00:00So they've closed the gallery, they've locked the doors, they've turned off the cameras in here.
00:06And I hear people yelling, let her out, because they are tired, too.
00:13They're tired, too.
00:15The Speaker announced, once quorum was restored, that the call of the House would remain,
00:22and any member that was out because of the quorum break would be required to sign a permission slip
00:29agreeing to be under the authority of DPS in order to leave the Capitol.
00:37I refuse.
00:38I refuse to sign the permission slip to be able to leave the Capitol.
00:46I disagree with that authoritarian tactic that they have taken as being part of the minority party.
00:56We don't have a lot of victories, but we do have our principles, we still have our dignity,
01:04and we still have the right to protest and resist.
01:10That's my desk.
01:11And so Chair Wu, I practice a vegan lifestyle, and he went and got me some chili that's meatless and vegan.
01:20So I'm very grateful, but I have a lot of refreshments that my colleagues have brought.
01:26Even the Chair of the House Administration brought me a blanket.
01:31Each member who signed the slip have been assigned a DPS officer to follow them around 24 hours a day.
01:39Instead of being on the lookout for criminals, instead of being on the lookout for pedophiles and human traffickers
01:46and those who actually commit crimes, these officers have been assigned to our Democratic state representatives
01:55only to ensure that they get back to the Capitol to pass the racist maps and all the other legislation
02:02that they want that can harm and disenfranchise marginalized communities.
02:07You know, what really bothers me when I heard them say that they're going to take up the maps
02:12before they take up flood relief.
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