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growing list of bipartisan lawmakers and the family of seniors who died of covid-19 in nursing homes. a letter from a group called voices for seniors saying, quote, it is clear you put your own political reputation and personal profits above the well-being of our most vulnerable family members. the cuomo administration has denied any wrongdoing, same for the democratic administration of gretchen witmer who told local nbc reporter she is proud of how her state handled the pandemic. the ...

landmark relief bill. the house gearing up for a vote on the $2 trillion plan. it could get to the presidents desk as early as tomorrow morning. thats a big deal. as a matter of calendar, it would beat the sunday deadline for renewing programs for the jobless. biden visited a hardware store that will benefit from this kind of support today, and he contrasted this money and the way he is going to deliver it, the new approach here with discredited trump programs where some of the money w...

being overly cautious, particularly when it comes to air travel. were learning about what into the decision by the cdc. joining me now is jeremy diamond at the house with much more on this. what are you learning? >> reporter: well it appears that the cdc did consider the possibility of changing these travel restrictions, but ultimately decided not to do that. two federal health officials telling kaitlan collins that the possibility of changing travel recommendations was discussed but t...

I know called to order for purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the congressional workplace, examining reforms and a crack Congressional Accountability Act. The record will remain open for five legislative days to include materials. Record is present we will proceed i ask for unanimous consent the committee on ethics chairwoman brooks, et never present tuesday appointed to sit and question the Witnesses Today. Without objection so ordered hour by to think theo witnes...

Hour by to think theo witnesses for taking time of a busy schedules to be here. We are appreciative of that. First and foremost, let me reiterate there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society especially in congress. Period. And one case of Sexual Harassment is one case to many. The speaker of the house, paul ryan task of this committee with extensive review and we take that responsibility very seriously to hold ourselves as a higher standard that we are worthy of the trust by the consti...

Week on the process and resources for Congressional Staff to report and recover from Sexual Misconduct on capitol hill. Witnesses included representatives from the equal Employment Opportunity commission in the office of later questions on strengthening federal laws that govern the response to complaints about congress. This is about two hours. Now call to the order for the purposes of todaysay hearing title preventing Sexual Harassment and the Congressional Workplace. Examining reforms to the C...

I now call to order the committee on House Administration or purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the congressional work place on examining the funds to the Congressional Accountability Act. Figuring record will remain open for five legislative days until members submit any they wish to be included. A quorum is present or we may proceed. I ask for unanimous consent that the committee on ethics chairwoman susan brooks, represented Jackie Speier and Bradley Byrne said ...

North charleston. You can see the roads completely covered there and traffic, they are not used to this stuff. It is going very slowly. No, they are not. Theyve closed all kinds of roads, highways and bridges down in charleston. The big question, how much of that snow are we going to see in our area . Doug is tracking the move with us. Hes starting us off from the storm center. Whats the latest, doug . This storm is moving in pretty quickly overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow. By this ti...

They have builtin, you know, warmth. They do, but you know what, its so cold that even the dogs need to have little shoes. Did you see the shoes . I did. Its cute, but theyre probably freezing just like we are. I dont have time to put shoes on my dog. Come on get it done. Anyway, good morning to you on this sunday and thank you for starting your day with us. Im adam tuss. An im meeghagan fitzgerald. Lets get to the weather with tamara because its bonechilling out there. And as we head through th...

Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Friday, the Trump Administration declared war on state legalization of marijuana. As they come out on the wrong side of history and the american public. The Obama Administration recognized that the vast voterdriven movement to legalize mariju...