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Denigrated and act in a way that this not show it in the best light. That said, it is the best form of government except for all the others have been tried. We better have people in Office Working to get it right. I hope that the end of the day, whenever i retire, i can be someone who contributed positively and not negatively. Representative brendan boyle, thank you for talking to us. Thank you. Our freshmen profile series continues with republican congressman of golf of district. S fifth he is a practicing veterinarian and in avid pilot. We spoke with him for about 25 minutes. Congressman raff abraham, youre a betting man thousand when it comes to elections. This is your firstever publicly held office. That is correct. The first when we ran for. You want to run . I have grandchildren. Very small. The redirection i thought this country is going in was somewhat different from the way it was going so that is why i jumped in the race ....
That the same or looked at differently and the role of federal government may be different in them in supporting the states to accomplish these opposed to the state supporting the municipalities and the counties to getting things done. There are environmental issues, theres housing, this employment. Theres civil rights. Theres union rights. Its all those things. Its access to health care, affordability of health care, access to education and Higher Education coul. Bill what has surprised you the most since your swearing in . Rep. Coleman my republican colleagues refusing to drop the issues like a womans right to and myopically immigration from the southern border perspective as opposed to internationally. Things of that nature and our refusal to move beyond those issues. Up, i wante we wrap to ask your daytoday routine on capitol hill. What do you like the most and what you like the least of the things you have to do day in and ....
Until diane found a something affordable and what i thought was at least fairly reasonable, i didnt camp on the couch for a couple of weeks. I did camp on the couch for a couple of weeks. Now i am in a little apartment across town, so to speak, and the rent is still high, but manageable. Bill do you get home to louisiana and your district every weekend . Rep. Abraham almost every weekend. There may be two or three times at most where i stayed at in washington over the weekend. I prefer to go home of the week and it has i get to see the people i represent. The week that we get off during each month to go back in the district is a favorite week of the month for me. Bill what is it about washington where people who are not washington insiders that they should know about how it runs . Rep. Abraham in todays day and age, there is still a lot of bipartisan support. We passed 80 80 5 of bills coming down from leadership. This 80 85 of bills coming down from leadership. We could not it without ....
My mom had a healthy skepticism about the use of power. Because it can corrupt and it can be abused. And i am very careful about the use of power. I was in my business and i am in this position. My mother believed government could be a force for good. I think sometimes maybe more so. You know, i think she saw government being involved in things that i think are better left to the individual, or better left to state and local government. But i certainly appreciate her strong conviction that government can help. In fact, thats one of the reasons america is the wonderful country it is is because of the form of government we have and how its been implemented over the last 200 years. If you had to give a grade for the government, take new jersey and say under hurricane sandy, what letter grade would you give fema federal government help on that . You know, that is a mixed bag, bill. The fema did some things that were incredibly helpful to people in my district. And if you havent been there, ....
The officers arrived on the scene and found multiple victim suffering from gunshot wounds. Ems was called in multiple units came and responded to help transport patients from the scene. Right now we have an active scene here. We have crime scene processing it, trying to put it together and figure out exactly what happened. Reporter about one hour ago, Florida Police say that the area around the nightclubs safe and the shooting comes one month after a nightclub shooting in orlando, which was the deadly shooting and modern us history. The shooting at the pulse nightclub on june 12 killed 49 people and injured 53 others. We are going to monitor that situation and let you know what investigators find out. They do not have a motive behind the murders. We want to turn our attention to monday morning forecast. A live look outside from the camera, along the embarcadero and meteorologist she is joining us. You were not kidding. It was humi ....