It is not a question of if a shutdown will happen, it is how long will it last. Kevin mccarthy could not even deliver a Spending Bill to be rejected by the senate. This afternoon 21 House Republicans voted against a bill he put forward and now will he cut a deal with democrats to get the government up and are notting and risk losing his job or will he make a sacrifice to prevent the Government Shutdown and help federal workers keep their paychecks. And New York City under a State Of Emergency, more than a months worth of rain in a few hours creating a life threatening situation. Plus major arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur 27 years after he was gunned down on the. This afternoon Kevin Mccarthy suffered another embarrassing loss as his caucus failed to pass a bill to keep the government open. Just under 32 hours left for any kind of deal and the reality is bleak. The Senate Already put together a bipartisan deal to try to avoid a shutdown but House Republicans threw cold water
On textile exports. Among the witnesses were former cia and Treasury Department officials. This hearing is just under two hours. Ask to declare a recess at any time. All members will have five days to submit extraneous material to the record. This hearing is entitled a legislate iive proposal to impe north koreas access to finance. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing will examine draft legislation that would impose secoese secondary sancti foreign banks whose business supports the north korean regime whether directly or indirectly. By encompassing all of north koreas Economic Activity these measures would represent the toughest financial sanctions yet directed at pyongyang. This means going after coal as well as north korean laborers abroad. The bill would incentivize greater compliance with u. N. Sanctions by leveraging our vote at Financial Institutions where certain countries with lax enforcement go to seek assistance. This bill puts thos
Hours. Ask to declare a recess at any time. All members will have five days to submit extraneous material to the record. This hearing is entitled a legislate iive proposal to impe north koreas access to finance. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing will examine draft legislation that would impose secoese secondary sancti foreign banks whose business supports the north korean regime whether directly or indirectly. By encompassing all of north koreas Economic Activity these measures would represent the toughest financial sanctions yet directed at pyongyang. This means going after coal as well as north korean laborers abroad. The bill would incentivize greater compliance with u. N. Sanctions by leveraging our vote at Financial Institutions where certain countries with lax enforcement go to seek assistance. This bill puts those countries on notice. This has been informed by the committees ongoing work on north korea as well as the u. N. Panel of
Well call the Sub Committee to order and like to ask that members who are not on the Sub Committee be permed to sit with Sub Committee of todays hearings to ask questions. With that objection that is still ordered i would like to welcome everybody to the hearing today. It is going to focus , obviously, on how we can build the 21st century infrastructure. And a committee that is holding a host of hearings toth gaer idea on what congress can do to achieve this goal and today were going to hear ideas from highways and transit stake holders. Gathering input from stake holders is essential to the process, an that we use to develop Service Transportation policy. And it is valuable in efforts to pass the first longterm highway bilge in a decade and continue to need your assistance with future legislation. Even though with Additional Resources we provided nation Service Transportation system needs additional investment. Enacting longterm solution is a critical component to ensuring that we can
That he is free in saudi arabia rejecting rumors that hes being held against his will harry also pledged his country very soon i dont hold them look her here in the kingdom of saudi arabia. I have complete freedom but i want to look after my family as well i dont want to see my children have the same fight like what happened to us im not talking about months im talking about weeks im only talking about days ill go back to lebanon so hauler is in beirut with reaction to harrys interview. The aim of this interview really is try to convince the majority of the lebanese that he is not a hostage that he is he has the freedom of movement and he is not being dictated to the Saudi Arabians are not dictating to him what to say or what to do but i think he has sort of explained what it will take to resolve this political crisis when he said that i am ready to withdraw my resignation if this Association Policy is respected now lebanon adopted this Association Policy a few years ago this policy so