Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner

Now a look at the state of Pennsylvania. It's one of the most important states in this presidential race. Both of Pennsylvania senators, Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dave McCormick voted in favor of the bill. In this situation, we both agree that shutting our government down is wrong for our commonwealth and for our nation. So we're looking for ways to find common ground. And when we disagree, we we disagree. But, when we can agree, we agree. Our votes are about country over party at this point. Well, we're trying to set a good example because we have lots of disagreements, but we trust each other, we like one another, and we look for ways to work together. I thought the best way to kick this off was to actually give both of you a few moments to just say what's on your mind. And so I think in the rules of parliamentary decorum, Senator Federer, as a senior sitting senator from Pennsylvania, maybe you can start. I'm proud to call Senator McCormick a a good friend, and now things are very more polarized and now I refuse to engage in the kinds of extremism and, you know, we're gonna fight together for Pennsylvania and for our nation right now and we're gonna continue to have conversations like this, you know, whether in Pennsylvania or here across. So, so we, we have to find a better way forward through a lot of the circumstances. Yeah. Dave? Yeah. I think, I mean, one of the the the benefits of being in a place like Pennsylvania is that, the the voters expect us really to find ways to work together. And if you put this moment in perspective, I think it's probably the most consequential moment in all of our lifetimes. And in fact, I think it might be the most consequential moment in humankind, which is which is a big statement. So much change is happening. It's artificial intelligence, of course, but it's it's really how that's affecting everything, life sciences, defense, energy. It's it's a moment of enormous change, and that that change creates a lot of anxiety that lends itself to polarization and extremes. And so if there was ever a time where it's more important to find ways to work together, it's now. And so we've found ways to work together on everything from energy policy to fentanyl, the fentanyl crisis, to antisemitism, in Pennsylvania and across the country, to drone technology. And these are issues that are of such consequence that you can't get there by just being with your team. You have to be able to find common ground, and, we've we've really looked for ways to do that. Yeah. I I I think he could confirm. Pennsylvania keeps you honest now and now I'd like to remind everybody that we are the only two people in our respective cycles that flip seats. You know, that's really you know, both parties want that. They …