National Employment Law Project's Laura Huizar discusses several states raising the minimum wage in 2020, and tech entrepreneur Richard Wang discusses the skills gap and re-thinking traditional four-year college degree programs.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell opened the second session of the 116th Congress by commenting on the killing of an Iranian General in Iraq by U.S. forces. He went on to talk about the impeachment process, and decried the process used by the House Democrats, and complained that the House is now infringing on the rights of the Senate to hold the trial as they see fit.
Democratic Leader Schumer used his leader time at the beginning of the second session of the 116th Congress by commenting on the killing of an Iranian general in Iraq by U.S. forces. He goes on to talk about the impeachment process, and again advocates for the Senate to allow for witnesses in the trial of Pres. Trump.
The DC Circuit Court heard an oral argument on whether former White House Counsel Don McGahn must comply with a House subpeona to testify on the Mueller investigation. The court heard from Hashim Mooppan, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Megan Barbero, US House of Representatives Associate Counsel.
The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, talks about NIH projects, federal funding for NIH, & some NIH issues that need resolution.
