE BY MEMBERS OF MY
CAUCUS ON OCCASION. WITH THE
GUARDS THE PRESENT I'D STATES.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND
FORTH.
BUT I ASK EVERYBODY TO.
CONSIDER THE ISSUES OF
CONSISTENCY AND PARTISANSHIP AND
SINCERITY.
I DON'T BRING UP THE PRESIDENT
STATES TO BASH HIM BUT I BRING
HIM UP TO ASK US TO HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES.
WHO HAVE BEEN DEFENDERS OF THE
PRESIDENT?
MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE CURRENTLY
CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE
REMOVAL THE EXPULSION OF ONE OF
OUR COLLEAGUES A DULY ELECTED
MEMBER OF THE SENATE.
WHEN WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE
INVESTIGATION.
AND YET THEY'RE CALLING FOR HIS
IMMEDIATE EXPULSION.
WOULD TODAY.
CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE EXPULSION
OF THE PRESENT I'D STATES WHO
HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY MANY MORE
WOMEN OF MORE SERIOUS SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AND WAS IN FACT
ADMITTED TO IT.
ON TAPE.
WILL THEY MAKE SUCH A CALL.
IF NOT.
BY THE HEARING TO THE INFAMOUS
NIXONIAN QUOTE THAT WHEN THE
PRESIDENT DOES IT THAT MEANS IS
NOT A LEGAL.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHAT'S THE
STANDARD WE ARE GOING TO BE
HOLDING OURSELVES TO I'M ASKING
THIS HONESTLY BECAUSE I'M LOSING
SLEEP EVERY NIGHT TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SENATE OUGHT
TO DO WHAT I OUGHT TO DO.
IN MAKING THIS DIFFICULT
DECISION I'M TRYING UNDERSTAND
STANDARDS I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND CONSISTENCY.
I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND MY
COLLEAGUES LEVEL OF.
SINCERITY.
MY COLLEAGUE RAISES THE ISSUE OF
WHETHER THIS WOULD BE THE CASE
IF WE WOULD STILL BE HAVING
INVESTIGATION IF THERE WERE
REPUBLICAN.
AND I'M AKING HIM TO CONSIDER
HIS OWN SUPPORT FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY MANY
WOMEN MANY MORE WOMEN OF MORE
SERIOUS CONDUCT?
AND I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
INVESTIGATION.
THAT IS NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED
SOON.
THAT WE LOOK OURSELVES IN THE
MIRROR AND. GRAPPLE.
WITH OUR OWN CONSISTENCY WITH
OUR OWN BIAS.
AND WITH OUR OWN SINCERITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER
ALLEN'S CONSIDER WIENER THEY
WERE GONNA GO TO SENATOR ROBB.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER
PRESIDENT I I.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE
RESOLUTION WITH THE ASSURANCE
DIED THAT THE AMENDMENT WILL BE
MADE.
FORTH WITH.
TO.
LIMIT THE RULES COMMITTEES.
ABILITY TO A TO EXTEND THE
LEAVE TO SIXTY DAYS.
I'M WITH THE COMMITMENT OF WHICH
I KNOW WILL HAPPEN THAT WE WILL
WORK TOGETHER.
TO REFINE THIS MEASURE FOR FOR
THE LONG TERM. ODD BECAUSE THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING
O HAVE TO.
LIVE WITH AND HERE TO.
AND HAVE AS PART OF OUR RULES.
YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY FOR A LONG
TIME AND WE WANT TO GET IT
RIGHT.
WHEN WHEN THIS WAS FIRST
PROPOSED IN ITS CURRENT FORM I
HAD A CONCERN THAT THERE WAS NO
LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
THE RULES COMMITTEE COULD EXTEND
THE LEAVE SOMEONE TO TAKE A.
SHORT LEAVE AND THE RULES
COMMITTEE.
FOR WHATEVER REASON NEXT YEAR OR
TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW COULD
EXTEND THAT TO HOWEVER LONG.
SINCE WE'RE NOW GOING TO COME
BACK AND QUICKLY AMEND THAT'S TO
LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN SIXTY
DAYS.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THAT
STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE.
AND THIS IS A SITUATION THAT
CALLS FIRST STRIKING A GOOD
THOUGHTFUL BALANCE WE ARE IN A
TOUGH.
SITUATION.
BOB WE HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO IS
ACCUSED OF SOME OF SOME. SERIOUS
ABOUT MISCONDUCT.
I AND.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY
AND WE OWE IT.
TO A COLLEAGUE TO HAVE A FAIR
PROCESS ARE WE OWE IT.
TO THE IMPACT ON WOMEN WHO ARE
COMING INTO THIS BUILDING AND
GOING TO WORK.
I CREE.
A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THEN WE OWE IT TO THIS
INSTITUTION.
I TO PROTECT OUR OWN INTEGRITY
THERE IS NO EASY PATH HERE.
ACTING FORMALLY TO SUSPEND OR
EXPEL BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION IS
COMPLETED.
THAT THAT IS VERY VERY VERY
PROBLEMATIC.
.
BY ALLOWING EVERYTHING JUST TO
GO ON AS IT'S BEEN GOING ON. IS
ALSO VERY PROBLEMATIC I'D THIS
TO ME STRIKES A GOOD. MIDDLE
COURSE.
WHERE THE RULES COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE A LONG LIMITED AUTHORITY?
TO EXTEND THE LEAVE EVER GONNA
IT WILL AFTER THE AMENDMENTS.
IT'S THE DAY'S IS NOT AN
INDEFINITE OR.
ON ALONG GOING OR YEARS AND
YEARS.
AND WE WILL ALLOW THIS
INVESTIGATION.
AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS TO
PLAY THEMSELVES OUT AND THEN WE
CAN HAVE THE FACTS AS FOUND AND
MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT SO
WITH THE ASSURANCE OF THE SIXTY
DAY LIMIT THAT WILL BE. AMENDED
INTO THIS.
QUICKLY ON I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH IS GOING TO
SENATOR ROTH PLEASE.
YOU'RE THE FOR.
COLLEAGUES I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT THIS
IS AND AND WHAT IT'S NOT.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN ARGUE THAT
SINCE THE COMPLAINTS FOR THE
INFORMATION OR WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO CALL THIS.
WERE BROUGHT FORWARD IN
SEPTEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN OR MAYBE EVEN.
JULY OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
THAT THIS INSTITUTION'S RESPONSE
TO THEM FOR INFORMATION OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS.
