The House is scheduled to work on a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Export-Import Bank's charter for 10 years (through Sept. 30, 2029) and rename the agency to the United States Export Finance Agency.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds a news conference one day after the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
The House is scheduled to work on a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Export-Import Bank's charter for 10 years (through Sept. 30, 2029) and rename the agency to the United States Export Finance Agency.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. At her weekly news conference, she argued the witnesses, Diplomats Bill Taylor and George Kent, laid out evidence that showed the president committed bribery by allegedly asking the Ukraine president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic candidate, in exchange for military aid.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended President Trump one day after the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into the president. The minority leader said the president did not take any action that is impeachable. He also accused House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), who is leading the inquiry, of repeatedly lying and unfit to serve as the point person on the inquiry.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, announced his candidacy to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee via a video recorded in Boston. In his announcement, Mr. Patrick recounted his life growing up on Chicago's South Side and eventually becoming the Massachusetts governor. His announcement was released hours before he traveled to New Hampshire to file the official paperwork needed to be on New Hampshire's 2020 primary ballot.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, filed the paperwork needed to be a 2020 presidential candidate on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary ballot. He was greeted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State, who explained some of the history behind the process, and then Mr. Patrick signed his paperwork and submitted the necessary $1,000 filing fee.
Democratic Senators Chris Murphy, Patty Murray and Richard Blumenthal called on Senate lawmakers to agree to House-passed gun background check legislation. Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith objected.
Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, held a press briefing at the White House on migration at the southern border. He discussed the latest stats for the southwest border, the interception of drugs, land acquisition and the construction of the border wall.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on how some states are restricting reproductive rights and reproductive health care services. Witnesses for the majority talked about reproductive health care being a right that should be afforded to all, how restrictions and barriers placed on reproductive health care negatively impact low income women and women of color at far greater rates than Caucasian women, and that abortion decisions are personal decisions for the individual that government should not be making. For the minority, it was argued that abortion is morally wrong, that the pro-choice movement refuses to see a fetus as a human being, and that abortion should not be viewed as the only alternative when making reproductive health care decisions.
President Trump held a campaign rally in Bossier City, Louisiana, two days before the state's runoff election for governor. He offered his support for the Republican candidate, businessman Eddie Rispone (R), who is running against the incumbent, Gov. John Bel Edwards (D). The president talked about the impeachment inquiry, calling it "deranged." He also spoke about the economy, the military, and the border wall. Joining the president on stage for brief remarks were Eddie Rispone, Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Kennedy (R-LA), and Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA).
Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, held a press briefing at the White House on migration at the southern border. He discussed the latest stats for the southwest border, the interception of drugs, land acquisition and the construction of the border wall.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, announced his candidacy to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee via a video recorded in Boston. In his announcement, Mr. Patrick recounted his life growing up on Chicago's South Side and eventually becoming the Massachusetts governor. His announcement was released hours before he traveled to New Hampshire to file the official paperwork needed to be on New Hampshire's 2020 primary ballot.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, filed the paperwork needed to be a 2020 presidential candidate on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary ballot. He was greeted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State, who explained some of the history behind the process, and then Mr. Patrick signed his paperwork and submitted the necessary $1,000 filing fee.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on how some states are restricting reproductive rights and reproductive health care services. Witnesses for the majority talked about reproductive health care being a right that should be afforded to all, how restrictions and barriers placed on reproductive health care negatively impact low income women and women of color at far greater rates than Caucasian women, and that abortion decisions are personal decisions for the individual that government should not be making. For the minority, it was argued that abortion is morally wrong, that the pro-choice movement refuses to see a fetus as a human being, and that abortion should not be viewed as the only alternative when making reproductive health care decisions.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. At her weekly news conference, she argued the witnesses, Diplomats Bill Taylor and George Kent, laid out evidence that showed the president committed bribery by allegedly asking the Ukraine president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic candidate, in exchange for military aid.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended President Trump one day after the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into the president. The minority leader said the president did not take any action that is impeachable. He also accused House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), who is leading the inquiry, of repeatedly lying and unfit to serve as the point person on the inquiry.
