First of all, let me thank you all for joining us this afternoon as the Congressional Black Caucus announces to the country couple of things. One of the things, the Congressional Black Caucus voted overwhelmingly to a pose this continuing resolution to Fund Government we are receiving from the senate. It is not a decision we reached lightly. This congress, the Republican House, the republican senate, and the republican resident has failed this country. The fact that their incompetence prevents them from coming together within their own ranks to pass a longterm spending bill is wreaking havoc on American Families and in countless ways. As we looked at continuing to weeks at a time instead of passing a longterm spending bill from september to fund the government, it is causing problems in our military. And true patriots will do what hurtal mattis said, do not our military by funding government weeks at a time. Today what we will layout for you is how this c. R. Fails American Families. R
The Congressional Black Caucus voted overwhelmingly to oppose this continuing resolution to Fund Government that we are receiving from the senate, and it was not a decision that we reached likely. This congress, the Republican House, the republican senate, and the republican president has failed this country. The fact that their incompetence prevents them from coming together within their own ranks to pass a longterm spending bill is wreaking havoc on American Families and countless families in countless ways. Continuing to run government weeks at a time as opposed passing a longterm spending bills from september to fund the government is causing problems in our military and true patriots will do what general ouris said, to not hurt military by funding government weeks at a time. Today what we are going to lay out for you is how this c. R. Failed American Families. So robin kelly will address how this c. R. Fails to address the Health Care Needs of hearard working American Families. Th
Is the president. Thanks, guys. Reporter is it still too early to talk about gun control . Before the house voted on the threeweek spending bill, members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a News Conference to voice their opposition to the measure. This is 25 minutes. First of all, thank you all for joining us this afternoon as the Congressional Black Caucus announces to the country a couple of things, one of which the Congressional Black Caucus voted overwhelmingly to oppose this continuing resolution to Fund Government that we are receiving from the senate, and it was not a decision that we reached likely. This congress, the Republican House, the republican senate, and the republican president has failed this country. The fact that their incompetence prevents them from coming together within their own ranks to pass a longterm spending bill is wreaking havoc on American Families and countless families in countless ways. Continuing to run government weeks at a time as opposed passi
Failed this country. The fact that their incompetence prevents them from coming together within their own ranks to pass a longterm spending bill, is wreaking havoc on American Families an in countless ways. As we look at continuing to run the government weeks at a time, as a posed to passing a longterm pending bill, from september to fund the government, is causing problems in our military, and troop atrios will do what general mattis said, and that is, to not hurt the military by funding the government weeks at a time there we had today, what we will lay out to you, is how this cr failed American Families. Robin kelly will address how this fails to address Health Care Needs of hardworking American Families. The assistant leader jim clyburn will lay out for you how this bill fails to address the needs of american citizens who have suffered countless natural disasters. He led after the hurricanes to make sure everyone came back. We have not seen any effort from this administration. Hake
Before you make that economic decision that will win the day. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved economicte performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. El promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Orgg Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions i and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbt station from viewers like you. Ns thank you. Woodruff soldiers are in the