Thank you very much, senator mcconnell, for being here. He had to work harder than you know to get here because its washington and it rained. And, you know, washington doesnt cope with many things well, including rain and so, thank you for percent veering. And you won the senate. Congratulations. One of my better months. Exactly. You know, let me start with the 10,000 foot level if washington. I think the words dysfunction and congress have gone together a lot in the last few years. Youve talked from the minute you guys won the majority about fixing the way the senate works. Talk a little bit about how youre going to do that and what you have in mind when you say that. Rarely does an issue like functioning resonate with the American People. But it clearly did. There were two things that we heard all over the country this year. Number one, people were very upset with the administration. You could have figured that out pretty quickly. But they were also not happy with the fact that we do
Substantial commitments. We made five years to the Domestic Violence hot line. What is the amount of those commitments . I think its 4 to 5 million a year. You have made a commitment to the national Domestic Violence hot line. Would you be willing to make commitments of the same or comparable size to other organizations that do similar kinds of work . I cannot make that commitment today. Who can make that commitment . I want to make sure were trying to get the rest of the members in, so your time is expired. Who can make that commitment . Thats something we discuss with our entire team. Who are those leading organizations, the organizations at grass root level that need the support to support our families, to support nfl personnel. So thats a collective decision that was made for us to support the national Domestic Violence hot line and the National Sexual assault resource center. Thank you very much. Senator booker . I just want to thank the Ranking Member for we should be revisiting
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