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You know that, right . Yes, sir. [applause] red flag laws, we refer to them as Risk Protection orders or gun violence restraining orders. They are civil orders, not criminal, wh officers depending upon how the law is written to move quickly and get firearms out of the hands of people who are identified as having risk of and showing violence. Host there is not currently a National Red Flag law. Guest that is correct. 17 states have authorized them under careful circumstances. There is no national law. Host why is there no national law . Guest these procedures require local implementation. They fall within the purview of state law. The federal government could play a role in encouraging them or providing financial incentives to states to implement them. That is under consideration right now. Host thats the effort by senator Lindsey Graham and richard blumenthal. President trump referred to this effort. What do we know about whats going to be in that legislation or proposal they are comin
Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning, you can start calling now. A note to begin on the president s travel schedule, the president going to dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. Daytond to arrive in around 10 30 and he will be joined by melania trump. He will head to el paso, texas around 1 45 local time and expected to depart about 2. 5 hours later. Here is one of the headlines about the president s trip. Shaken cities await trump. Conway,e from kellyanne he goes trying to heal communities. Meeting with those injured and loved ones who survived. One person the president will not be meeting with today is veronica escobar. Her series of tweets from last night explaining why. The white house invited me to join the president and my response was clear. I requested a phone call with him to share what i have heard from many constituents including some who are victims
Today, miss courtney ellwood, the president s nominee to be the next general counsel of the Central Intelligence agency. Courtney, congratulations on your nomination. Id like to recognize your husband john. John, wave your hand there. Thank you. Whos in attendance today and i thank you for the support you give to courtney. Courtney, you served the country with distinction in your Previous Post at the white house in the department of justice and we appreciate your continuing willingness to serve. Our goal in conducting the hearing to enable the committee to consider miss ellwoods qualifications and allow for thoughtful determination by our members. Shes already provided answers to 90 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and hear from miss ellwood in the open session. Courtney comes before the committee with a distinguished legal career. After graduating Yale Law School in 1994, courtney clerked for the u
Id like to call the hearing to order. Id like to welcome our witness today, ms. Courtney elwood, President Trumps nominee to be the next general counsel of the Central Intelligence agency. Courtney, congratulations on your nomination. And id like to recognize your husband john john, waive your hand there. Thank you whos in attendance today, and i thank you for the support you give to courtney. Courtney, youve served the country with distinction in your Previous Post at the white house and the department of justice and we appreciate your continued willingness to serve. Our goal in conducting this hearing is to enable the committee to consider ms. Elwoods qualification and allow for thoughtful deliberation by our members. Shes provided substantive written questions answers to more than 90 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and to hear from ms. Elwood in this open session. Courtney comes in front of the