we ll speak with the chair of the house armed services committee adam smith. a final verdict is expected at any moment from moscow. brittney griner s cannabis possession case. the wnba star addressing the court during closing arguments just moments ago. let s go ahead and listen to part of her statement. russian translators have been edited out. my parents taught me two important things. one, take ownership for your responsibilities and, two, work hard for everything that you have. that s why i pled guilty to my charges. i understand everything that s being said against me, the charges that are against me. and that is why i pled guilty. but i had no intent to break any russian laws. i want the court to understand that it was an honest mistake that i made while in russia, under stress, trying to recover from post-covid and just trying to get back to my team. griner pleaded guilty after her arrest nearly six months ago at moscow s airport, and prosecutors are asking for 9
second, senator sinema and other dems have to look at the final package and say, yes, we know we ll get zero republican votes for this bill. third, we have to go through a gruelling amendment process and hope there aren t poison pill amendments added that cause a good bill to turn into a bad bill. i am very confident we ll get to a good place, hopefully by the end of the weekend, and put this bill into the house and ultimately on president biden s desk. what are your poison pill amendments? what can you not get behind? the amendments have not been filed yet, but we know a trade in reconciliation bill doesn t take 60 votes but the trade is then it s unlimited amendments. so, the other side will put in amendments on immigration. they ll put in amendments on inflation. they try to put in a lot of gotcha amendments and you could conceivably have an amendment