seen, to the best of my knowledge a statement from senator sinema. so i hope these conversations are occurring that she will come around. but asking for more funding for droughts, five billion as you mentioned, and we re gonna have to pay for that somewhere. joe manchin has made clear that we re gonna pay for things in this bill. it will reduce the deficit, it will be a balanced approach. so if she wants to do that drought funding, which as a californian, i definitely support addressing that, then she can t at the same time that she wants more spending on her priorities, be asking us to lose on the revenue side. that s the wrong direction to be heading in. let s talk primaries. last night voters in kansas, overwhelmingly showed up and voted to protect abortion access in their state. what message are voters sending, and how are democrats going to use that message as we go into november? i think what voters want is to have respect for their freedoms. from their elected officials.
the court overturn roe. and you mentioned the states like kansas that have abortion rights as part of their constitution. but other states don t have those laws necessarily. what makes you think that your lawsuits have a chance in reversing any of this in states that are going forward trying to ban or severely restrict abortion? well, let me start with the fact that, i mean, our immediate concern is to be able to keep clinics open and abortion providers to be able to provide the services to the people in their communities for as long as possible. so, you know, states can t move with expedition without making sure they re complying with their own laws. and it s really important. i mean, in louisiana, abortion services are not being able to be provided. and that makes a huge difference for the person sitting in the waiting room, has made the decision. it s a huge change in their life. it s important that we re able to keep clinics open as long as possible. and in some states where we r
liberty. but they also got every state, which has a constitution. and some of those state constitutions have already been held to protect abortion rights. and some were asking for the court to find that in their state constitution. and we also have other claims in some of the cases like louisiana where they have not one, not two, but three trigger laws. it s vague which one is even in place. so, there are other legal and good grounds for challenging these laws. and the fact that the supreme court said, you know, that roe versus wade was overturned doesn t mean the rule of law was over in every single state. this is, though, what conservatives for a very long time had been fighting for. and they were overjoyed to see the court overturn roe. and you mentioned the states like kansas that have abortion rights as part of their constitution. but other states don t have those laws necessarily. what makes you think that your lawsuits have a chance in reversing any of this in states