[ CHANTING ] >> STOP THE COUP!

[ BLEEP ] YOU DON'T GET TO SIT HERE AND MOVE IN SILENCE AND SMIRK AND ACT LIKE [ BLEEP ] >> QUORUM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF ACTIVITY IN THE HOUSE ARE CREATING NEW TENSIONS AS PROTESTERS CAME TO THE CAPITOL INTERRUPTING A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF ONLY REPUBLICANS.

>> YOUR [ BLEEP IS GETTING TRANS WOMEN KILLED.

YOUR [ BLEEP ] IS AFFECTING MY COMMUNITY.

YOUR [ BLEEP ] >> GET AWAY FROM MY PERSONAL SPACE AND STOP YELLING IN MY FACE.

>> ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE IS STILL EMPTY AS HOUSE DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO BOYCOTT THE CAPITOL.

>> THE REASON WHY WE ARE TAKING THIS UNPRECEDENTED STEP OF DENYING QUORUM HERE IN MINNESOTA FIRST TIME IN STATE HISTORY IS BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD A POLITICAL PARTY PROPOSED TO USE A VOTING ADVANTAGE TO KICK OUT A MEMBER.

>> DO THEY REALLY WANT TO KICK ME OUT, DO THEY NOT WANT TO KICK ME OUT?

AND EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD IS THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL IF WE ARE TO STEP THAT FOOT IN THAT BUILDING.

>> THE COURT ECISION WAS LONG AND DEEP, THOUGH.

THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SPECIAL ELECTION, THAT THEY PROVED THE MATH.

IF THAT'S THE BARRIER TO GET THIS SESSION GOING IN A BIPARTISAN WAY WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE RE YOU READY TO CONCEDE, YOU'LL SEAT HIM?

>> I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SEE THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF AISLE IS WILLING TO COME AND DO THEIR WORK.

>> WE HAVE NOT MADE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS.

>> PLEASE BE SEATED.

>> THE STATE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH DEMOCRATS SAYING THE REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE IS NOT OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED.

>> WE'RE ESSENTIALLY OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS, A CAN OF WORMS THAT MIGHT NOT ABLE TO BE CLOSED AGAIN THAT IN OTHER WORDS THIS COURT COULD BE VIEWED BY PARTIES AS A PLACE TO RESOLVE POLITICAL DISPUTES.

>> THIS COURT IS NOT GOING TO GIVE WEIGHT TO, LIKE RETURNING THEM TO THIS POWER SHARING AGREEMENT.

>> HOW CAN THEY MAKE A DECISION WHEN THEY HAVE NO POWER TO CONVENE?

I MEAN, YOU'RE PUTTING THE ART IN FRONT OF THE HORSE IT SEEMS LIKE.

>> WE CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY ARE HESITANT AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

WE SHOULD BE EXERCISING JUDICIAL RESTRAINT WHEN IT COMES O DABBLING INTO THE BUSINESS OF A COEQUAL BRANCH.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE TIMES AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE DONE THIS HERE IN MINNESOTA WHERE THE COURTS ARE REQUIRED TO STEP IN.

>> SESSION MUST BE OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY FOR BILLS TO START MOVING.

SUCH AS THE BONDING BILL.

>> THIS IS WHERE THE STATE COMES TOGETHER TO WORK ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S BONDING BILL FOCUSES ON JOBS, PUBLIC SAFETY, CLEAN WATER, AND FLOOD MITIGATION LIKE $10 MILLION TO HELP REPAIR THE RAPIDDAN DAM HERE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

♪♪ >> THE WORLD SAW THE HORRIFIC IMPACT OF THAT FLOOD AND THE DAM FAILURE, BUT COMING BACK HERE I THINK FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE AND KEVIN AND HIS FAMILY AND ALL THE FOLKS IN THIS AREA, IT'S STILL A STRIKING SIGHT TO LOOK ACROSS THERE, AND THERE'S NO DAM STORE.

>> AS A FARMER YOU LEARN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE FROM YOUR FATHER OR PROBABLY GRANDFATHER THAT WORKING TOGETHER WORKS.

WORKING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, WORKING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, YOU LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THAT WORKING TOGETHER WORKS.

>> REPUBLICANS ARE MOVING AHEAD WITH SESSION, INTRODUCING THEIR TOP THREE BILLS, ALL ADDRESSING FRAUD IN STATE GOVERNMENT.

>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS UNDER THE WALZ ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN RAMPANT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

>> IT'S TIME TO HOLD GOVERNOR WALZ AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

EVERYWHERE I GO IN MY DISTRICT, FOLKS BRING THIS UP TO ME THAT THEY WANT THE WASTE, THE FRAUD, AND THE ABUSE TO STOP.

THEY'RE SICK AND TIRED OF THEIR HARD-EARNED TAX DOLLARS GOING THROUGH THE HANDS OF IRRESPONSIBLE STATE GOVERNMENT.

>> I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BEEN SHOCKING FOR ME TO COME BACK AND THE LAST TWO YEARS AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED IN STATE GOVERNMENT.

THIS DID NOT EXIST.

MINNESOTA WAS A GOOD GOVERNMENT STATE FOR ALL OF ITS HISTORY, UNDER BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS.