Elderly people the right to end their lives even if they are not suffering from any medical condition. And the u. S. Accuses china of sponsoring hackers to spy on American Companies working on a vaccine for covert 1000. Those are your headlines at this hour now a look at the legal scene on americas lawyer with mike. And tony on this is americas war your last week in New York Times opinion columnist a very wise resigned from the paper and accused him of suffering from a severe case of being too politically correct she also alleged that employees of the paper were harassing her some are celebrating wises a hero others are expressing serious skepticism about a plane were going to dive into that topic and see what makes sense also in over a dozen lawsuits are merging against education secretary betsy devos again for helping her nonprofit universities prey on students pocketbooks and then later in the show theres been a Fatal Shooting targeting the family of a district judge overseeing the
A district judge overseeing the case of do its banks involvement with the late jeffrey upstream dont go anywhere americans lawyer starts right in. New york times opinion columnist barry was cause a big stir last week when she suddenly resigned from the paper and accused him of being too to function as you want me to talk about this topic is fair and cousins editor the trial over magazine you know i can tell you something im on her side. Its just this this is becoming so disturbing i describe i describe the New York Times right now is a scene out of home alone the kids are in charge experience editors and journalists are shamed theyre there harassed if they really try to be journalists now shes got some other issues that this woman was right that what she wrote about this paper is absolutely you know. Weiss says that the opinion bored little to woke for and she did accuse of do they got this young way of thinking but if you look at the New York Times Editorial Board for just the editori
Wisconsin, the house is coming in. Thank you so much. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 16, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The house prepares to recess for a week of constituent visitation and in home districts. As the nation anticipates the Martin Luther king long weekend. As we remember the heroic struggle of the civil rights movement, the badges and incidents of slavery from continued through policies still operative today, though recently being addressed through efforts at criminal Justice Reform and sentencing reform. The pains of racism,
Note a quorum is present. We we will hear testimony from e department of education implementation of borrowed eventual. Pursuant to commingle 7c statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. I want to thank secretary devos of being with us today and thank her for a green to hold enough time in the schedule all of the members present to have amendments confinements of questions pursuant to house rules. Especially thankful because this cheer im exercise my prerogative to go last in question order so it she were to leave early i wouldnt get to ask questions. I want to thank you for agreeing to stay with us for the fulltime. I recognize myself enough for the purpose of making an opening statement. We are here to examine the department of educations implementation of the borrower defense rule. I want to thank you, madam secretary, for appearing before the committee to discuss this important issue. Borrower defense is a rule grounded in basic fairness. Student borrowers who are def
To Committee Rule 7c, Opening Statements are limited to chair and Ranking Members. This allows us to hear from witnesses sooner and provides all members time to ask questions. Id like to thank secretary betsy devos and thank her to hold enough time to allow all of the members present and have five minutes of questions pursuant to house rules. I am especially thankful pause in this chair i am exercising my prerogative to go last in the question order. So if she were to leave early, i wouldnt get to answer questions. I thank you for agreeing to stay with us the full time. I recognize the opening statement. We are here to examine the department of educations implementation of the baar defense rule. I want to thank you, madam secretary, to discuss this important issue. The bar defense rule is grounded in basic fairness. Students face severe financial and emotional consequences and it is, therefore, cruel and counterproductive for the federal government to compound their misfortune by colle