Capitol Journal
May 16, 2023
Season 17 Episode 56 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Rep. Barbara Drummond; Rep. Reed Ingram with Trinity students
Tonight we are covering a long day at the State House as the Legislature met for the 21st day. Todd Stacy welcomes Rep. Barbara Drummond to discuss her vaping bill & Rep. Reed Ingram, along w/ students from Trinity Presbyterian School on their new state cookie.
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Capitol Journal
May 16, 2023
Season 17 Episode 56 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Tonight we are covering a long day at the State House as the Legislature met for the 21st day. Todd Stacy welcomes Rep. Barbara Drummond to discuss her vaping bill & Rep. Reed Ingram, along w/ students from Trinity Presbyterian School on their new state cookie.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> FROM OUR STATE HOUSE STUDIO IN MONTGOMERY, I'M TODD STACY.
WELCOME TO "CAPITOL JOURNAL."
TOPPING THE NEWS TONIGHT IS A STORY OUT OF WASHINGTON, WHERE ALABAMA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS REACTING TO A REPORT THAT THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE COULD INTERVENE IN THE SPACE COMMAND BASING DECISION, REVERSING PLANS TO BASE IT IN HUNTSVILLE OVER THE ISSUE OF ABORTION.
BACK IN JANUARY OF 2021, THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND WOULD BE LOCATING ITS PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS AT REDSTONE ARSENAL.
THAT CAME AFTER A PENTAGON EVALUATION SHOWING HUNTSVILLE AS MORE FAVORABLE ACROSS ALL FACTORS THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY UNDER CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS, WHERE THE COMMAND WAS TEMPORARILY LOCATED.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN LATER ORDERED A REVIEW OF THAT DECISION AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM THE COLORADO DELEGATION.
THEN ON MONDAY, NBC NEWS REPORTED THAT THE WHITE HOUSE COULD DIRECT THE PENTAGON TO REVERSE THE MOVE TO ALABAMA IN PART BECAUSE STATE LAW HERE RESTRICTS ABORTION IN ALMOST ALL CASES.
THIS STORY HAS PROMPTED OUTRAGE FROM ALL MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
TODAY, U.S.
SENATOR KATIE BRITT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONFRONT DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN ABOUT THE SITUATION, IMPLORING HIM TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF MILITARY DECISIONS.
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>> LOCATING THE PERMANENT SPACE CAMP ON THE ROLE ARSENAL RESTS IN THE BEST DECISION OF UNITED STATES.
YOU REFERENCED THE BUILDUP OF CHINA IN SPACE AND OUTER SPACE.
MY COLLEAGUE ACROSS THE AISLE SAID THE U.S. HAS A FLAWED SYSTEM.
PROVE HIM RIGHT.
URGE THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THIS.
DO WHAT IS BEST FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY AND CAPABLE TO FACE CHINA ON ALL FRONTS.
URGE HIM TO ALLOW THE AIR FORCE TO DO THEIR JOB.
THANK YOU.
>> JUMPING BACK HERE TO MONTGOMERY, WHERE IT WAS A BUSY DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE.
WE'LL START IN THE HOUSE, WHERE LAWMAKERS WORKED THROUGH A FULL CALENDAR OF BILLS.
ONE BILL THAT GENERATED PLENTY OF DEBATE WAS A PROPOSAL AIMED AT PREVENTING CHILDREN FROM BEING EXPOSED TO PORNOGRAPHY BY REQUIRING COMPUTER AND SMART PHONE MANUFACTURERS TO AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATE FILTERS THAT RESTRICT ACCESS TO MATURE MATERIAL.
HOUSE BILL 298 IS SPONSORED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS SELLS.
>> IF THIS BILL PASSES, TELL ME WHAT IMPACT WOULD THIS HAVE WITH THE -- WOULD THE MAIN FACTURE CREATE A CERTAIN TYPE OF PHONE FOR ALABAMA THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER STATES AND WILL EACH PERSON HAVE TO GO TO A RETAILER THAT SOLD THEM THE PHONE GET THIS CHANGED?
DO YOU SEE ANY ANTICIPATED CONSUMER INCREASES HE OF COSTS?
TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT OF THE WHILE I AGREE THAT OUR KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE EXPOSED TO, I DO THINK THIS IS MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE ISSUE BEYOND JUST IMPORTANT.
>> SO THE FACILITIES I'M TALKING ABOUT IS ALREADY ON THE PHONE.
IT'S ALREADY ON THE PHONE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE PHONE, HAVE THE FILTER ON INSTEAD OF OFF.
