Audio Clips

Pelvic Exam Consent – SB 5282

I was contacted in the fall of 2018 by someone on Twitter who said there was a practice wide spread across the country of performing pelvic exams while women were under anaesthesia without their consent to help train medical students and others. And I thought this sounds so outrageous, surely it cannot be illegal to do it. And we had our team dig into it and in fact it is not prohibited in Washington to perform a pelvic exam on a woman when she is under anesthesia without her consent.

Sen. Marko Liias
2.27.20

This seems like a pretty glaring hole in our patient protections. We want to make sure while the practice, thankfully, is not happening in Washington, that we provide this really important protection.

Sen. Marko Liias
2.27.20

Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET) – SB 6606

I do think we need to provide more payment options to consumers. When you pay your car loan, when you pay your auto insurance, you have options for how to pay those. I think it’s time to give our consumers, our taxpayers those same options to pay quarterly, to pay monthly.

Sen. Marko Liias, Senate Transportation Committee, SB 6606 public testimony (TVW)
2.4.20

I feel like I’m stuck between Sound Transit and Tim Eyman trying to find a pathway that’s reasonable and balances  what my constituents are asking for. They want light rail. They want to get out of this Puget Sound traffic, but they also want a tax system that is fair. And one that they can understand. And one that they can fit into their monthly budgets in their households. That’s what I’ve tried to do here.

Sen. Marko Liias, Senate Transportation Committee, SB 6606 public testimony (TVW)
2.4.20