Washington journal continues. At the table this morning is kevin kuhlman, he is the Vice President for federal government relations. Thanks for being here, it is National Small business week. Describe what it is like right now for Small Businesses postpandemic. Guest thanks for having me today, happy Small Business week to the more than 33 million Small Businesses, it is the nations leading Small Business efficacy organization, we advocate on behalf of nearly 300,000 Small Business owner members in all 50 state capitals in washington dc, the guiding principle, our Mission Statement is to promote and protect the right of Small Business owner members to own, operate and grow their business to promote and to protect the right of our Small Business members to own and operate their businesses. Its great to be here this Small Business week. Small businesses do face and under certain future and has some economic challenges still, coming out of the pandemic. Inflation and workforce shortages w
Humanitarian aid. This is something he has been actively engaged on over the past week, including calls with president sisi of egypt and meetings and calls with Prime Minister netanyahu. We are glad to see the first convoys of humanitarian assistance over the weekend across the border into gaza and reach palestinians in a neat. And we are grateful for partners involved in these efforts. It is important to keep rafah crossings in operation and aid flowing without diversion from hamas. Humanitarian assistance remain a critical and urgent need for palestinians in gaza. We know, and we understand this, that much more is needed, and this will remain a priority for us in the days and weeks ahead. I also wanted to say a few words about the supplemental request that we detailed to all of you on friday. Under President Bidens leadership, we have rallied a Global Response to putins invasion of ukraine and provided aid following hamass barbaric tourist attack terrorist attack. We now need to cong
Request for support israel and ukraine. He argued u. S. National security interests require it and failure would reward terrorists and dictators and embolden them to continue their assault on democracy. What do you think . Do you support new aid to and ukraine . Do you support one and not the other . We are taking your calls this first hour. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post on social media or on facebook. Com cspan and instagram. Welcome to visit today welcome to todays washington journal. This is the New York Times commit with the headline, israel launches intense strikes on gaza as u. S. Backeds delaying invasion. The article says israel set on monday it had struck hundreds of targets in the gaza strip and attacked hezbollah positions in lebanon as President Biden led in an International Diplomatic effort. In a joint statement sunday, mr. Biden and the leaders of britain, canada, france, germany, and italy urged israel to prote
There are nine people running. What strikes you about that list . Guest its very large. We never seen anything like this. The last round was Steve Scalise versus jim jordan. Steve scalise came out on top and bowed out and jim jordan tried to get the full speakership and didnt get it. This will whittle down quickly. On tuesday, the loser of each round gets pulled. This is a very large list. Host are you surprised so many people want the job . Guest thats right, its become a tough job and some say its the worst job in washington. Can buck said he would support a candidate because he did like him. Host there is a form tonight at 6 30 p. M. So what happens there . Guest it will be a closeddoor meeting in each member will introduce themselves or two minutes and it will be a q session and closinga remarks and they will lay out their questions before the conference like handling israel and ukraine ate and how you will and void how you will avoid the Government Shutdown and how you will pass t
Vice presidency. He observed Vice President will 10 years of our gorka a dick cheney, mike pence and kamala harris. Exploring the american story, watch American History tv on cspan2 and find a schedule of your Program Guide or watch online on cspan. Org history. While testifying on capitol hill, the head of the Drug Enforcement administration discussed efforts to bring fentanyl traffickers to justice including ongoing investigations and charges against drug cartels and chinese Chemical Companies, she also gave examples of how smart phones had changed the nature of Drug Trafficking and outline President Bidens 2025 budget request for the dea. The House Appropriations Committee Hearing runs two hours. In order, good morning, everyone. Without objection, declare recess at any time. Administrator, we want to welcome you to the subcommittee today to testify regarding the Drug Enforcement administrations fiscal year 2025 budget request. On a personal note i want to thank you for your attenda