WAS.
.
AT BEST UNINFORMED.
AND I MIGHT AGREE WITH THAT.
YOU CAN ARGUE THAT THIS
INSTITUTIONS RESPONSE OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS IN THAT INFORMATION.
WAS AT BEST.
UNCOORDINATED.
AND I MIGHT AGREE WITH THAT AS
WELL.
YOU CAN ARGUE THAT THIS
INSTITUTIONS RESPONSE. TO THOSE
COMPLAINTS AND THAT INFORMATION
WAS UNTIMELY.
IT BEING OVER FOUR MONTHS.
SINCE SEPTEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN.
AND I WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH
THAT AS WELL.
BUT.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
INVESTIGATION.
AND WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.
FOR MONTHS AGO OR THREE MONTHS
AGO OR TWO MONTHS AGO. OR ONE
MONTH AGO OR TWO WEEKS AGO IT IS
NOT.
PLEASE.
AND SO.
AT THIS POINT IT SORT OF HARD TO
ARGUE.
AGAINST IN ASSURING THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ACCUSED TWO IS
A MIDDLE OF THE INVESTIGATION.
BE REMOVED FROM THE WORKPLACE
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS BECAUSE HE
IS IN FACT AN EMPLOYEE ALTHOUGH
AN ELECTED AS WELL.
BE REMOVED FROM THE WORKPLACE
AND FROM ACCESS TOO COMPLAINANTS
AND VICTIMS AND OTHER WITNESSES.
AND THAT HE REMAIN REMOVED FROM
THE WORKPLACE.
DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
NOW I'M NOT PREPARED TODAY TO
DEBATE WITH YOU.
SO WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR
PROCEDURE THAT LEADERSHIP OF
THIS INSTITUTION HAS SELECTED IS
THE APPROPRIATE.
RECEIVED YOUR OR PERHAPS WHETHER
WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON. THE
SUSPENSION WITH PAY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPOSITION
OF THE CONSTITUTION OR WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO PICK.
BUT WE'RE NOT.
IN THE CHOICE RIGHT NOW. GIVEN
THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL HIS
PROCLIVITIES.
IS TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT THAT INDIVIDUAL
RETURNS TO THE WORKPLACE.
THE WORKPLACE WERE ALLEGED
MISCONDUCT.
IS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED
AND THEY HAVE CONTACT WITH.
POTENTIAL VICTIMS WITH WITNESSES
AND COMPLAINANTS.
AND FRANKLY I CHOOSE.
I KEEP THE INDIVIDUAL ART OF THE
WORKPLACE ABSENT SOME AGREEMENT
ON HIS PART TO VOLUNTARY REFER
RICK VOLUNTARILY REFRAIN.
FROM RETURNING.
IT FRANKLY I'VE BEEN A LAWYER
FOR FORTY THREE YEARS THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT I'VE DONE FOR MOST
OF MY LEGAL CAREER CONDUCT
WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS.
HUNDREDS IF NOT HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF THEM AND OTHER
THINGS
WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME IF
YOU'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN YOU'RE
ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT YOU WERE
PLACED ON. LEAVE WITH PAY
PENDING COMPLETION OF THE
INVESTIGATION IN THE PUBLIC
SECTOR
THE SAME WITH OTHER PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES IF YOU'RE A PRIVATE
EMPLOYER IN EUROPE HAVE UP AND
YOUR PRIVATE EMPLOYEES BEEN
ACCUSED. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO
PLAY SAID EMPLOYEE ON LEAVE WITH
PAY. PENDING COMPLETION OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE WE CAN DEBATE THE
PROCESS WHAT WE CALL AND HOW WE
VOTE ON IT WHAT THE VOTE COUNT
IS.
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
DOING IT IN MY OPINION.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE
RESOLUTION TODAY REGARDLESS OF
WHAT IT IS IN THE PROCESS
BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO
DO. SHOULD WE BE URGING THAT THE
INVESTIGATION SPEED UP
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS AND WE ARE
WHAT WE ARE AND WE'RE HERE THE
DAY AND THAT'S THE ISSUE BEFORE
US SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING. THE
RESOLUTION AND I URGE AND I'VE.
THE SENATE ROTH AND WELCOME BACK
SENATOR ANDERSON.
YOU KNOW I SOMETIMES I GET.
PRETTY FIRED UP.
AND PERHAPS.
I DID ARTICULATE MY ARGUMENT.
WELL ENOUGH.
OR PERHAPS.
.
I SPOKE TOO QUICKLY.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING.
THAT WE HAVE A VOTE TO EXPEL THE
MEMBER.
MY POINT WAS WE HAD A VOTE THAT
ARE BROUGHT FORWARD ON THREE
MEMBERS THAT WERE INDICTED OR
FOUND GUILTY ON FELONY CHARGES.
I ASK THAT WE HAVE A VOTE TO
EXPEL THEM.
I WAS DENIED THAT VOTE ON THIS
FLOOR IT WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO
COME TO THE FLOOR.
AND THE ANSWER WAS TO PUT PROP
FIFTY ON THE BALLOT THEY'RE
ALLOWED SUSPENSION.
FOR TIMES LIKE THIS.
NOW SO LET'S JUST HAVE CLARITY
I'M NOT ASKING FOR EXPORT THAT
HE BE EXPELLED.
IN MY FIRST CHOICES THAT HE ASKS
FOR THE EXTENDED.
AND.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
BUT TO FORCE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
ON HIM.
IS SUSPENSION.
AND THE RULE FOR SUSPENSION IS
THAT WE VOTE FOR IT ON THE
FLOOR.
WE DON'T ADVOCATE THAT AUTHORITY
TO RULES COMMITTEE.
WE DO IT THE PUBLIC SORRY WHERE
EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEM
WHEN HIS VOICE.
SEE THIS ISN'T ABOUT.
KEEPING HIM AWAY FROM THE
WORKPLACE
THIS IS ABOUT WHO MAKES THAT
DECISION.
WHETHER WE AS MEMBERS HAVE A
RIGHT TO HAVE A SAY ON IT.
OR WHETHER A RULES COMMITTEE WAS
JUST FIVE MEMBERS GETS TO MAKE
THOSE CHOICES.
WITHOUT ALL THE INPUT FROM THE
BODY.
NOW WE'VE HEARD.
I I'M AS A ROBUST I DON'T THINK
IT WAS A I DON'T THINK THIS IS A
CONTENTIOUS DEBATE. MISTER
STARR.
