the entire senate will be in a vote-a-rama. the next phase of passing key legislation called the inflation reduction act. if it is passed, it is a big win for the american people, addressing not just inflation, but climate change and drug prices. also, this hour, republicans and the conspiracy theory contest at cpac in texas. it s another sign the gop is no longer the party of reagan. a new face off in florida, an elected prosecutor stands up to ron desantis s extreme agenda targeting reproductive care and more. that prosecutor now suspended is here. and later, truth prevailed against alex jones war on truth. shock jock forced to pay the price for lies about the sandy hook massacre. but, will it stop him? this is american voices. we begin this eke with a potentially historic week in washington, as senate democrats push for deliver on keeps is that the biden agenda. a live look at the senate floor right now, as senators debate the inflation reduction act, also called the ira.
against alex jones war on truth. shock jock forced to pay the price for lies about the sandy hook massacre. but, will it stop him? this is american voices. potentially historic week in washington we begin this week with a potentially historic week in washington, democrats push for it to push for a donkey pieces on the biden agenda. a live look at the senate floor right now. senators debate the inflation reduction act, also called the ira. this is no small task. opposition from republicans, senate democrats have to stick together to pass the bold piece of legislation in an evenly split 50/50 senate. legislation, as it stands right now would lower prescription drug costs, collect taxes from corporations and reduce the deficit. then this the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. this investment in america s future comes fresh off a red hot job report, defying signs our nation s economy, and economic recovery is losing steam. u.s. cre
thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone, i am alicia menendez, welcome to american voices. we begin saturday with a one of post roe america. this disproportionately affects women of color and is a direct attack on the socioeconomic groups that are disparaged already. it is disheartening. as time goes on, it is just sad to watch our country devolve. i am shocked and amazed that we are taking somebody steps backwards right now. i am in fear for every woman in this country. protests coast to coast, the anger, the outrage fueled by friday s decision by the conservative majority supreme court, overturning roe v. wade, andy nearly 50 years of legal precedent, putting states in charge of reproductive rights. while this is news we all saw coming in that leaked draft opinion a few weeks back, the reality is that it is so sobering. laws banning abortions is already a valve-ing. at least 26 states across the south and midwest have trigger laws that will soon take
Spectrum, liz cheney on the right, joe biden, are warning on a near daily basis an increasingly dire terms that our very democracy is in trouble right now. I dont understand why one partys careen threatens to derail the entire american experiment, the entire republic. Can actually just look no further than what happened last night. Nikki haleys dorsment of donald trump is part of what has become a time honored tradition of Todays Republican Party in the trump era. Prominent republicans whose closely held private views about the expresident may not actually be that different from mine or that of any trump critic or any democrat. And taking all sorts of very public abuse and scorn from donald trump, including attacks on their spouses. Despite all that, despite everything he said about their families and everything they have said about him in return, they turn around and offer him their endorse the. Ted cruzs capitulation before the 2016 election after trump attacked his wife. Cruz said t
Security and terrorism. She talked of the Hudson Institute in washington d. C. Earlier this week about how the department is adapting as the debts against the nation change. Her remarks are almost one hour. Good afternoon and welcome to Hudson Institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom and prosperity through strong and engaged Us International leadership. I want to welcome both of our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important threats, potential threats in the United States is out of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attacked the other day in new york which just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrace had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team and his august 24 speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we mu