Schools, our communities, children and families must be safe. I respectfully ask my colleagues to make this issue of violence a priority and to support our nations leadership as they work through resolving this challenge which should not be difficult. If we compromise and keep focusing on saving lives. Madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the Congressional Black Caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. Ms. Fudge i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participating. We certainly know how difficult this is going to be as we move forward, but im pleased. Thank you so much. I yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. Representative donald payne junior. Pain pain mr. Speaker, let me mr. Payne let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evenings special order on the culture of violence. Coming together to address unv
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Lets go to Geoff Bennett joining us live from the white house. Geoff, tell us about the president s reaction to omarosa. You saw the president during a photo op at his bedminster estate and asked by members of press pool to respond to the Bombshell Allegations by her new book and you saw his response there was to call her a low life. Although we should make clear that she was one of the president s first hires here at the white house. And she had a highpaying and highprofile job following her allegations that the president then a private citizen, but he could be heard on tape using the nword during the making of The Apprentice and let go from her position at the white house when officials learned that she was close to getting her hands on this tape. She then further alleges that the Trump Campaign offered her a 15,000 a month contract to stay quiet about her experiences with
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Budget for next year. So i will be in a better position to answer that question at that point. But i think one of the things we have to look at is this whole question of sequestration. I hope i think were going to have a healthy byrne component in our budget. But under this sequestration issue, were not going to have the ability, the capacity to do all that we want to do with byrne jag. And one of the things thats going to be hit in the Justice Departments budget is our grant making ability. When we look at where cuts have to come and these cuts are not ones where im given any flexibility. These are cuts that are just kind of mandated by statute. Theyre using meat cleaver to say you cant do this and as we look at the legislation, our ability to share funds with our partners to support things that we have supported for years is really going to be impacted. And thats why this sequestration thing has really got to be worked out. Its going to have an impact on Law Enforcement. Were going t
Can to ensure the safety, well being, the future of you, and your families. I want to mention for a moment families. Families are always in a difficult spot. Maybe the most difficult spot. They are dealing with a lot of uncontrollables. Ere doing our job that consumes us. That is good. But the families have a tough time. It is important for you to know that im committed to assuring that every person in the department of Defense Associated with the department of the defense is treated fairly, honestly, equal benefits, everything that each of you do should be dealt with on a fair and equal basis. No discrimination anywhere in any way. I have always lead that america asked role in the world is one that we have had variations of. It is one that should engage the world. We cannot dictate to the world, but we must engage in the world. We must lead with our allies. Allies are important. No nation can do any of this a long. A loan. We need continue building strong relationships no nation can d
People who are on assistance. We have to show respect for that woman who has Cerebral Palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and that we should help. And we need to get those folks to look down at these people, who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government and say at some point, youre on your own. We may end up taking care of those babies, but were not going to take care of you. And weve got to start having that serious discussion. Divide and conquer those on public assistance. This is who the establishment backed because others were too extreme, and while he served as the house speaker, he helped transform North Carolina into one of the most radical legislatures in the nation. Tillis voted for the Voter Suppression law that many consider the worst in the country. It includes a strict voter i. D. Requirement, cut down early voting days, and ended sameday voter registration. He voted to refuse the medicaid expansion, denying coverage