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS ARE
BEING SHARED NOT COULD PIN
IT'S COMING TOGETHER.
BUT WILL MISS THIS ROBUST.
SKY XIN.
IF IT GOES TO A COMMITTEE OVER
THE FUTURE OF SOMEBODY WHO IS
NOT ASK FOR THAT LEAVE OF
ABSENCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA FORCIBLY.
GIVE SOMEBODY A LEAVE OF
ABSENCE.
WE SHOULD DO IT UNDER THE LAW
AND THAT WOULD BE PROP FIFTY AND
THAT WOULD BE A SUSPENSION VOTE.
BUT AGAIN.
MY CHOICE.
IS THAT THE MEMBER FROM ARTESIA.
COME TO HIS SENSES IN DUBLIN
ABIDE BY EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID ON
THIS FLOOR.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
SO HE COULD NOT BE ACCUSED.
OF INTERFERING WITH THE PROCESS.
YET HE COMES BACK BEFORE THAT
PROCESS IS FINISHED.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ACCU
ACCUSATIONS ARE GONNA BE HE'S
NOT ONLY HURTING HIMSELF BUT
HE'S HURTING EVERY MEMBER ON
THIS FLOOR.
AND WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR.
IS THAT IF HE KNOWS THAT WERE
SERIOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE A VOTE TO
SUSPEND HIM.
NOT EXPEL THEM SIMPLY SUSPEND
HIM TO THE END OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
HE MAY COME TO OUR SENSES AND
REQUESTED THEN IT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE.
FOR.
TICKET IN THE RULES COMMITTEE TO
DO IT BUT WE'RE NOT.
ASKING HIM.
WORK TELLING HIM.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA FOR SOME
MEMBER TO TAKE A LEAVE OF
ABSENCE CALL WHAT WHAT IT IS AND
MILD THE FLORIDA VOTE ON IT.
AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
FOR MY COLLEAGUE FROM RIVERSIDE
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE RULES
COMMITTEE UNDER PROP FIFTY WAS
EVER MEANT.
TO BUILD THE FORMER.
TOOK TO BE SUSPENDED WHETHER YOU
CAUGHT A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR
NOT.
AGAINST THEIR WILL.
WITHOUT A FLOOR VOTE IN SUPPORT
OF IT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A CLARITY THAT I KNOW THE
NOTION OF.
.
ME WANTING TO EXPEL HIM WAS
BROUGHT ON THAT'S NOT THE CASE
AT ALL. AND THE OTHER THING IS I
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT. WE
DON'T ADVOCATE.
ABDICATE OUR AUTHORITY UNDER
PROP FIFTY.
TO SUSPEND A MEMBER.
AND GIVE IT TO THE RULES
COMMITTEE.
WHERE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME
ROBUST?
OUR DEBATE IN YOU KNOW A LOT OF
DIFFERENT OPINIONS TODAY I THINK
THAT WE'RE ALL GOING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE
PROCESS BEING USED IS NOT
INFLUENCED OR DOESN'T LOOK OR
PERCEIVED AS BEING INFLUENCED.
BY A MEMBER WHO IS BEING
INVESTIGATED.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE GET THAT IS
IF THAT MEMBER STAYS IN THEIR
DISTRICT.
SO ARE AGAIN I WOULD ASK THAT
THAT WE GIVE THE PRO TEM THE
WEEKEND TO TALK SENSE INTO THE
MEMBER FROM ARTESIA. IN IF HE
CHOOSES NOT TO THAT I THINK THAT
WE NEED TO BRING IT.
TO VOTE TO SUSPEND HIM BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING
ABOUT SUSPENSION NOT A LEAVE OF
ABSENCE LEAVE OF ABSENCE IS WHEN
I REQUEST ID AND I GET IT.
WHEN YOU SEND ME HOME YOU'RE
SUSPENDING ME.
LET'S BE CLEAR AND NOW I KNOW
THAT WE DON'T WANNA DO THEIR
SUSPENSION VOTE I GET IT.
BUT.
I THINK IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY
HERE IN FAIRNESS TO ALL THOSE
ACCUSERS ALL THOSE VICTIMS
FUTURE VICTIMS.
IF THEY ARE GOING RESPECT THIS
PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE
TO THE PROCESS AND NOT CHANGE
THE RULES IN STATE THE RULES
COMMITTEE GETS TO DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT.
AND WE DON'T GET TO HAVE SAY.
ORIGINAL VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE GOING
TO SENATOR FULLER AND SENATOR
CANNELLA.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY HEART IS REALLY HEAVY TODAY
AND I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE'S.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE
WORKING ON THIS TO THE BEST OF
THEIR ABILITY AND TODAY I'M
GOING TO SAY.
SOME THINGS ARE LITTLE MORE
CONTROVERSIAL THAN NORMAL.
IS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HAS
WEIGHED ON ME FOR QUITE A LONG
TIME AND I'VE WORRIED ABOUT THIS
LAW.
I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING
THAT.
I APPLAUD THE PROTEINS
INTENTIONS.
HE HAS THE BUCK STOPS HERE SORT
OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY FOR ALL
OF US.
ANNIE HE'S.
WORKING HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THAT
WORK.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY
THAT I HAVE A DIFFERING OPINION
TODAY.
A ABOUT THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO
EXPRESS THAT THE MOMENT BEFORE I
DO THAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
SAY ONE MORE THING AS A
PEACEMAKER.
IF WE KEEP BRINGING UP PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
ALL THAT HAPPENS IS. THAT THE
REST OF US JUST GET MAD WE CAN'T
HEAR YOU.
I'M SO I'M I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU
BUT. I'M JUST BEING HONEST THE
BOTTOM MY CORE I PERSONALLY
THINK COME FAIRLY TOLERANT BUT I
AM SICK TO DEATH ABOUT HEARING.
OTHER ISSUES THE PERSON ON TRIAL
HERE IS A DIFFERENT PERSON AND
WE ARE EVEN GOING TO USE HIS
NAME HOPEFULLY.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE NEXT
THING WAS CLEAR ALL THAT ASIDE.
RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THE
EVIDENCE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
MAY REQUEST.
A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
THAT'S AND THIS BODY CAN ACCEPT.
TODAY.
WHEN I WENT BACK TO MY OFFICE
BETWEEN THE STATE OF THE STATE I
FOUND THE LETTER.
FROM.