SO THEN YOU GET THE PHONE, WHOEVER GETS THE PHONE -- IT'S A MINOR -- CAN'T ENTER INTO A CONTRACT SO WHOEVER GETS THE PHONE THAT IS IN STORE WILL AT THE TIME OF SET UP WILL SET UP A MASS WORKED FOR THE FILTER.
IF THEY WANTED TO TURN IT OFF, THEY CAN TURN IT OFF BUT THAT HE THEY WILL BE THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE THAT PASSWORD.
>> THE BILL PASSED 56-30 WITH 11 ABSTAINING AND IT NOW GOES TO THE SENATE.
ALSO IN THE HOUSE, LAWMAKERS TOOK UP LEGISLATION AIMED AT LIMITING THE STATE FROM HOW QUICKLY IT CAN RESCIND A PERSON'S DRIVERS LICENSE FOR NON MOVING VIOLATIONS.
SPONSORED BY SENATOR WILL BARFOOT, THE BILL WAS CARRIED IN THE HOUSE BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE TIM WADSWORTH.
>> CURRENTLY, A JUDGE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND A DRIVER'S LICENSE IF A PERSON FAILS TO PAY THEIR PAYMENT PLANS SET UP AND THEY FAIL TO PAY AFTER ONE TIME.
THAT'S AFTER ALABAMA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
WHAT THIS BILL DOES, IT SAYS THEY HAVE TO MISS THREE OR MORE PAYMENTS BEFORE THEY CAN SUSPEND THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THE BILL ALSO HAS A PROVISION WITH FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
>> THAT BILL PASSED 87-14 AND GOES BACK TO THE SENATE FOR CONCURRENCE BECAUSE THE HOUSES ADDED AN AMENDMENT.
THE HOUSE ALSO TOOK UP A BILL DEALING WITH CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OFFENSES AND ENHANCED SENTENCING UNDER THE STATE' HABITUAL FELONY LAW.
HOUSE BILL 229 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS ENGLAND WOULD ALLOW THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED IN SUCH A SCENARIO TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RESENTENCING HEARING.
>> IT'S BACK IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE IT OCCURRED SO THESE FOLKS KNOW ABOUT WHERE THEY HAVE COME FROM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND ANY OTHER -- ALSO THE JUDGE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE INCARCERATED.
SO I THINK THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE HAVE CREATED AN EXHAUST I HAVE REVIEW WHERE A JUDGE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY NO.
BUT IF A JUDGE SAYS NO OR DENIES THE MOTION, THAT'S IT.
NO APPEAL, NO SECOND CHANCE.
IT HAPPENS ONE TIME AND THAT'S IT.
>> THAT BILL PASSED 64-37 AND NOW GOES TO THE SENATE.
UPSTAIRS IN THE SENATE, LAWMAKERS TOOK UP LEGISLATION MEANT TO TRAIN, ENCOURAGE AND INCENTIVES SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN ALABAMA.
SENATE BILL 300 FROM SENATOR ARTHUR ORR WOULD CREATE THE ALABAMA PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.
IT WOULD ALSO CREATE STIPENDS FOR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHO COMPLETE THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
>> THIS BILL WILL BE FORTUNE PERIMETERS AND THE COMPENSATING UP IN THE TRAINING FOR PRINCIPLES.
ALSO THERE'S A STIPEND IN HERE FOR HARD TO FILL SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
IT WILL HELP US HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM OF PRINCIPLE PREPARATION AND TRANQ.
AND ALSO LIKE I SAID, COMPENSATE ILL THEM ACCORDINGLY IF THEY TAKE THAT TRAINING.
AND THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY IF THEY OPERATE FOR THE COOL AND THEY COULD GET A BONUS FOR THAT.
THE PRINCIPLES ARE AROUND IT FOR THE STATE.
>> THAT BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE.
WHAT HAD BEEN A FAST MOVING DAY IN THE SENATE SLOWED TO A HALT WHEN A BILL FROM SENATOR RODGER SMITHERMAN DEALING WITH SCHOOL EXPULSIONS WAS DEFEATED 22-11.
SMITHERMAN SAID WAS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THE SAME BILL PASSED WITHOUT OPPOSITION LAST YEAR, AND HE BEGAN A FILIBUSTER.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED ABOUT BILL FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WAS THE FACT THAT I ADDED AN ADDITIONAL FEATURE AT THE REQUEST OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO CROSS-EXAMINE YOUNG PEOPLE AT ALL OR COMPROMISE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, 14 AND UNDER, WOULD NOT HAVE TO FACE CROSS-EXAMINATION.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY DID A GOOD -- EFFORT AMONG MY COLLEAGUES TO DEFEAT THE BILL.
I DO THINK THAT THIS A SAD DAY BECAUSE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THIS STATE THAT DO NOT HAVE DUE PROCESS.
>> AFTER SMITHERMAN'S FILIBUSTER, THE SENATE WAS ABLE TO PASS A FEW MORE BILLS.
ONE OF THEM WAS HOUSE BILL 24 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE REED INGRAM.
IT WOULD PROHIBIT INDIVIDUALS FROM LOITERING ON STATE ROADWAYS OR RIGHT OF WAYS.
SENATOR WILL BARFOOT WHO CARRIED IT IN THE SENATE, NOTED THAT THE BILL WAS AIMED AT PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTING BOTH THOSE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DRIVERS.
>> BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO THOSE SELECTIONS THAT PASSED THROUGH THERE.
SO IT IS AN ATTEMPT IN THAT REGARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP NOT ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OFTEN THE STATE RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND THE ROADS, SAFE AND TRY TO PROTECT THEM BUT IT'S ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT THE MOTORING PUBLIC.
>> THAT BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND NOW GOES TO THE GOVERNOR.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TONIGHT'S GUESTS.
>> JOINING ME IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA DRUMMOND FROM MOBILE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> YOUR VAPING BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS ISSUE FOR A WHILE, TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN AND TRYING TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM VAPING.
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PIECE HE OF LEGISLATION AND YET I DIDN'T COME BACK TO IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAID SOME TEAM TOLD YOU IT'S A PROBLEM IN SCHOOLS.
>> IT'S NOT A BIG DAY FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
IT'S A BIG DAY NOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR HEALTH IN ALABAMA.
AS YOU KNOW, I STARTED THIS JOURNEY IN 2019.
IT'S LIKING EATING AN APPLE.
EVERY TIME I LOOK AROUND, I HAVE A BITE AT THE APPLE AGAIN.
BUT THIS YEAR, IT'S VERY STARK.
STRONGER THAT BE ANY PIECE OF LEGISLATION SINCE I HAVE DONE IN THE HOUSE.
THIS BEING MY 9TH YEAR.
AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CRESS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE RESOURCES WITHOUT GOING TO THE STATE COVERS.
WE ARE NOW CREATING THOSE RESOURCES FROM AN APPLICATION FEE AND A PERMIT ME FROM THOSE WHO SELL VAPING PRODUCTS.
WE WILL CREATE TWO THE $1.2 BILLION THAT WILL UTILIZED BY APC AND ALEA.
THOSE OF THOSE AGENCIES WILL NOW HAVE OFFICERS DEDICATED TO THE VAPING PROBLEM THAT WE SEE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
WE NOW HAVE THOSE RESOURCES.
AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM.
I THINK ALABAMA HAS ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE PLEA MARKET REGISTRIES WITH ALL OF THE BAD STUFF THAT SHOULD NOT BE SOLD THAT WE'RE FINDING ON THEMSELVES BUT WE WERE NOT ENFORCING THAT.
WHAT WE WILL SEE NOW IS THAT THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE WILL COME TOGETHER.
AND THE OTHER PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL EXCELLENT A POLICY TO SELECT A VAPING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL CHIRP.
THERE ARE SO MANY CHEMICALS IN THESE PRODUCTS.
MOST OF US KNOW WHAT IS IN THEM.
WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS LEGISLATION.
ONE OF THE RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT HAPPENED TO BE FROM MY COUNTY, AND I WAS FLOORED WHEN HE SAID WE HAVE 1200 VIOLATIONS RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS IN APRIL.
THAT WAS THE 4TH MONTH OF THE YEAR.
HE SAYS IT'S NOT A CRISES ANYMORE.
IT'S AN EPIDEMIC.
>> THAT WAS AT A HEARING.
IT WAS LONG.
YOU HAD OPPONENTS OF THE BUILT, SPECIFICALLY THE FOLKS THAT OWN VAPE SHOPS AND THEIR POINT WAS, IT'S NOT VAPE TOP TYPES TELL SELLING TO THE KIDS PUT MORE OF THE GAS STATION PART.
AND PART OF THE POINT IS TO GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUIT SMOKING.
AND I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT QUIT SMOKING BEFORE.
IS THAT A CONCERN AT ALL WHERE THE VAPE OWNERS WILL BE HARDER TO OPERATE?
>> BUT GO YOU LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION THIS IS NOT GEARED TO AN ADULT.
IT IS STRICTLY NOR YOUNG PEOPLE, 21 AND UNDER.
SO IF THERE'S A VAPE SHOP THAT PERSON SHOULD NOT BE SELLING TO YOUNG PEOPLE ANYWAY.
