texans had testified against the voting bill but it past against party lines. he and his wife loaded their jobs and were on the road, they spent 23 hours driving straight through to washington alternating driving and baby duties. texas representative john bucy wife, molly is 27 weeks pregnant they did not want to have to make that drive. none of the texas democrats who left the state to deny the texas house representative quorum want to be in washington tonight, but they have made the trip to washington to resist would president joe biden today called an assault on democracy . when vice president kamala harris met with them today she gave them a standing ovation and then said this. the courage and the commitment and the patriotism
vote. they want to make it so hard and inconvenient that they hope people don t vote at all. that is with this is about. joining us now battle of work former democratic congressman representing el paso texas. helping democrats in texas. thank you very much for joining us again tonight. i want to get your reaction to president biden s speech today and his specifics about texas. i thought it was so powerful. he laid out in the starkest terms the attack that we re seeing right now on our democracy. he connected all the dots. the big lie. the insurrection on the 6th of january. all of these attempts indifferent state legislatures to make it harder for people to vote, and he singled out texas in that speech, i think in part because this is already the toughest state in which to register, to cast a ballot. the republican-controlled state
president harris? our meeting with vice president harris was really meaningful for all of us. it was important that we be able to communicate to her what is happening on the ground in texas. how moms whiz kids, working full-time, need to be able to just drive-through and vote, not have to drag five children to uphold for them to vote. all of the other issues that are happening in our state. it was really empowering for us to meet with her, to hear her words of encouragement, but really for her to hear our pain, to hear the pain of our constituents and we re going through. lawrence, one thing, office girls stick together, we re all here to be there for each other. it was my pleasure to hold the light for her. representative dominguez, republicans saying that you are on a road trip having fun, going to washington for fun and games. that couldn t be further
significant-population sizes, stretching from georgia to texas to missouri. places that could become breeding grounds for more deadly covid variants. a stronger mutation will surface, and it will become predominant, unless we get vaccinated. reporter: new cases jumping more than 50%, week over week, in louisiana where just 35% are fully vaccinated. and tennessee, where it s about 38%. simply put, in areas of low-vaccination coverage, hospitalizations are up. reporter: with less than half the population fully vaccinated, nationwide, the white house ramping up outreach to pediatricians at workplaces and on school campuses. our job is to keep doing all we can to reach americans, where they are. to answer their questions, and to make it as easy as possible for them to get a shot, as soon as they are ready. reporter: and efforts to have doctors and religious and community leaders going door to door to answer questions for the vaccine hesitant. for those individuals or organiza
stretching from georgia to texas to missouri. places that could become breeding grounds for more deadly covid variants. a stronger mutation will surface, and it will become predominant unless we get vaccinated. reporter: new cases jumping more than 50% week over week in louisiana where just 35% are fully vaccinated, and tennessee, where it s about 38%. simply put, in areas of low vaccination coverage, hospitalizations are up. reporter: with less than half the population fully vaccinated nationwide, the white house ramping up outreach to pediatricians, at workplaces and on school campuses. our job is to keep doing all we can to reach americans where they are, to answer their questions, and to make it as easy as possible for them to get a shot as soon as they are ready. reporter: and efforts to have doctors and religious and community leaders going door to door to answer questions for the vaccine hesitant. for those individuals or organizations that are feeding misinformati