May consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Himes madam chair, i rise in support of the amended resolution which demands rovision to the congressional Intelligence Committees of a whistleblower complaint which withheld. D. N. I. Has the law, however, required the submit it to to the committees. This is a serious matter, madam i. C. For whistleblowering, congressional oversight and the rule of law. It, let me ing to express my deep gratitude for he actions of a courageous and anonymous individual in the Intelligence Community. That person wanted to report allegations of serious wrongdoing and did the trickeding by acting in ccordans to proper whistleblower procedures. This will protect National Security. That mechanism, in august, the whistleblower made a complaint to the inspector Intelligence Community. According to the Justice Departments legal opinion complaint, which it today released to the public, the whistleblowers allegations content of a telephone cal
Today, its not just democracy integrity andlection but in the 2020 election. So we have a time horizon of 14 months. I think i can put it very well, what is the scenario, its sort of a butterfly balance on steroids. If we have a postelection and if we have a contested result, and even just a couple of counties, and there is a been a Disinformation Campaign that is exposed that may have skewed the results. But i worry about is i dont know how we quite survived the second election here in this country. A second president ial election that comes into serious question. We come at this from a slightly different angle. We are Free Speech Organization but we also see ourselves as guardians of open discourse and of truth. We are not digital specialists and we are not election specialists we are an organization of writers and journalists and editors and publishers and people who are invested in the quality of our discourse and her ability to get facts from falsehood. All of that, we see is very
Michigans role as a battleground state and how the campaigns are playing out. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, september 26, 2019. Yesterday the white house memo detailing President Trumps july phone call was at the center of impeachment discussion. Today the focus will shift to the whistleblower complaint that launched the story and the move toward impeachment. 9 00 a. M. , the director of National Intelligence will testify before the House Intelligence Committee about the handling of the complaint. We will hear from you, our viewers. Phone lines are open to let us know your thoughts on the whistleblower complaint or the inquiry. Democrats can call at 2027488000. Republicans, it is 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. That number, frederique that number, 2027488002. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On
The committee is moving forward, the Intelligence Committee moving forward. What idea can you give us about the timeline for their investigation . How quickly do they want to move through this . Want to move through this . Guest at least one subpoena has already been issued. Demanding that secretary mike pompeo produce documents and witnesses that could illuminate more about the dealings with ukraine that were on the Conference Call with president trump. What all members were saying last week and into this weekend was that expeditiously was the word used over and over again. It is my sense that lawmakers, weather they have been for impeachment months and months or only came on board the last few days, they do not want this to drag on forever even though some people are talking about the election and what it would mean for that, they see if they make concise, clear actions moving forward consistently, that is the strategy they are hoping to take. There are more subpoenas expected this w
The stoxx 600 are flat. The focus is on trade. I would like to point out eurodollar is the one we are watch out we are watching out for after some pretty concerning news out of germany. That was the employment figures. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, we will talk about the outlook for u. K. Assets. What happens next in the bond market. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Viviana Prime Minister Boris Johnson denies he broke the journalist groped a journalist 20 years ago. The year overshadowing Conservatives Party ifservative parties brexit gets delayed he will not resign. I have undertaken to lead the party at a difficult time. I am going to continue to do that. Have a responsibility to do that. I think it is our job to get brexit done on october 31 but to move the country on. Viviana donald trump is calling for the impeachment inquiry to be questioned. He demands he meets the anonymous whistleblower. U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi telling cbs news she is asking President