OUR COLLEAGUE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEE THAT THE
PUBLIC BELIEVE MAYBE MANY OF YOU
HAVEN'T. BECAUSE YEMEN THAT MAX
YOUR OFFICES.
WELL AS GRAVELY TROUBLED AND I
JUST DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH OF IT
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR
NOT.
BUT IT SAYS.
I HAVE FAITHFULLY COMPLY. OF
PERMISSION TO READ.
PERMISSION TO RE I APOLOGIZE YES
IT OKAY THANK YOU. OF THIS IS
FROM THE LETTER AND I ASSUME
THAT EVERYONE GOT IT.
I HAVE FAITHFULLY COMPLIED WITH
THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE IN
THE LEADERSHIP'S DIRECTIVE NOT
TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT THE
ALLEGATION AGAINST ME.
HOWEVER THIS COMPLIANCE HAS
RESULTED IN COMMENTS AT DEMANDS
FRACTIONS EXEDRA FOR EXAMPLE
I'VE HAD NO COMMUNICATION FROM
THE SENATOR LEADERSHIP ABOUT
EXTENDING MY LEVY ON JANUARY
TWENTY SIX.
IF THE BODY FEELS THAT IT WOULD
INCREASE THE POLICY PUBLIC
PERCEPTION OF THE INVESTIGATION
THE ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
WITH ME DIRECTLY BEFORE THE
LEAVE EXPIRES.
INSTEAD I A SELECTIVE LEAKING
THE STATEMENT WERE PROVIDED TO
REPORTER ON ISSUE TODAY. I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT.
BUT IT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MY
CONSCIENCE.
CAUSE I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH
OF THAT. BEFORE I CAN MAKE A
DECISION. THE SECOND COMPOUNDING
PROBLEM WAS.
THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.
ISSUE THIS MORNING AT ABOUT
EIGHT THIRTY.
AND I SAW THE RESOLUTION FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
AND MY STAFF SCRAMBLED GIVE ME A
BRIEFING IN REMEMBER I'VE BEEN
ON RULES FOR LIKE FIVE OR SIX
YEARS.
AND I DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT
TIME.
SIT DOWN AND PUT THIS TOGETHER
AND FIGURE OUT SO.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO
HANDLE THIS?
AND I'VE BEEN AT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS I HAD FIVE
THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. THIS IS NOT
THE FIRST TIME THIS TYPE OF
SITUATIONS COME UP AND BY THE
WAY. POLICIES OF THIS NATURE OUR
TEMPLATE IS IS GET OFF THE
INTERNET THIS IS NOT. ISN'T HARD
AND TWEAK THEM.
SO I SAID WHERE IS THE LETTER.
IF WE ARE PASSING A RESOLUTION.
TO.
GRANT
VOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND
THERE SHOULD BE A LETTER FROM
HIM ASKING FOR VOLUNTARY LEAVE
OF ABSENCE.
OTHERWISE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S ALL THIS
SOLVES THE PROBLEM.
SO WHEN I READ THIS
I WAS PARTICULARLY UPSET BECAUSE
MAYBE HE WHEN MAYBE THEN I DON'T
KNOW.
SHOULD A PROBABLY BUT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WE HAVE
THAT EVIDENCE.
SO WHY ARE WE VOTING ON A LETTER
THAT HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED.
ALLY I THOUGHT WHY ISN'T HE
DOING THAT.
AND TO ME IT WAS BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T HAVE A GUARANTEE OF
TIMELINES.
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT HE KNOWS IS THAT HE IS
FACING OF VOTE OF SUSPENSION
FROM ALL OF US?
FOR.
POSSIBLY AS OF ASSIST THE
SUSPENDED SENTENCE BY DELAY.
AN AMBIGUITY.
I MEAN HOW LONG DO WE DEBATE
EVERYTHING IN THIS PLACE.
THOUGH I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHAT
WOULD I DO WOULD I COME BACK
WHEN I COME BACK.
AND FACE ALL THAT PUBLIC
CRITICISM WHICH IS HUGE AND
HARD.
WHAT I? WOULD I.
TAKE ON THE PRO TEM WAS A MAN I
RESPECT.
WHAT WOULD I DO?
I WOULD WANT GUARANTEED
TIMELINES IN A PROCESS THAT I
KNEW WAS GOING TO BE FULFILLED.
AND THEN.
I WOULD COMPLY.
BECAUSE THE ONLY DEFENSE HE HAS
pON TO SPEAKING ON ALL OF OUR
DEFENSE.
THE ONLY DEFENSE HE HAS IS HIS
PUBLIC TELLING OF THE STORY. IF.
THERE ISN'T A PROCESS OF.
PRODUCT DO PROCESS IF THERE
ISN'T A TIME LINE IF THERE ISN'T
A GUARANTEED WAY TO GET HIS
STORY TOLD.
THAT'S IT.
AND IF HE COMES IN AND TELLS IT
WE ALL KNOW IT'S PRETTY MUCH A
DEATH SENTENCE.
SO HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S CHOOSING.
THE CHOICE IS JUST AREN'T GOOD.
THAT TODAY.
PEOPLE SAID WELL PEOPLE HAVE
FLIGHTS WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING
AND WE GOT A DEAL WE DON'T HAVE
TIME SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS
KNOWN APPEAL MORE TO COME BACK
THAT'S HOW WE DO SO MANY THINGS
IN THE DISTANCE AND WORK OUT IT
BEEN HERE TWELVE YEARS.
IN IT'S IT THE INTENTIONS TO
WORK OUT BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T
BELONG ON THE SECOND PART.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO PROMISE
THE FIRST PART.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST STAY.
WHY DON'T WE JUST GO ON THE
INTERNET GET A TEMPLATE VOTE ON?
WE CAN SAY TODAY WE CAN SAY
TOMORROW IT'S NOT THAT HARD.
SO THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY.
LOVE SPOKEN TOO LONG AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR.
TENSION.
WITHOUT A SPEEDY TIMELINE FOR
THE INVESTIGATION.
I CAN'T VOTE ON THIS I WANT TO.
I WANT YOU BECAUSE IT'S
TEMPORARY AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANT TO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AN
ADMINISTRATOR AND IN A CRISIS IS
COMING BEING SERVED UP AN
ADMINISTRATOR GETS AT WHETHER OR
NOT.
HE.
AND ANYWAY.
DESERVES IT.
PROBABLY NOT I. JUST STUCK WITH
IT.
AND I WANT TO I WANT TO DO IT
BECAUSE I JUST WANNA BE DONE IN
IN BC TO GO HOME.
