Unfiltered coverage live as it happens, reyears and anytime on cspan. Org. Six 2020 democratic president ial candidates spoke at a forum on labor issues hosted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union in cedar rapids, iowa. The first candidate to speak his former Vice President biden. Ok, i want to introduce our first candidate who will tell us why we should elect him, former senator from the great state of delaware, former Vice President joe biden. [applause] [cheers and applause] mr. Biden ok. Welcome. Mr. Biden thank you. It is good to be home. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. [laughter] mr. Biden no malarkey. I tell you why. First i should thank you. The only reason i a
And happy to be caucusing for her at the iowa caucuses. I believe we all have a responsibility to play someone white house represents me, my daughter and my community. It is time that we get back respect equity and intelligence. [applause] not based on their race or orientation. As kamala said on the debate stage two days ago justices in the balance. Theres so much stake in this election that we must elect someone who will do just that. Kamala is my choice and i want to share my voice for her now and the caucuses and i hope you will too. After donald trump is elected by some my community my friends and my family feel like they no longer have a voice. This was in part by the rhetoric that was happening as well as policies that were put into place to protect us in the first place. I realize we needed a leader with strong and close he is in the face of injustice and she will speak for all the people. Kamala and bodies what is right. She is the candidate who will fight for me and who will
Their timeline is written. The sad part about the timeline, theyve always had it written, they just never had a case or proof so they had to bring professors in. Speaker pelosi spent at least 48 hours and waited until the transcript came forth, america would not have to go through this nightmare. If Speaker Pelosi would have paused an listened to the hearing yesterday, she probably would not have made the decision she made today to try to change her own timeline. Had she listened to the democrat constitutional scholar, jonathan turley, he said there was no bribery. No extortion. No obstruction of justice. No abuse of power. He said this would be the fastest, thinnest, weakest impeachment in u. S. History. This is from the individual who did not vote for the president. This is from the individual who is not a republican. The further they get from their timeline, the further they get away from their own requirements of an impeachment. Even this year of march, the speaker of the house sai
September 2019 but not yet implemented. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized a recess at any time this hearing examines the federal response to youth cigarette use and fda compliance policy. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. September 11 this year the administration released disturbing results and at the vaping epidemic continues to grow to alltime highs. And that they use ecigarettes the trends are alarming for High School Students and to show you two visuals in 201712 percent were vaping and a 2019 almost 20 percent that 135 percent increase among High Schoolers. On your left is another visual which is more disturbing in 2173. 3 percent of middle schoolers were vaping today its almost 11 percent 218 percent rise in vaping among middle schoolers and as a parent of three children the statistics are extremely disturbing the data also shows that flavors are driving youth vaping 72 percent w
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I told the senator, i said i know that eyes and the back of your head. My mother had them. Every damn thing i i did she caught me doing. [laughing] its so great to see it all. What a wonderful, wonderful crowd. Let me begin by just saying the obvious. Every four years democracy begins in iowa. Its not hyperbole. Democracy begins in iowa. You are the one who has the starting gun to do with one to decide and have Significant Impact on who is likely to be the nominee in the democratic party. For that matter, Republican Party when theres not an incumbent president. And it matters a lot. Because of the values you will bring to the process are real. I want to talk a little bit today about values. You know, folks, im running forward, i decided, jill and i decided we are going to run this time for three basic reasons. Most important one was is we have to literally notte figuratively restore the soul of this country. Were in trouble. Were in trouble. [applause]