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Washington, D.C. Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-TX) to lead the introduction of legislation that will block the Biden administration
names of friends and americans who did not come home. i have friends whose names are on that wall. people, kids that i grew up with, and people that i served with. and from that perspective, it was powerful. the opportunity for he and i to be here is just, i think, very important, and it really pays tribute to what we are here for. reporter: republican congressman jim baird from indiana and democratic congressman mike thompson from california both served in vietnam, but only just realized all they have in common. we are both at ft. benning in georgia, both married to nurses and we are both wounded in vietnam. and as jim pointed out, we are here to work together for the american people and maybe that will help us get there. reporter: former republican congressman john james of michigan and democratic congressman pat ryan of new york, congress is a college reunion. you guys were in the same class at west point? yeah, f1, go firehouse. we lived across the hall from each othe
position, that s not an easy guy to knock out of his job typically. it s not. and i think this is important to point out, jim. you have republicans in this state finally policing one of their own when voters have been unwelling to do that. the opponents of this impeachment have been saying over and over again that a lot of the information that we re hearing here about paxton s corruption, about accepting bribes, having a mistress, all this other stuff, that it s not new. they re right that it s not new. what is new is that he might have some accountability coming his way and it s coming in the way of people in his open party saying he s corrupt and he needs to go. i do think he s going to be impeached in the house this afternoon, or this evening, depending on when they vote. what s going to happen in the texas snenate is a whole other thing. but dan patrick says they re going to take this seriously. he has not dismissed it. in fact he said the senate will take their duties very serio