John sarbanes for being such a tremendous leadership in integrity in government by working this issue for a long ti time. That then became hr1 when the democrats had the majority in congress. He has been one who has seen and heard from the public how concerned they are about the role of big, dark money in politics and how that undermines their confidence that congress can ever act to lower Prescription Drug prices, to protect our environment, the list goes on and on because of that big dark money. And so his role as chair of the Democratic Reform Task force and lead sponsor of hr1 is to be commended for anyone who wants to improve not only our reducing the role of money in politics, but restoring the confidence of the American People and what we do here. I also want to acknowledge the leadership of madam chair, the chair of the House Administration committee. She is a champion, a brilliant legal mind that we call upon in many arena areas here and a champion of securing our elections. W
President or rather the former Vice President joe biden has responded fighting back oh everybody should be clear you should try. To start funding you should be im not going. I. Mean youre not going to be sure nursery i dont care what you are you still. Shear. True joy youre going to meet no 0. Time inching could could focus testimony to the president today kimberly. Well it is particularly damaging if it is made public right now this is a closed door hearing that is taking place on capitol hill and we should point out that the u. S. Special envoy kurt volker was adrian pretty much of an obscure diplomatic figure hardly a household name but now his name has been thrust into the headlines given the fact that he was not only on the orders of the president traveling to ukraine but particularly the timing that he went the day after that july 25th phone call that the u. S. President had with the ukrainian leader what the investigators on capitol hill in the form of the Congress Members are n
6th criminals in an effort to stay in sync with voters. and the house speaker sounding positive as the outline of a debt deal emerges. it looks a lot like a traditional give-and-take. rumblings on the right do raise a question whether speaker mccarthy can make a deal and keep his job. and some new and critical reporting about the special counsel s classified documents investigation. among the revelations in the washington post today trump employees move boxes of papers one day before investigators arrive at mar-a-lago and that trump himself produced a dress rehearsal of moving sensitive materials out of sight. a first for up us, though, ron desantis gets pointed and personal criticizing donald trump on a wide array of issues while trying to sell himself at the same time to trump voters as better than the original. it is an understatement to call this new strategy risky, but the florida governor is all in, issuing a statement this morning with links to 11 different thursday
one. airlines facing a stress test this memorial day weekend. aaa expects air travel to be busier than it s been in nearly 20 years. also, the washington post with quite an exclusive report this morning. workers at mar-a-lago moved boxes a day before the fbi came to pick up classified documents last year. how that etcvidence could determine obstruction. and one of the most powerful republicans in texas is facing possible impeachment by fellow republicans. the gop led committee of state lawmakers wants the attorney general removed. big basketball headline this morning. the boston celtics staying alive with a dominant game five win against the heat in the eastern conference finals, and the lsu women s basketball champs heading to the white house today. this hour of cpr thi cnn this m starts right now. but we begin with your, hopefully, long holiday weekend. memorial day travel. airports are going to be very busy, the busiest in two decades as america bounces back from
Go to cspan. Org to preorder your copy for delivery this spring. A group of republican senators called for full senate trial to take place once the articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas are received by the senate. They held a News Conference that was being recorded that they start a trial would be delayed until next week. This is 50 minutes. By thursday. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. Whether we received the impeachment articles tomorrow or next week, the democrat leader of the senate plans on halting the process to start the impeachment trial. Make no mistake about it, a vote to block the impeachment trial of secretary mayorkas is a vote to keep our borders open. A vote to block the impeachment trial is to tell laken rileys family we dont care in 250,000 americans who lost a loved one to fentanyl poisoning that we dont care. Only takes two democrats to deny tabling this process in order to proceed with an impeachment trial but we dont think that is the case. Th