Christian science monitor. Our guest today is acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services. This is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast a welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Now, and a pit of background, he was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia. He graduated there from uba, and then earned a law degree and a masters in International Commerce of policy from george mason university. In 2010, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from fairfax county, and in 2009 he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinelli his time is attorney general earned him a reputation is a start is operative which he into a bid for the government ship in 2013. He lost narrowly but remained engaged in politics surfing is head of the Senate Conservative fund sumer back and is an advisor to chris, are less guest last month. And the senator his president ial campaign. In june, President Trump appointed mr. Cuccinelli to
Our stop today in erie, pennsylvania. Us to talk about the 2020 election there is Joseph Morris of mercy hearst university, with the center for applied politics. He serves as their director, as well as the Political Science chair. Good morning to you. Guest good morning. Host can you give us a snapshot of what youre he, pennsylvania of what erie, pennsylvania looked like in 2016, in particular, how it voted for President Trump . Guest yeah, that is an incredibly difficult question to answer, even with good Public Opinion polling. Erie county, of course, has been historically, overwhelmingly democratic in terms of voter registration. In 2016, i think we saw a perfect storm for democrats. Erie countys economy has been suffering for a number of years , and we had a candidate in Hillary Clinton that Many Democrats in erie county had concerns about. That combined with the promises of a renaissance in manufacturing that donald trump made, i think it led to a narrow but, in the end, ultimatel
Think we want to start. You should eat because youre going to be doing a lot of talking. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is ken cuccinelli, acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services, and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, so welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Thank you. Now, a bit of background, mr. Cuccinelli was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated from uva and then earned a law degree and a masters an International Commerce and policy. In 2002, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from Fairfax County and in 2009, he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney earned him a reputation as a staunch conservative, which he parlayed into a bid for the governorship in 2013. He lost narrowly, but has remained engaged in politics, serving as head of the Senate Conservatives
Director of citizenship and Immigration Services talks about criminal deportation of undocumented immigrants. This is hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Okay, are we good . But i think we want to start. You should eat because youre going to be doing a lot of talking. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is ken cuccinelli, acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services, and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, so welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Thank you. Now, a bit of background, mr. Cuccinelli was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated from uva and then earned a law degree and a masters an International Commerce and policy. In 2002, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from Fairfax County and in 2009, he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney earned him a reputation a
Members who sit on the subcommittee and our present will have First Priority to ask questions, followed by members who sit on the full committee and our present. Only after all Committee Members who are present have gone should members who are not of the committee of education and labor ask questions. Opening statements are limited to the chair and the Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself or the purpose of making an opening statement. A mom and a policy maker, i know how important it is to protect the Economic Security of pregnant women and working families. Our current laws are inadequate and many pregnant workers are placed on unpaid forced out of work when they need a simple accommodation to stay on the job during pregnancy. We are holding a legislative hearing on the pregnant workers fairness act, which takes an important step to guarantee that women will get reasonable acco