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,
and senate to be statesmen, not to be partisan politicians but do what s best for all people and so if people get a chance to vote, that is the bedrock of our country and why we re fighting so hard, too many people who showed us our stand literally died for their precious fundamental right that we just celebrated the 56th anniversary of. that was the signing of the voting rights act of 1965. and my democratic colleagues and i are fighting not just for texas rights but the rights of people all over this country, many black and brown people would be unfairly impacted if we don t get these bills passed because there s so much voter suppression going on in the name of the big lie promulgated by former president trump. representative martinez fischer, i apologize because the double name tripped me up. whether it s everything we ve already talked about as it relates to voting rights, trans kid and sports, abortion access in your state. we didn t even talk about trying
representative trey martinez, representative martinez fischer, thank you for spending time with us tonight. first i want to get to the u.s. senate and the legislation there, i think it seems like you have really helped focus and narrow. but i want to ask you what is happening in texas, are you guys going back or are you staying? you know, but i am not going back. and as long as congress is working, and it looks like they re working very hard, i will be here. and we re gonna see this come to a head and hopefully we can see a vote in the u.s. senate before the end of next week. , i have first heard your colleague jasmine crock in talk about loving but was in the federal legislation but just needing an inch. saying making the argument publicly that something, albeit narrow, would be better than nothing. tell me how those conversations have changed the conversations in washington. absolutely, well first and
political base. here in florida we are suffering the same efforts of voter suppression, and we have to stand solitary with their texans, but also fight to push for action in congress. representative martinez fischer, talk to me about how this feels to you. you are getting this summer of action, you re getting these people who are marching in austin, the march to austin this weekend. now you have people joining you there, in more civil action, you have all individually made the case to congress that you need them to put their back into this thing, you cannot hold out forever. that s right, we are moving this needle inch by inch day by day. it is a shot of adrenaline to have lawmakers from across the country, stand with us. and when we re honored in two or number humbled. and three it s just that important. this is a now or never moment for our democracy in this country. and we are going to keep pushing the u.s. senate, to give us, just one standard order when it comes to voting
washington have been continuing to make the most of the time in bc and get this thing done. even if they can only do it on zoom from here on out. a thought if we could, we should check in with them to see how it s going. luckily, we ve been able to get in touch from his hotel room with texas democratic trey martinez. representative martinez fischer. thank you for taking the time, i m sorry for what is you re going through. it s okay, it s for democracy, so it s worth it. we let me ask you first, how are you feeling. i know you said publicly that you are fully vaccinated, so this is a breakthrough infection, obviously, everyone is hoping you are fine, technically, if you get a breakthrough infection, once you ve been vaccinated, you are much less likely to have a serious bout of illness, but how are you feeling tonight? it s a little surprising. i tested positive on sunday morning. i woke up early, had my routine, i exercised, i drink coffee, i read my newspaper. and then right be