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meanwhile we're going to go to senator
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john tester the democrat from the
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beautiful state of montana
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he has been leading a charge in concert
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right now with
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you know senator domanshin
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in opposing president biden's vaccine
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mandate
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push right now for the private sector
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senator very good to have you thanks for
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joining me
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thanks for having me on neil thank you
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your concern with the private sector
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push comes amid
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you know courts now
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sort of
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questioning how far the president can go
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demanding it even federal
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contractors where do you and how do you
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distinguish
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well first of all i mean look i've been
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vaccinated my family's been vaccinated
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my entire staff has been vaccinated i
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believe that people need to go out and
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get vaccinated just as the previous two
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folks have talked about
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but in the end i've heard a lot
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from my businesses in the state of
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montana and and they've told me that you
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know it's put them in a heck of a bind
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and so
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i think they should have some relief on
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the other side there are other
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like the health care folks that need to
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get vaccinated i'm not opposed to that
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at all in fact i think it's the right
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thing to do i think it's common sense
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neil so um where are we going with this
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senator i know it's an up and down
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depending on the headline of the day for
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example how far omicron goes and now uh
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concerns that were raised earlier might
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have been misplaced
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how do you feel about where we are in
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this whole thing
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well look i wish this thing was behind
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us uh i can tell you it's we're still
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seeing uh some economic impacts from
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this and some business impacts uh so i
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wish it was behind us i think that we've
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gotten good news on omicron uh and it's
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in what's going on there
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but but i would just say this uh
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if you're out there and you haven't been
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vaccinated man i don't know about you
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but i hate being sick and i think that
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uh just get the vaccine and it'll keep
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you on your feet and keep you able to be
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able to work in and and
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you know and and not risk potential loss
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of life but it's about moving forward
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getting this behind us and it it may
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always be back in the background at some
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point in time but but ultimately get
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getting vaccine getting the vaccination
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and moving forward and now as we're here
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today getting that that third booster
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shot yeah i know i'm with you on that
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senator having
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been vaccinated that i was a
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breakthrough case of god again i just
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think i'd be a lot worse off if i didn't
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have it
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but your point is well taken i do want
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to get your thoughts on what's happening
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at my neck of the woods senator where
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outgoing mayor bill de blasio is going
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to force the mandate issue
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for all private workers
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by the end of the year now he only has a
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few weeks left in his term but some are
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being saying you're overdoing it do you
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think he's overdoing
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well i haven't looked at uh at mayor de
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blasio's proposal but but i can tell you
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just generally neil i would prefer the
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carrot rather than the stick
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and and i think that we're at the point
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in time and of our economy and the
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recovery and and and things that have to
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get done especially with the bipartisan
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infrastructure bill that we passed that
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we need to pay attention uh to what
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folks are telling us and uh and i can
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tell you uh
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in the state of montana
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folks you're saying business people are
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saying this you know even though
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the owners think it's a good idea to get
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vaccinated they're saying this puts me
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in a bind so the mandate issue
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for the private sector does become
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problematic for for business
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so let me ask you in your state of
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course there's no forcing this issue uh
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you know the governor is in fact trying
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to woo healthcare workers who feel that
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mandates have forced them out of work to
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come to your state where where are you
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on that
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well look i think when it comes to
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healthcare workers they need to be
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vaccinated i if i and i hope it never
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happens i have you end up in the
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hospital and you gotta you we've got a
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shortage of nurses right now a shortage
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of doctors in montana right now i think
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throughout the country and so if we're
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gonna have these folks potentially end
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up getting sick or worse
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uh it's important they get vaccinated
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besides that they're dealing with a
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high-risk population in a lot of cases
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that can't afford to to get this virus
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senator well i have you here in these
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ongoing build back better talks i don't
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know where this thing stands chuck
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schumer we're told senator wants to get
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to a vote before christmas is that
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likely and do you get any sign of
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movement the same fellow you're working
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with on this mandate thing senator joe
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manchin whether he's moved closer to a
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yay
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look i think negotiations go on on all
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fronts but i don't think the timeline is
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what's really important here i think
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it's getting it done so it really helps
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cut costs and reduce taxes for america's
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families i think that's really what's
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important and i think negotiations
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continue on several funds working to get
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this bill to a point where we could
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potentially get it passed before
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christmas but i don't think the timeline
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is what's important i think what's
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important is what is what is in it
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all right we'll watch it very very
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closely uh senator very good seeing you
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thank you neil john tester of montana
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