THEY HAVE 21 AND UP.
AND YOU GO TO THEIR BUSINESSES IT'S 21 AND UP.
MY BUSINESS DOES NOT FORGET THAT INDUSTRY, AND I'M SO EXCITED AS HEARING EVERY VOICE THAT RELATES TO THIS ISSUED.
WE PUT THAT TROUPE ON OUR ADVISORY BORED.
BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WESTERN NOT INVOLVED BE MY BILL BUT VAPING ALL OVER.
NOW THEY CAN SIT ON THE SAME BOARD THAT I SIT ON.
AND IT'S EDUCATION.
1 OF THE THINGS THAT RELATE TOTES VAPING IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
>> FIRST, THERE'S NO EDUCATION.
UNDER MY BILL, WE WILL VITAL PEOPLE SELLING SAFE PEOPLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE -- NOT ADULTS -- AND A ABC WILL CREATIVELY PREVENTION INFORMATION ASS WELL AS THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO FOLLOW THIS LAW.
SO WE'RE GOING AFTER IT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION NOW.
AND THE PIECE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WE'RE GOING TO THOUGH ALL YOUNG PEEP PEOPLE ALL OF THE STUFF IN THIS VAPE PIPES.
AND I TELL THIS STORY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THIS GOT ME ON THE JOURNEY.
BUT I'M A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.
AND I TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.
THIS WAS A 12-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN ON MY CLASS AND HE WAS STICKING ON A ZIP DRIVE THAT GOES IN YOUR COMPUTER.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW.
WHEN I TOLD HIM TO STOP SUCKING THAT AND THE WHOLE CLASSES WENT INTO LOCK CENTER, I KNEW THAT I WAS OF THE BUTT OF SOMEONE'S JOKES.
SINCE THAT JOURNEY, IN 2019, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE CALL ME WITH YOUNGSTERS IN 3RD GRADE WHO ARE VAPING.
THIS IS NOT GOING IN THE INVITE DIRECTION.
WE HAVE TO TAKE TOUGH PENALTIES NOT ONLY ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE SELLING THE PRODUCTS BUT WE NOW HAVE GRADUATED CONSEQUENCES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO VAPING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRATED CONSEQUENCES I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY THAT I DON'T WANT YOU HAVE HAD TO PENALIZE LITTLE JOHNNY OR SUSIE -- INTEREST HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF CONSEQUENCE.
>> I'M THINKING JUST OF SOCIETAL AND CULTURALLY.
THINKING BACK WHEN SMOKING WAS DUAL.
RIGHT?
NOW THAT THAT'S NOT DUAL ANYMORE.
THIS IS NOT COOL.
BUT IT BLOWS MY MIND WHY.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE PENALTIES AND PUNISHMENTS.
>> I THOUGHT WE WERE CLEAR WITH THE PERMITS.
IT WAS BEFORE THEY COULD GO INTO AN ADULT COURT AND PROBABLY HAVE A RESULT OF VIOLATING THE LAW.
WELL, I TOOK IT AND PUT IT IN VIEW NILE COURT.
NOW THEY WILL HAVE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE JUDGMENT CAN FIND THEM AS IF THEY WERE SPEEDING ON THE HIGHWAY SOMEWHERE, OR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO CLEARLY DOINGS -- IN THAT PENALTY ONE OF THE PENALTIES TO THAT THEY INVEST GO THROUGH COMP MEN'S OF EDUCATION PROGRAM.
>> THIS BILL NOW MOVES TO THE SENATE.
MAYBE MORE DISCUSSION UP THERE.
REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMING ON THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONIGHT.
MR. INGRAM JOINS ME TODAY WITH THE STUDENT ET CETERA RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEW STATE COCK BEING.
THE RECIPE DESIGNER MARY CLAIR, ROBBIE, AND OTHERS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME HERE ON "CAPITOL JOURNAL."
>> MR. INGRAM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THINK DAME ANT AND HOW THOUGH CAME TO YOU WITH A NEW STATE COMING.
>> HE ASKED ME AND I REALIZE HOW MUCH WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WAS INVOLVED AND I WAS AMAZED HOW MUCH THE TEACHERS WERE INVOLVED ON STUDYING THE AGRICULTURAL PART OF IT AND THAT THE COOKIE WAS MATED WITH ALABAMA PRODUCTIONS.
AND I DID NOT HESITATE AT ALL.
I THINK WE NEED THIS COOKIE.
IT'S A GREAT COOK BRIE.
AND IT HELPED THEY BROUGHT SAMPLES.
>> WHAT GRADE WHERE YOU IN?
>> GRADE.
>> CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT'S MAKE OF?
