Congressman Jake Auchincloss discusses the role of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
news generations committee actively considering suspending multiple criminal referrals to the doj ahead of monday s vote. nbc news is weighing whether to make criminal three criminal referrals for the former president no formal decision ever made yet. those potential charges, inciting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy. joining me now is massachusetts congressman, seth moulton. a democratic member of the house budget armed services, and transportation and infrastructure committees. congressman, it is always a pleasure to get you on the show. so, the first question, should that committee make these criminal referrals and how significant a message would that send? when it is good to see you too, alex. i think that this is remarkably simple. this is about, nobody in america being above the law. and, i think that anyone who watched the january six
In her now celebrated exchange with Alabama’s Solicitor General, our newest Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, eviscerated his argument that our Constitution is and should be “colorblind.”
and said quote words simply fail. i agree, senator. words fail in exactly the same way all attempts to protect americans from gun violence failed whenever you re in the room. for more on this, i m joined now by massachusetts congressman. congressman thank you so much for making time for us tonight. first, it s the first time you and i have spoken since president biden gave his primetime address. i just want to get your reaction to that speech, and on the need for gun control, and what impact has it made on the debate over gun control since he delivered it? president biden was one of the architects of the federal assault weapons ban in 1994. he knows what common sense gun safety legislation looks like. but he also understands, i think, what congress has become in the interim. and what the gop and the senate has become under mitch mcconnell. he s 100% beholden to the nra. i have no confidence that mitch