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Impeach attorney general ken paxton held closing arguments before the state senate. Paxton faces 16 charges which include using his office to protect a political donor under fbi investigation. If found guilty he would become the first texas statewide official convicted on impeachment charges and more than 100 years. Mr. President , members of the senate. Over the senate has faithfully carried out its constitutional duty to listen to the evidence. The framers of our constitution have a heavy and solemn responsibility on this chamber. The house did not come here lightly. We discovered unpreceden...

Big focus of the administration, the things that we continue to fight for as we go through this tax policy. Maria we will go through latest stumbling block as they push forward for possible vote today beginning at 11 00 a. M. Stock surge initially in hope of deal yesterday, the dow closed 24,000 First Time Ever with better than 300point rally, look at what is happening right now. Same with s p 500. Nasdaq down almost 1 right now. In europe the major averages are lower across the board, similar upset here. Cac quarante in paris, down better than 1 , dax index down better than a half percent as ...

Can i alert my colleagues that are here to introduce individuals normally we would turn to you and let you do that. But this meeting is has some more controversy than most hearings have so this is the way were going to handle it. Im going to make an Opening Statement, a little longer than usual. Senator feinstein will make a statement thats longer than usual. Then because of the two states that are involved, and for different reasons, but coming to the same conclusion, normally we dont have members speak, but i felt i ought to give the courtesy to both senator kennedy and senator said he wante...

Is crime like in your community. Also send us a tweet or go to facebook. You can also email us. Phone lines are open. Start dialing in. What is crime like in your community . Take a look at some of the most common avenses in this country from offenders in federal prison. Us a take a look at federal offenders in prison. Federal offenders we want to get an idea of what crime is like in your community. U. S. A. Recently had this headline. So we turn to you this morning. Give us your thoughts. Thomas youre in an urban area. Whats crime like in your area . Caller most of the crime that makes the pa...

Standards, those are all in there as part of the budget process. For me, those are significant challenges that certainly the white house has weighed in on but for me the most important thing is, we have reduced our staff level from over 18,000 to 15,000. We did this knowing that epa would need to get leaner but also do its job more effectively. We have done everything we can to get to be a leaner and more effective agency, but you are adding time when state budget is hurting. We do not have the level of protections for clean air, clean water, clean up superfund sites and transforming those bro...