Papadopoulos talking about the origins of the counterintelligence investigation into russia and the 2016 president ial election. Later, several senators speak about u. S. Policy in syria and the recent withdrawal of u. S. Troops in the region. Next, House Administration subcommittee takes a look at Voting Rights and election procedures in the u. S. With the legal experts mobility right advocates cancel right leaders among the witnesses. This hearing comes as a new cspan survey shows 55 of americans believe that the federal government should still oversee election and administration in states and localities with histories of voting discrimination. Good morning. The subcommittee on elections and the committee of House Administration will come to order. I would like to think members of the committee as well as our witnesses and those in the audience for being here today. I today. I ask unanimous consent that all members of five educative days to revise and extend their remarks and that an
Ms. Pelosi good afternoon. We just came from a most unsatisfying meeting at the white house. A meeting started with the president saying he didnt invite any of us there, we asked for the meeting. Without going into that. I reported to the president that shortly before the meeting we had a vote in congress, 35460 opposing his actions that we he took in syria. Calling upon the turks to exercise restraint. Asking us to have humanitarian assistance to the kurds, especially the children, as well as, most importantly, asking the president what his plan was to fight isis now that he had disrupted what was going on in syria. He couldnt handle it. E just couldnt handle it. Republicans voted to oppose what he was doing 21. He just kind of engaged in a meltdown. Were trying to get the answer. What is your clear plan that this resolution asks for for how we fight isis. It was very sad. It was very sad. Mr. Hoyer we have obviously a crisis. We had a resolution that said the policy we are pursue, th
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Host nathan bomey is with us. Nathan boehm he is with us. Is this reporter and coauthor and here with us this morning to talk with us about the United Auto Workers strike entering day five. Welcome to washington journal. As the strike continues in detroit, what is the latest on negotiations . They are still prfar apart. The uaw just last night threatened to expand the strike on friday if they dont make serious progress with ford, general motors, insta lantus. And the strike started on friday. They are asking for a wage increase of 36 percent. They have only offered about 20 . The uaw wants traditional pensions, healthcare, and a whole host of other things and the automakers are not willing to budge on those asks so at this point it feels like we could be headed toward an expansion of this strike later this week. This is what has been termed a standup strike. Tell us how this approach is different from previous auto strikes and other strikes in general. The best way to think about it is
I say thats not fair, mr. Jeffries. I would say thats not fair, colleagues. Thats not any indication that i in any way participated in anything wrong and the same with mr. Papadopoulos. He talked about its reported in the paper that he said something about going to russia and dealing with the russians and i pushed back and said you shouldnt do it. So i dont think im its right to accuse me of doing something wrong. I had no participation in any wrongdoing with regard to influence in this campaign improperly. The chair recognizes the gentleman from florida mr. De santos for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Attorney general, you didnt do anything wrong in this testimony. The question was garbled. Thats just not giving you any benefit of the doubt at all to do what these guys are doing to you. I hear what youre saying and you didnt do anything wrong there. I want to talk to you about your recusal from the russian case. You cited cfr 445. 2 saying you were involved with the campaign that trigge