Alex Padilla: “Senate Republicans are threatening to go nuclear on Senate…”

“I rise today with my colleagues, to make very, very clear, not just to our Republican colleagues, but to history, of exactly what's at stake. Let there be no doubt that Senate Republicans are threatening to go nuclear on Senate procedure to gut California's Clean Air act waivers. But this isn't just about California's climate policies, and this isn't just about the scope of the Congressional Review Act. And this is even just about eliminating the legislative filibuster.” (00:16–00:26)

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