Department. This was his first appearance with the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration in 2019. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others, as well as the response to nationwide protests, and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for beginning the hearing late. As many of you know, i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the car. But it did cause significant delay. I thank the attorney general and the members for their patience and flexibility, and we will now begin. Before we begin, i want to note that we are joined this morning by the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, leader
Talked to one of the residents in the area this morning who i was asking him when i got here to the know exactly where the statue was because its no longer here and he was shocked because he was like wow i run by here every morning and its no longer here which is really strange to not see it so last week and the leaks weeding up the weeks leading up to this day. Well people in the area and protesters were calling for the removal or loot removal. Of the sir Francis Drake sculpture that was because of the according to them, sir Francis Drakes controversial past and saying that he had ties to slavery. Now hundreds of people last week take to the streets and demonstration asking not only for the removal of a sculpture out here but also they wanted removal from street signs as well as park locations. They even like you mentioned aria got that petition online and thousands of signatures. Well there so again residents waking up this morning to the removal of that sculpture again were going to
And hurdles to overcome. The pandemic galvanized congress into making decisions in the early weeks, but now action is needed to ensure the Health Care System is working. Upton knowsve fred a thing or two about the power of policy and bringing about farreaching change. You very muchhank for joining us again. We have had many discussions about this. Let me just start and ask you, how has your community how is your community doing right now . I was discussing with dr. Fauci, a lot of mixed signals out there. You have a lot of manufacturing workers in your area. You have all generations responding. Give us a snapshot of what you are contending with. Rep. Upton it is a very diverse state. So many different issues. We have our state divided into regions. We had a couple regions take a step backwards in terms of where they are. The coronavirus caseload actually went up threefold in the last couple of days, so we are watching this very closely. I am encouraged about another thing moving forwar
Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee
To learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of and what is missing . That is going to be my focus with the Capital Building here, rotunda, and of course the mall which stretches all the way back , down to the Lincoln Memorial. Building Capitol Building with its great paintings by John Trumbull of the American Revolution and at the opposite end of the mall, the Lincoln Memorial commemorating the civil war and Abraham Lincolns role. Also up at the capital and is another littleknown memorial. There was an oped in the Washington Post a couple days ago about this memorial, the ulysses s. Grant memorial, which is there at the foot of the Capitol Building. It and the Lincoln Memorial were dedicated in 1922, the same year, yet they represent two different approaches to telling the story of america and the civil war. Of