BUT MY CONSCIENCE DEMANDS TRUTH.
AND TRUTH COMES.
IN OUR STATE FROM COLLECTIVE
DECISION MAKING.
IN OUR NATION COLLECTIVE
DECISION MAKING IN PUBLIC.
IS WHAT TRUTH COMES FROM.
AND PEOPLE JUDGES ON WHETHER WE
FOUND TRUTH OR NOT.
IN OUR HOME.
AREAS.
AND JUSTICE COMES FROM THIS
SENATE.
WHEN ALL OF US PUBLICLY STATE.
OUR OPINION.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON ALWAYS
AGREE ON MINIMUM IN MINORITY A
LOT OF TIMES I DON'T I DON'T
THINK. THAT THE TRUTH AND
JUSTICE THAT COMES OUT IS THE
RIGHT ONE. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT
IS.
THAT'S WHAT OUR LAW IS I LOVE
OUR SYSTEM I WOULDN'T GIVE IT UP
FOR ANYTHING.
SO.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO
UNDERSTAND.
THE.
I APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYBODY'S
TRYING TO DO HERE.
BUT.
A VAGUE TIMELINE THE GOES ON
FOREVER IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND AND UNDER LINEATA PROCESS IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
AND BY THE WAY IT'S NOT FAIR THE
WITNESSES EITHER I MEAN YOU GET
DRUG INTO THIS STUFF Y. THE YOU
EVER MEANT HIS PAYER NON TELL
YOU THAT RIGHT UP FRONT.
AND IT HAS DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR
ALL OF US IF WE DON'T DO IT
RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO PROVIDE
A VERY GOOD SOLUTION.
I WISH I COULD PARTICIPATE
TODAY.
AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHY NOT THANK YOU.
MICKEY CENTER FOUR APOLOGIZE
ABOUT MISSING THAT ORIGINAL
CHOIR HE THANK YOU SO MUCH WE'RE
GONNA CENTER CANNELLA. FIGURES
PRESIDENT SO JUST TO BE CLEAR
THIS THIS RULE CHANGE WILL NOT
GIVE THE RULES COMMITTEE THE
ABILITY TO SUSPEND A MEMBER
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS A IN ORDER FOR THIS RULE
TO TAKE AFFECT A MEMBER WOULD
HAVE TO HAVE WILLINGLY TAKING A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE OUR
COLLEAGUE SAID I BELIEVE HE
DIDN'T WANT TO PREJUDICE THE
INVESTIGATION. SO HE TOOK A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE EVERYBODY ON
THE RULES COMMITTEE IS VERY
FRUSTRATED IS TAKING THIS LONG
TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. WE RAN A
LONG CLOSE SESSION YESTERDAY AND
WE HAMMERED THE FOLKS THAT ARE
LEADING THESE INVESTIGATIONS
BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING FRUSTRATED
WE UNDERSTAND. THEY HAVE TO BE
DONE AND I THINK I'M AS WE MOVE
FORWARD I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
GET BETTER THIS ONE.
THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF ERRORS
OUT OF THE GATE ON THIS
PARTICULAR ONE AND I THINK WE'RE
FINALLY GETTING OUR FOOTING AND
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES US THE
ABILITY IF A MEMBER HAS SAID
LOOK I'M GOING TO STEP DOWN FOR
A TEMPORARY FOR TIME PERIOD.
UNTIL THIS INVESTIGATION IS DONE
IN THE INVESTIGATION TAKES
LONGER. WE HAVE THE ABILITIES TO
LOOK IT WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THIS UP TO
SIXTY DAYS OR UNTIL THE
INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE THEN
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT
NOW IN OUR CAUCUS. WE HAVE SOME
CONCERNS OUR CONCERN IS THAT
THIS CAN BE USED AS A WEAPON AS
WE PASSED THE PRO TEMPORE A
CERTAIN FOR A FEW THINGS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE RULES
COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT TAKE FINAL
ACTION.
WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE THE BODY
THAT TAKES FINAL ACTION IN ORDER
TO CONTINUE THIS TEMPORARY LEAVE
OF ABSENCE. OF THE PRO TEM HAS
EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO TALK
ABOUT THAT HIS ALSO MADE A
COMMITMENT TO TO THE REPUBLICANS
THAT HE WILL WORK WITH US IN IN
AMENDING THIS RULE MOVING
FORWARD.
BUT WERE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A
BIND BECAUSE OF THE TIMING AND
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE
SCHOOL TODAY I I BELIEVE.
THE PRO TEM IS DOING HIS VERY
BEST AND THE MEMBERS OF RULE
COMMITTED RULES COMMITTEE WE ARE
ALL DOING OUR VERY BEST. TO GET
THROUGH THIS VERY DARK TIME SO
THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY DEAL WITH
THIS ALLEGATION THAT OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS AND THEN. THERE
WILL BE MORE INVESTIGATIONS
MOVING FORWARD SO I THINK WE'RE
DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO STAY
AHEAD OF IT I THINK WE HAVE
FUMBLED THE BALL LITTLE BIT BUT
I THINK WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THE.
YOU KNOW WERE WERE DOING A
LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT LET'S BE
CLEAR WITH THIS IS THIS A
TEMPORARY ONE TIME EXTENSION OF
SIXTY DAYS. UP IF THAT MEMBER
HAS ALREADY TAKEN A LEAVE OF
ABSENCE AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN WORKING
WITH THE PRO TEM TO AMEND THE
RULE. HOPEFULLY TO SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE WITH.
KEEP A CLARIFICATION CENTER
CANNELLA WOULD LIKE TO BE A TO
SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THE
FLOOR.
TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THE
FLOOR.
WE'RE GONNA SENATOR EARLY ON FOR
THE CLOSE.
THE FIGURE MUCH OF MISS RESIDENT
AND AND COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES
THE AL I AM. I APPRECIATE VERY
MUCH THE THE THE ROBUST.
DIALOGUE AND DEBATE ON THIS
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WITH REGARDS THE TECHNICALITIES
OF THE THREE PARAGRAPH SENATE
RESOLUTION SEVENTY NINE WHICH IS
THREE PARAGRAPHS THREE VERY
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
BOB. ARE VICE CHAIR I THINK HAS
ARTICULATED WELL. NOW WHAT THE
SENATE RULE DOES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WE HAD
ANOTHER MEMBER HERE. THE THE
SENATOR FROM RIVERSIDE HERE ALSO
ARTICULATE WHAT IT DOES NOT DO.
