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means of democracy danielle, thank you for bein with us. my pleasure, thank, you ali he did a great job reviewing the issue just now i really appreciate that thanks to you for publishin on this. it makes us think about things that we don t often thin about. i think the reaction of most people if you asked him is w have way too many people i congress they don t get enough done there. when you look at other countries, you compare them, they have a lot more representatives. give me a sense of wha expanding the house would do for the american people. that s right, it s true, lot of people do say i can t stand congress as it is. what are you talking about danielle more of them really come o now. or they ll say haven t thought about that at all. that s really interesting idea it s true that you make th comparison to other countries. you realize the britis parliament is bigger than ou house of representatives is. populations are much smaller they still have functionality. the importan
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accepted by every major medica association, if you disallow that care and don t allo people to have access to that, the only therapy left is either, a, meaningless, or be, conversion would just torture. if you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments an i hope that the next time ther is an indication when you valu or heads in prayer, you see th blood on your hands. with eight smite, chasing - a political reporter for st. louis public radio sugar, a state house reporte for montana public radio jason, let s start wit missouri what is going on in the stat house? and the priorities of policies is there nothing more pressing nothing more urgent to focus o for these lawmakers? targeting transgender youth? well, these bans on gende affirming care for minors have become a staple of republica
citizen of this state, and human dignity of every citizen even if they disagree with you on the issues. if you are not comfortable debating the issues you care about the legislation you bring, why are they trying to stifl debate on issues, especially debates of gun violence? the majority of republicans an democrats in my district wan common sense gun reform. and they re not listening even to the republicans in thei areas. here s the interesting thin to me, they ll say it to you o the phone in confidence, i d wonder what it will take t push them to have the braver to say that out in public, their face for all, to see especially because, we re al starting, those of us who ar not from tennessee, who have not covered tennesse specifically, to really tune into what s been happening i your state there is an excellent articl in politico today, encouraging people to read it. it s by natalie alison she covered the tennessee stat house for several years. and in it, she details what