Dan Newhouse: “I could not agree more that we need to come together... this is way beyond time that we do that here in the Columbia and…”

One of the most shameful acts that I've ever seen on this floor.

Without decorum, without respect, what do we got? What do we have, truly?

This was beyond the pale. It went on and on, disrupting the entire evening so I felt it had to be responded to.

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