SO I THINK THAT AT UNDER ONE.
A REHASH OF THOSE POINTS TO
THINK THAT THEY'RE VERY CLEAR.
AS I'VE MENTIONED OF FEW MOMENTS
AGO. BEFORE THE DEBATE STARTED.
I WILL LIKE I GIVE MY WORD HERE
TO OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
THAT THOUGH WE WILL WORK
TOGETHER.
ON FUTURE LANGUAGE MANY
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE. PERHAPS
NECESSARY.
TO STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE AS
SUCH THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE OR HE
WOULD ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL
UNFORESEEN.
CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD BE
PERHAPS BE VIEWED OR PERCEIVED
AS UNDER BUSO POWER.
BOB I THINK THAT.
AT LEAST FOR MY TENURE SHIP
I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE FAIR
WITH ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES OF
REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICAL
PARTY.
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN.
.
TWO THINGS I WANT TO SAY VERY
QUICKLY ONE IS UP I DO FINE.
.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM.
THE
SENATOR FROM RIVERSIDE NOT THE
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BUT THE
REPUBLICAN CENTER TO BE LITTLE
UNDIGNIFIED.
TOO CONFUSING CONFLATE IF YOU
WILL.
OF VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. WHICH
IS THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
SEXUAL INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
I THINK ALL OF US DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS.
IN ESPECIALLY MALES.
HAVE BEEN PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED.
BY THIS MOVEMENT ME TO MOVEMENT.
OUR FRIENDS OUR DAUGHTERS ARE
COUSINS OR SISTERS.
ARE CLOSE FRIENDS OUR OWN STAFF
MEMBERS.
WE HAVE BEEN PROFILE ONLY.
MOVED AN I KNOW FOR ME I BEEN
HUMBLED.
IN MANY WAYS
BUT WE ALL HAVE GONE INTO REALLY
DEEP INTROSPECTION OURSELVES.
I THINK THAT THE ACTIONS THAT
THIS BODY HAS TAKEN IN
ULTIMATELY WILL BE FOR.
HISTORY AND AND AND FOR THE
PRESS AND AND OTHERS TO
ULTIMATELY JUDGE.
WHAT'S IN THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE
TAKEN.
BUT THEY'RE QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
IT IT'S A DEPARTURE OF THE OLD
CULTURE.
OF NOT JUST THIS INSTITUTION BUT
ANY LEGISLATIVE BODY.
IN THE COUNTRY.
ANY LOCAL CITY COUNCIL IN THE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
PRIVATE SECTOR.
TO.
TAKE.
THE.
INVESTIGATION.
OF ANY TYPE OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
OUT OF THE HANDS.
OF AN INSTITUTION.
IN TO PLACE IT IN THE HANDS.
OF AN INDEPENDENT LAW FIRM.
OF EXCELLENT REPUTATION.
IT'S A HUGE PROACTIVE STEP.
BECAUSE IT REMOVES US
FROM ANY POTENTIAL POLITICAL
INFLUENCE. TOO STYLISH A ONE
EIGHT HUNDRED HOTLINE.
IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD. INTO
CONTRACT WOULD TO NONPROFIT
AGENCIES THAT SPECIALIZE Y. IN
IN IN IN IN IN IN IN SEXUAL
TRAUMA.
AND IN PROVIDES A PSYCHO
THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.
TWO WOMEN SPECIFICALLY OF WHO
HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED WHO HAVE
BEEN VICTIMS
OF THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT SEXUAL. ASSAULT RAPE.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
PROACTIVELY AND.
WE STILL MAY HAVE MORE WORK TO
DO.
AND WE WILL RECEIVE INPUT FROM
STAKEHOLDERS. AND SEE WHAT ELSE
CAN WE DO. BETTER.
BUT I I THINK THAT WE ARE MAKING
EXTRAORDINARY STEPS AND SENDING
A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE ALSO TO.
TO OUR OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS DEMOCRATS
AT EVERY LEVEL.
THAT. YOU MATTER AND YES HASH
TAG WE DO HERE YOU.
AND THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM YOU
IS ACTUALLY CRITICAL AND THAT
ULTIMATELY WE CAN CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT'S HOLISTIC AND
THAT'S SUSTAINABLE THAT WE
CREATE A CULTURE. THAT CSUS
STAIN AMPLE.
IN PERPETUITY.
AND THAT EVERY FEMALE STAFFER.
WHETHER THEY WORK IN THE PRO
TEM'S OFFICE WHERE THEY WORK ON
THIS FLOOR FOR REPUBLICAN MEMBER
ARE DEMOCRATIC MEMBER.
WILL NOT FEAR A SENSE OF
RETRIBUTION.
ALL THAT FEAR FOR THEIR POSITION
BUT THEY'LL FEEL THAT THERE'S AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT'S BEEN CREATED.
THAT IS IS FREE FROM ANY
POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
THAT WILL. NO DOUBT TAKE SOME
TIME I'M UNDER NO ILLUSION THAT
BY IMPLEMENTING NEW RULES AND
NEW REFORMS AT. IMMEDIATELY.
WE WILL CHANGE THAT CULTURE THIS
TAKES TIME VERSUS SYSTEMIC
IT'S NOT JUST. THIS INSTITUTION.
IT IS PERVASIVE AND EVERY. A
IMAGINAL SPHERE OF SOCIETY THIS
IS A SOCIETAL ISSUE.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN.
WEAPONIZE AND POLITICIZED THIS
FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
WE HAVE TO BE FAIR AND WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS.
MOVED TOWARD I THINK SOME
REALLY PROFOUNDLY EXHAUSTIVE
TRANSFORMATIVE OF REFORMS THAT
ULTIMATELY OVER A COURSE OF
TIME.
WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT
IS SAFE.
FOR ALL EMPLOYEES BUT ESPECIALLY
ESPECIALLY FEMALE EMPLOYEES IS
NO DOUBT ABOUT FEMALE EMPLOYEES
DISPROPORTIONATE.
BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE IMPACT.
OF ALL OF THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I
RECOGNIZE THAT.
ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY.
TIME LINES WITH REGARDS TO
INVESTIGATIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE IT IT IT'S NOT
ALWAYS NEAT.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS NEAT FRUSTRATING
SOMETIMES
BUT IT'S BEYOND OUR REACH.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED IN IN
IN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE
BODY.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T TELL THEM.