>> IT'S MADE OF OATS, PECAN AND PEANUT BUTTER.
I MEAN, PEANUTS AND THEY TASTE PRETTY GOOD.
>> HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT IDEA?
>> WE WERE HOOKING UP RECIPES AND CHANGED THREE THINGS ABOUT THIS COOKIE, AND THEN IT WAS -- >> HOW MANY DIFFERENT COOKIES DID YOUR GRADE COME UP WITH?
>> 25 OR 20.
>> CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE FINAL VERSION.
IT I KNOW THE SENIORS PLAYED A PART IN THIS.
IT'S PART OF THE PART OF YOUR MENTORSHIP OF YOUNGER STUDENTS.
IS THAT A RIGHT WAY TO CATEGORIZE IT.
>> WE'RE ONE SCHOOL AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEMBERSHIP BE THE 4TH GRADERS AND WE TAKE A GOVERNMENT CLASS OUR SENIOR YEAR SO WE WERE GIFT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AS A GROUP WITH THEIR WONDERFUL TEACH DISPERSE LIBRARIAN AND OUR CLASS, SINCE WE TOOK GOVERNMENT, AND JUDGE THIS COMMISSION THAT THEY WERE HAVING A AND WE DID THE TO FINISH THE FINAL ONE WHICH IS MARY CLAIR'S COOKIE AND WE WROTE A LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE INGRAM AND THEY TELL THIS PATRIOTS STRAIGHTED.
>> LUKE, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TODAY -- YOU KNOW YOU SAW FROM THE GALLERY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GOING THROUGH IT DEBATE.
THERE WAS DEBATE ON THIS BILL AND WATCHING AS THEY DID PASS IT THROUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE 4TH GRADERS THAT GOT TO SHOW TODAY.
IT SHOW THAT WHENEVER YOU TELL HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE, THEY CAN COME TOGETHER IN UNITY FOR SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE STATE OF ALABAMA AND REALLY CULTURAL WAY.
IT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE TO GET TO WATCH.
>> IT'S GOT TO SHOW REWARDING TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES WHO ARE LEARNING HISTORY IN THEIR CLASSROOMS LEARN AND EXPERIENCE AND BE A PART OF IT HERE WITH YOU IN THE STATEHOUSE.
>> IT'S REWARDING FOR THE STUDENTS AND FOR ME TO SEE THE STUDENTS WARM BUST LIST REALLY TORN TO KNOW WE HAVE THESE TEACHERS AND OTHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF OUR TEACHERS THAT MADE IT HAPPENS.
I WAS OF THE VEHICLE THAT MADE IT THERE BUT THEY WERE OF THE ONE SIDE THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.
>> SENATOR BOAR FAT IS CARRYING THE ACCIDENT UPSET.
SO I HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PATRIOTS.
>> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK THE SENIORS ON OUR PANT IF WE'RE CLEARING CLOSE TO CONGRATULATIONS OR HAS IT ALREADY HAPPENED?
>> I PLAN TO ATTEND WAKE FOREST IN THE FALL.
I DON'T HAVE A SET MAJOR YET BUT I'M HOME TOGETHER MAJOR IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
>> TELL US WHY?
>> WHAT'S THE GOING.
>> THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON EXCEPT MY MOM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE THE SECOND DISTRICT FOR ABOUT TEMP YEARS AND I HAD THE OWNER OF BEING HER DAUGHTER AND WALK HEIFER HER HAPPEN TO MAKE ALABAMA A BETTER PLATES SO IS ONE OF THE RACE REASONS THAT HAS LED ME TO BECOME AND STAY OPEN THIS SIDE OF THE WORKFORCE.
>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I WORKED FOR HER FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR -- >> I WILL ATTEND AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AND I WON'T HAVE A LIFE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO GO OUT AND HELP PEOPLE HOWEVER I CAN.
>> SOMETHING TELLS ME WE HAVE A POLITICIAN AT THE DESK HERE BUST I THINK IT MAY BE MARY CLAIR.
ONLY THING I ASK IS THAT THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING SAMPLE OF THE COOKIE TO ME NOW.
>> YES.
>> WE SHOULD SAY THE SAME OF IT.
IT'S THE ALABAMA YELLOW HAMMER WITH ALABAMA NUTS -- WE CANS AND NUTS AND PLENTY OF GOOD STUFF.
THIS IS SUCH A CHANGE FROM OUR APPLICATION EVERY NIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ABOARD AND WE LOOKS FORWARD HAD TO THIS NEW COOKIE BECOMING PART OF STATE LAW.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW AT 10:30 WITH MORE COVER COVERAGE OF THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
FOR ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISION.
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