we are all equal in a court of law. representative martinez fischer, you have called it a now or never moment staying in d.c. instead of heading home. what is happening in d.c. you have democratic senators working on a scaled back version of the for the people act. the new york times reports schumer plans another vote on it before senators leave for summer recess. what do you want to see in that narrower version that could help you fight against the restrictive voting bills in texas? yes, well first let me tell you it is an honor to stand with representative ron reynolds and be in d.c. there are a number of us, significant number of members in d.c. and an honor to stand with senator schumer. i do not know of any other domestic policy issue that will have a second vote in a short period of time. we are looking forward to the new version of the for the people act. there is so much trip wire in the state of texas. we will take any relief but i m encouraged by the things i hear,
dick durbin and liberal colleagues bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. the new york times reports schumer will try to create a wedge between republican lawmakers and president-elect trump by finding common ground with him on a number of issues. the times says democrats are looking to work with mr. trump on infrastructure spending, child tax credits and trade agreements. speaking yesterday, schumer said despite possible agreements, he won t hesitate to challenge the president-elect and republicans. we will take it issue by issue, case by case, but i can tell the american people this. we re ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with republicans working with soon to be president trump on issues where we agree, but we will go toe to toe against the president-elect whenever our values or the progress we ve made is under