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News and opinion website. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington is next. Ist good morning, it monday, september 23, 2019. Scrutiny over President Trumps reactions to ukraine have led for renewed calls for impeachment. Also acknowledged yesterday that joe biden came up in that july call. This morning on the washington journal, we are getting your reaction to this story as phone lines are split as usual by political party. ...

Legislative day. We will bring you there now to the house floor. Gaveltogavel coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. It the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 18, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Josh Gottheimer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pursuant to the order of the house of januar...

Been on revenue especially since it is the most difficult thing we have had to do. And people are using other methods to bring us into the 21t century on transportation. So we are looking at some of those questions and the nuances of federal polling policy on congestion pricing and Technology Solutions to address congestion. So while congress. But to negatively attack never before but not to mention the quality of the air that we breathe and the failure to deal with climate change. This was not ...

Opening statement. Todays hearing of on current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution, civil rights and Civil Liberties over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the requirement of section 5 of the Voting Rights act. To consider other ways to strengthen that civil rights statue. Im not sure why we say reinvigoration. That seems to be one of the words we tossed around. Section 4 was cut out so we need to...

The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing on hong kongs summer of discontent. The commission heard compelling testimony from pro democracy advocates including martin lee who expressed concerns about the extradition bill moving towards becoming law at that it time. That would have put anyone in hong kong including u. S. Citizens at risk of extradition to Mainland China. Over the last 16 weeks, millions of people from all waux waus of life in hong kong have taken...

This hearing will come to order. Today we are joined by the leading voices within the administration on reforming and strengthening our Housing Finance system. The secretary of the treasury and secretary of housing and urban development, both of whom have submitted reform proposals to the president , as well as the director of the federal Housing Finance agency who serves as the regulator conservator of freddie mae and fanny fannie mae and freddie mac. It marks 11 years since the government bail...

We will come to order, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation. And the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policies. There have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have be...

[inaudible conversations] ask unanimous consent the chairs authorized to declare a re safe one this recess. And also the members if youre not on the subcommittee and then you can ask questions without objection so ordered. Welcome our witnesses in particular to todays hearing as we are looking at the need to reauthorize not the cities and localities the focus has been on revenue especially since it is the most difficult thing we have had to do. And people are using other methods to bring us into...

To sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing. And i asked questions without objections so order. I want to welcome or witnesses in particular. But all of you todays hearing, as we are faster galloping towards the need to reauthorize the fast act and our citizen localities are looking to us to see what were going to do. This morning i met with a group here in the congress. The focus has been on revenue and why not . Especially since this has been the most difficult for weve had to do. But the i...

Us comments todays hearing without objected ncis or order. I ask anonymous that members one of the may be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing. And i asked questions without objections so order. I want to welcome or witnesses in particular. But all of you todays hearing, as we are faster galloping towards the need to reauthorize the fast act and our citizen localities are looking to us to see what were going to do. This morning i met with a group here in the congress. The foc...