THE TIMELINE WE CANNOT TELL THEM
WHO TO SPEAK TO WHO NOT TO SPEAK
TO IT'S OUT OF OUR REACH
COMPLETELY.
FREE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE IN THE
OBJECTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH
AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE
BODY.
I WISH IT COULD BE MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT AND GET IT DONE SOONER
RATHER THAN LATER I THINK WE ALL
AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT WE JUST CAN'T PICK UP THE
PHONE SAY CUT THIS BILL ONE
HIRED DON'T INTERVIEW THAT
PERSON TO INTERVIEW THAT PERSON.
DON'T INTERVIEW PERSON JUST
ACCELERATE THIS AND DO IT NOW.
BAD IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED A FEDERAL
COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND ONE
IS COMPLETED.
THEN THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
AND ULTIMATELY THE SENATE BODY
WON'T BE MAKING CERTAIN
DECISIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE
DECISIONS WILL BE BECAUSE
THERE'S NO CONCLUSION AS OF YET
IT'S ON THE NEAR HORIZON SO.
BUT AT THE DISAPPOINTED I DO
ADDRESS THAT SORT WITHOUT
COLLEAGUES I LIKE I SAID I GIVE
MY WORD TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE. THE WILL WORK
TOGETHER TO DRAFTING LANGUAGE
FROM.
DO ANY UNFORESEEN POTENTIAL
CONSEQUENCES I DO ASK FOR
BIPARTISAN BECAUSE THIS IS A
ISSUE OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IS
NOT A DUMB DEMOCRATIC ISSUE IS A
REPUBLICAN ISSUE. IT'S OUR ISSUE
TO DEAL WITH AND TACKLE AND AND
AND AND MOVE FOR TOGETHER ON SO.
MISS PRESENT RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY BOOK. THANK YOU SO MUCH
AS A PRO TEM MEMBERS THIS IS A
TWENTY ONE VOTE MEASURE MISTER
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
I ANDERSON.
NO ATKINS.
I BATES.
NO BELL.
I BERRYHILL.
I BRADFORD.
CANNELLA.
I DELEON.
I DODD.
I FULLER.
NO GAINES.
NO GALGIANI.
I GLAZER.
NO. HERNANDEZ.
I HERTZBERG AYE HILL AYE HUESO
AYE JACKSON.
BY LETTER.
I LEYVA AYE MCGUIRE AYE MENDOZA.
MITCHELL.
MONNING.
I MORE LOCK.
MORRELL.
NEWMAN.
I NGUYEN.
NO NO SON.
NO PAN. AYE PORTANTINO.
BY ROTH. AYE SKINNER.
BY STERN.
I STONE.
NO BIDAK.
WHY COUNTY?
I WIENER.
I WILK.
I.
THIS ENTRY PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS.
BRADFORD.
I.
MENDOZA MITCHELL MORLOCK.
MORRELL.
NO.
BY TECH.
ICE TWENTY SEVEN
KNOWS NINE RESOLUTION IS THE
ADOPTED.
SUPPORT HIM FIGURE MUCH OF MR OF
PRESENT.
COLLEAGUES WHO WE WILL
RECONVENE
BEING A WE WILL ADJOURN AND WE
BEING WE WE HAVE TO GO BACK A
QUICKLY I DO APOLOGIZE. WAS A
CENTER TO MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS
AND NOTICES AKA. MUCH.
SO MEMBERS WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO
OUT MOVE BACK TO MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES WITHOUT
OBJECTION THE SENATE JOURNALS
FOR JANUARY TWENTY SECOND
THROUGH THE TWENTY FIFTH TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. WILL BE
APPROVED AS CORRECTED BY THE
MINUTE CLERK.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION
OBJECTION JOINT RULE SIXTY TWO A
WILL BE WAY FOR THE RULES
COMMITTEE TO MEET.
TODAY WITHOUT FOUR DAYS NOTICE
IN THE DAILY FILE.
FINALLY WITHOUT OBJECTION WE
WILL ADOPT AMENDMENTS THAT
CROSSED THE DESK
TODAY. EXCUSE ME TOMORROW FRIDAY
JANUARY TWENTY SIXTH TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. THESE
AMENDMENTS WILL BE FLOOR
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED
BY A POLICY COMMITTEE ANALYSIS
IN AUTHORS AMENDMENTS.
MEMBERS WERE NOW MOVING FORWARD
TO.
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS HER JOURNEY
MEMORY MEMORY WERE GONNA GO TO
CENTER HUESO.
THANK YOU.
MISS PRESIDENT.
THE STUDY WILL COMMUNITY AND THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY THIS IS IN
MOURNING.
FOR THE LOSS OF OF A NATIONAL
HERO.
I RISE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN SHARON. DURAN.
WHO PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY
JANUARY EIGHTEENTH?
AT THE UCSD MEDICAL CENTER IN
SAN DIEGO.
IN THE COMPANY OF HIS FAMILY.
AND LOVED ONES AT HIS BEDSIDE.
JERRY WAS BORN IN GREYBULL
WYOMING OCTOBER. THIRTY FIRST
NINETEEN FORTY TWO TO THE LATE
FRANCISCO UNTIL DEAL THAT WOULD
ON.
HE WAS A HUT BELOVED BROTHER
HUSBAND FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF
FIFTY TWO YEARS SYLVIA BE DURAN.
THE UTTER CYNTHIA.
AND.
MONICA.
IT WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
DAUGHTER VIVIAN.
JERRY WAS A KIND AND BIG HEARTED
MAN. WHO ALWAYS WAS WILLING TO
VOLUNTEER HIS TIME TO IMPROVE
HIS COMMUNITY?
IT WAS ALSO A VERY PROUD MARINE
AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED
AFTER TWENTY ONE YEARS OF
SERVICE.
HE WAS A LOYAL AND DEDICATED
SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY SERVING
AS A PART OF THE DIPLOMATIC
CORPS. IN BOLIVIA AND BRAZIL
EARLY IN HIS MILITARY CAREER.
HE WAS COMMENDED FOR MERITORIOUS
SERVICE FOR GOING ABOVE AND
BEYOND THE CALL ORDINARY CALL OF
DUTY DUTY.
FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE ENCOURAGE
DURING HIS TIME IN BRAZIL. AND
WAS ONE OF ROBERT KENNEDY'S
BODYGUARDS.
IN NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE DURING
MR.
KENNEDY'S SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR.
