NYU Langone Health's Dr. Ira Breite discusses the coronavirus pandemic and response, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) discusses police reform legislation, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) discusses police reform and DC statehood efforts.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with freshmen and veteran lawmakers, unveiled a new proposal to lower the cost of health care. The speaker intends to put the bill on the House floor, arguing the legislation is a priority during the coronavirus pandemic. She also criticized Republicans and the White House for filing legal briefs asking the Supreme Court to put an end to the Affordable Care Act. "It was wrong any time. Now, it's beyond stupid. Beyond stupid."
The Senate will vote on whether to proceed to the Republicans' police reform bill, S. 3985, the Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act. 60 votes needed to advance the bill.
President Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda hold a joint press conference from the White House Rose Garden. They talked about U.S.-Poland relations, investments into U.S. energy, the development of 5G technology, NATO, and working towards the development of therapeutics and a vaccine for the coronavirus. When asked about the U.S. withdrawing troops from Germany and sending to Poland, President trump said that the United States will probably be pulling a considerable number of troops from Germany, down to 25,000 troops, because of Germany's "tremendous delinquency" in regards to their financial obligation to NATO. President Duda is the first head of state to visit the White House since the the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The House Judiciary Committee held a Justice Department oversight hearing featuring testimony from current and former department officials. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky told lawmakers there was "heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice" to give Roger Stone, a political ally of President Trump, leniency in his sentencing recommendation. John Elias, a trial attorney in the Justice Department Antitrust Division, also told the committee that Attorney General William Barr ordered numerous antitrust investigations into the cannabis industry, against the recommendations of career staffers, because he did not like the companies' underlying business. Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, who served under President George H.W. Bush, also testified about his concerns with the current leadership of the department. "I am here because I believe that William Barr poses the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of law and to public trust in it," he said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with freshmen and veteran lawmakers, unveiled a new proposal to lower the cost of health care. The speaker intends to put the bill on the House floor, arguing the legislation is a priority during the coronavirus pandemic. She also criticized Republicans and the White House for filing legal briefs asking the Supreme Court to put an end to the Affordable Care Act. "It was wrong any time. Now, it's beyond stupid. Beyond stupid."
The Senate will vote on whether to proceed to the Republicans' police reform bill, S. 3985, the Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act. 60 votes needed to advance the bill.
