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Without objection the amendment is considered as read and the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this reminds me of the movie groundhog day. This is probably the seventh or eighth time ive offered this amendment. I will stick with it till we get her done. Amendment would strike the d. O. D. s responsibility to comply with a misguided requirement out of the 2008 energy 2007 energy bill which prohibits all agencies in the u. S. Government but particularly the department of defense from the purchase of Synthetic Fuels derived from unconvent...

Terrorists, it does not extend to criminals, and it does not extend to the mentally ill. While Wayne Lapierre struck a posture less combative than Previous Press conferences, his views remain questionable, calling for an immediate blanket of security at schools, lapierre dismissed universal background checks, saying criminals would never submit to them. Chairman leahy pressed lapierre on background checks and whether and how the nra head had changed his mind on closing gun show loopholes. Should we have mandatory background checks at gun shows for sales of weapons . If youre a dealer, thats al...

Its wednesday, january 30th, and this is now. Joining me today, new york city deputy mayor howard wilson, katrina vanden heuvel, and New York Times reporter david carr is making his debut. Wayne lapierre is testifying before the Senate Judiciary committee as part of a panel that includes mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. Before testimony began, giffords made a plea for action. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Kelly followed, arguing for restrictions on magazine clips, enhanced Mental Health care, and advanced ba...

Lets bring in trey gowdy, republican from south carolina. I know you have a vote coming up. What was it like where the republicans interrupted almost 100 times for applause of President Trumps speech. Then you had the democrats pretty much sitting on their hands not doing anything. It was very different from the previous six state of the unions or joint addresses. I always sit by tim scott. Tim is getting older so it was hard for him to get up as often as he did. I thought i was at a wedding for part of the night but a the democrats were dressed in white. I thought President Trump, you know, h...

Telling a top zelensky aid that ukraine wouldnt get its military assistance until it committed to the investigations that donald trump wanted. Were also seeing the transcripts from former special envoy to ukraine, kirk volker, who had a different take. He testified that the allegations that the administration had been pressuring ukraine to investigate were, quote, simply not credible. The committees the leading the inquiry are not fazed by the white house continuing to block subpoenas. They requested that acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, appear for a deposition later this week. Nbc news a...