Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., accused Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, of stalking her car during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The revelation triggered a fiery back-and-forth as Rosen accused Moreno of stalking her and her staff’s cars.
"The car that I drive should be safe. The car that my staff drives — who cares about them? I get a paycheck," Moreno said before Rosen cut him off.
"I object to you stalking my car and my staff to find the VIN numbers to present to this committee," Rosen shot back.
"It’s visible from the outside of the car," Moreno replied.
A TSA worker on the job despite the government shutdown — one of the federal employees Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, invoked in his heated exchange with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
"I’m donating my paychecks," Rosen replied. "The government is shut down, my friend. You are in control of the White House, the House and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-a-Lago for a gold-plated dinner while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering of your people."
The confrontation eventually fizzled after Moreno asked whether it takes 60 votes to pass legislation.
"It takes you listening and coming to the table," Rosen said.
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Rosen later said during the hearing that she does not have a car in Washington, D.C., and that her staff drives her to work. She called Moreno’s move an "overreach" and an invasion of her and her staff’s privacy. She asked him to submit the VINs that he obtained and to explain what he plans to do with them.
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