JERRY SERVED HIS COUNTRY
PROBABLY IN VIETNAM FROM
NINETEEN SIXTY NINE TO NINETEEN
SEVENTY ONE. EXPERIENCING OVER
FOUR HUNDRED HOURS OF COMBAT
OFTEN.
YEAH I TAKING ON SOME OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS.
DUTIES IN HIS IN HIS TIME.
AFTER RETURNING TO THE U. S. AN
EARLY.
IN THE EARLY NINETIES I JERRY
WORKED AS A BUSINESS SERVICES
OFFICER FOR THE LONG BEACH
CONSERVATION CORPS. HE HELD A
LEADER SENIOR LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS AT THE URBAN CRE
URBAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN
CHARTER SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO. AND
SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR RECYCLING
PROGRAM. THAT.
CORONADO IN SENEGAL COUNTY.
HE ALSO IN HIS FINAL DAYS EVEN
VOLUNTEERED HIS BODY FOR FOR
RESEARCH.
TO SEE IF HE COULD HELP HIS
FELLOW COMRADES.
IT.
THE WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM THE
EFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE DURING
THEIR TOURS IN VIETNAM.
HE WAS ALSO A VICTIM OF EXPOSURE
TO AGENT ORANGE WHICH IS ONE OF
THE REASONS.
BOB.
P. HE I HAD AN EARLY DEATH AND
LIFE.
HE NEVER GAVE UP.
IN FIGHTING FOR HIS
OF FELLOW COMRADES IN ARMS
NEVER.
HE AND HE REPRESENTED IN WORK
FIRST COMMUNITY TELLS FINAL
DAYS.
AND HE WAS ALSO A DONOR AN ORGAN
DONOR.
AND ALWAYS PURGED.
PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
TO USE HIM TO IMPROVE AND LEARN.
AND TO A COME UP WITH CURES FOR
THE M. WANTS TO SERVE THE
COMMUNITY.
HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS
FRIENDS FAMILY.
AND.
HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT TRULY.
MADE. CALIFORNIA A BETTER PLACE
FOR ONE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MISTER PRESIDENT THINK SEMESTER
HUESO PLEASE ACCEPT OUR
CONDOLENCES. WHAT A TRULY
REMARKABLE MAN?
BURGER SATURNALIA WAS
ANNOUNCEMENT YES.
MISTER PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT RULES COMMITTEE
WILL MEET OR RIGHT NOW.
IN THIRTY ONE NINETY ONE RULES
COMMITTEE THIRTY ONE NINETY ONE.
ARE MATURE LEADER WILL A JURY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH WAS PRETEND.
WHERE TO GO TO SENATOR ALLEN?
MEMBERS I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A
MOMENT TO RISE TO HONOR THE LIFE
AND WORK OF A VERY INFLUENTIAL
ABSTRACT PAINTER AND MOSES.
OF WEST LOS ANGELES HE PASSED
AWAY ON GENEROUS SEVENTEENTH.
AT THE AGE OF NINETY ONE.
I SERVE IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD
WAR TO IS A SURGICAL TECHNICIAN
ADD THAN AND ROLLED AND LONG
BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS A PRE MED
STUDENT.
YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR.
BUT HE SOON REALIZED THIS WAS
NOT THE BEST FIT FOR HIM AND HE
FOUND ITS WAY INTO AN ART CLASS
AND IS THIS CLASS THAT FOREVER
SHIFTED ITS COURSE AND IGNITED
HIS LIFELONG PASSION.
AS A PAINTER HE WENT ON TO
RECEIVE MASSIVE FINE ARTS.
DEGREE FROM UCLA YEARS LATER
TAUGHT ART OF BOTH UC IRVINE.
AND UCLA.
AT THAT SINCE WAS A SENSE OF
ADVENTURE REBELLION AND
PERPETUAL EVOLUTION HIS ENDLESS
EXPERIMENTATION.
AB SHUNNED THE NOTION OF A
CONVENTIONAL STYLE WHICH IS
EVIDENT AS PROLIFIC BODY OF WORK
STRETCHING OVER SIXTY YEARS IS
LONG TIME. EMBRACE OF BUDDHISM.
PERHAPS INFORMED HIS APPROACH TO
PAINTING.
WHICH DREW ON PROCESS PRESENCE
AN INTRIGUE WITH METAPHYSICS.
AS ED HIMSELF ONCE SAID THE
POINT IS NOT TO BE IN CONTROL.
BUT TO BE IN TUNE.
IT'S PERHAPS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM IN
POLITICS.
ED WAS ALSO IN A RESERVE MEMBER
THE FERRIS GALLERY COOL SCHOOL
INFLUENTIAL GROUP OF POST WAR
LOS ANGELES BASED ARTISTS. FORM
THE LATE NINETEEN FIFTIES.
THEY IGNITED AN EDGY OFF ON
GUARD OUR MOVEMENT WHICH PUT LOS
ANGELES ON THE VISUAL ARTS MAP.
AT CONTINUE TO PAINT IN HIS
VENICE STUDIO UNTIL HIS FINAL
YEARS. AND TO ADD PAINTING WAS
PURE JOY.
HE SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF BILL
THEN THEIR SONS SAID IN AND
ANDY.
AND I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY THAT MOSES TODAY HE
LEAVES US WITH A VAST COLLECTION
OF WORK.
WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM
INSPIRE AND CAPTIVATE FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
WELL THEN SURROUND THINK YOU SO
MUCH PLEASE ACCEPT OUR
CONDOLENCES.
PROCEDURES ANY ADDITIONAL TURN
IN MEMORY.
ON THIS FINAL STATUS STATE FOUR
I THE GREATEST GOVERNOR IN THE
COUNTRY WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER
TO SENATOR MONEY THERE IS NO
OTHER BUSINESS IN THE DESK IT'S
CLEAR SIR.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
MEMBERS THE SENATE WILL BE IN
RECESS UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM
THIS AFTERNOON WHICH TIME THE
FORMAL ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL
BE MADE. WE WILL RECONVENE HERE
MONDAY AT TWO PM MEMBERS MONDAY
TO PM HAVE A SAFE PRODUCTIVE
WEEKEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH
CENTER MONEY NOW WITH THAT SAID
IT WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL THREE
THIRTY TWO DAY IN WHICH
ADJOURNMENT. A BUSHEL WE MADE
WE'RE GONNA BE RECONVENING ON
MONDAY AT TWO PM.
HAVE AWONDERFUL WEEKEND THANK
YOU SO MUCH MEMBERS