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CASE, HE FIRED PEOPLE UNTIL HE GOT SOMEONE WHO WOULD.
I WANT TO TURN NOW TO WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
IT WAS HORRIFYING. I THINK EVERYONE FEELS SHAKEN
HAVING WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL AS A REPORTER THERE, I KNOW HOW
MUCH EVERYONE IS SORT OF IN EACH OTHER'S SPACE ALL THE TIME.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING, CONGRESSMAN LANCE, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY, AND WHAT HAS THE ATMOSPHERE BEEN LIKE IN THAT
BUILDING TODAY? >> IT'S BEEN VERY SOMBER, VERY
SAD. OF COURSE WE WERE ALL HORRIFIED
IN A BIPARTISAN CAPACITY ON THE EVENTS THIS MORNING.
I KNOW STEVE SCALISE. I KNOW HIM RELATIVELY WELL, AND
I THOUGHT THAT THE REMARKS AT THE LUNCH HOUR BY SPEAKER RYAN
AND DEMOCRATIC LEADER PELOSI WERE ELOQUENT.
I THOUGHT THE SPEAKER WAS PARTICULARLY ELOQUENT, AND I
THINK WE'RE COMING TOGETHER IN THIS MATTER, AND I HOPE OF
COURSE THAT THIS NEVER OCCURS AGAIN.
AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES, CHRIS, THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO
WORK TOGETHER, LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ISLAND, AND WORK IN WHAT IS THE GREATER GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN
NATION. >> CONGRESSMAN JEFFRIES, IF I'M
NOT MISTAKEN, YOU'RE PLAYING IN THIS SOFTBALL GAME TOMORROW
NIGHT. IT'S A GREAT BASEBALL GAME.
IT'S A GREAT TRADITION. YOU KNOW, IT HAS ALWAYS STRUCK
ME IT'S A GREAT THING ABOUT AMERICA THAT EVEN POST-9/11, AS
SECURITY IS RAMPED UP IN LOTS OF PLACES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE
STILL ACCESSIBLE AND APPROACHABLE, AND YOU CAN TALK
TO THEM, AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE THEM IN WASHINGTON GETTING A
CUP OF COFFEE, OR THEY MIGHT BE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO MAINTAIN THAT?
>> EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY OF COURSE, CHRIS. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, SHARE
THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR FEELINGS, THEIR CONCERNS, AND PETITION
THEIR GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
IT'S ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTIONING AND THE INTEGRITY OF
OUR DEMOCRACY, AND SO I THINK DESPITE THE SHOCKING
DEVELOPMENTS, THE SADNESS, THE SURREALNESS OF THE DAY, THAT
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS REMAIN COMMITTED TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY
THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT AND TO BE
ACCESSIBLE. I DO THINK THAT THERE WILL
PROBABLY BE A RE-EVALUATION AS TO SOME OF THE SECURITY
PROCEDURES, PARTICULARLY WHENEVER LARGE GROUPS OF MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS GET TOGETHER SUCH AS AT THE REPUBLICAN BASEBALL
PRACTICE. HOPEFULLY ALSO, CHRIS, THIS WILL
BE A MOMENT OF CLARITY FOR THE LEFT AND FOR THE RIGHT, FOR
DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, FOR CONGRESS, FOR
PEOPLE INSIDE THE BELTWAY AND OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY THAT WE ALL
SHOULD RETHINK ABOUT THE NEED TO DIAL DOWN THE RHETORIC.
WE CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE.
>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD, AND I SAW MEMBERS
COMING OUT OF THE CLOSED-DOOR BRIEFING TODAY, REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRAT, TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS OF THREAT, THE RISE IN
DEATH THREATS, THE SORT OF ATMOSPHERE OF THE COUNTRY AT
THIS TIME. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE UNDER
THREAT? >> UM, I'VE HELD FOUR TOWN HALL
MEETINGS IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, AND WE HAD A GOOD
DEAL OF SECURITY AT THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
I DON'T FEEL THREATENED, BUT I'M CERTAINLY PLEASED THAT THERE IS
SECURITY. I AGREE WITH HAKEEM THAT I THINK
WHEN THERE ARE 10 OR 15 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, IN THE FUTURE THERE
SHOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER SECURITY.
THE BASEBALL GAME IS A TREMENDOUS TRADITION HERE.
I OF COURSE HOPE THAT WE REPUBLICANS WIN, AND, CHRIS,
THAT'S WHY I AM NOT A PLAYER BECAUSE I WAS A RIGHT FIELDER IN
GRADE SCHOOL WHERE I COULD DO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, AND
I'M SURE HAKEEM IS AN EXCELLENT PLAYER, AND I'M SURE HE WILL DO
VERY WELL FOR THE DEMOCRATS. I WILL BE ROOTING TOMORROW FOR
THE REPUBLICANS. >> CONGRESSMAN LANCE, SOMETHING
TELLS ME YOU HAD THAT LINE ALL READY TO GO.
CONGRESSMAN JEFFRIES, WHAT IS YOUR POSITION?
>> WELL, I PLAY LEFT FIELD. I HOPE TO DO WELL.
NO ONE WILL MISTAKE ME FOR KEN GRIFFEY JR., BUT WE ARE GOING TO
COMPETE, BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN, AND THEN WE'LL ALL COME TOGETHER AS
AMERICANS AFTERWARD. >> I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU
AFOR APPEARING JOINTLY TONIGHT. I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT GIVEN
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. I DO HOPE OBVIOUSLY THE BEST FOR
EVERYONE AND THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS KIND OF OPENNESS.
AS YOU SAID, CONGRESSMAN LANCE, PEOPLE DO TALK TO EACH OTHER
ACROSS DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BOTH

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