President Joe Biden s 100th day in office is quickly approaching. Legislative gridlock has forced Biden to turn to executive orders on gun control, but he continues to push Congress to create a comprehensive legislative solution that would last beyond his presidency. With a razor-thin majority for Democrats in the Senate, and no signs of an appetite for bipartisanship from either party, can Congress actually get anything done on gun control, infrastructure, or other priorities?
We speak with Massachusetts Congresswoman and Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark (D-05).
This segment aired on April 12, 2021. Audio will be available soon.
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For our February Badass Woman Issue, we tasked the Massachusetts Congresswoman, and member of The Squad , to put pen to paper and share her story. In the essay, she reveals what drives her and details the importance of serving our country at this critical moment. An excerpt of her inspiring words are available in the magazine, in stores now, and the whole piece appears below.
My mother, Sandy Pressley, was an activist, an advocate, and an organizer. She didn t raise me to ask permission to lead.
Instead of traditional bedtime stories, my mother told me stories of Black liberation and empowerment. She read me the speeches of Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm. She taught me the words to Lift Every Voice and Sing. She made sure I knew that I was powerful.
this might be one of the reasons the president was so fired up yesterday. a federal judge ruled that those institutions with comply with the house request. deutsche bank was the only global bank willing to do business, willing to lend to the trump organization over the last decade. $2 billion over the last decades. despite lots of evidence that donald trump may not have been worthy of those loans. when he took office, he still owed them $300 million. joining us now is a member of the financial services committee, massachusetts congresswoman, ayanna pressley. good to have you here. thank you for joining us. have you had a chance to review any of the documents that have been turned over so far by wells fargo and td bank? not as of yet, but i ll just say, i m very encouraged and grateful since this administration continues to return to stonewall, obstruct, that the courts are treating us
norris, as senator kirsten gillenbrand introduced legislation to try to tackle the problem. when we take these cases outside of the chain of command, we give the victims the basic confidence to know that justice will be had and that there will be accountability and transparency in their case. that s how we will be able to achieve the reforms that we think are needed to insure justice and fairness for every victim. massachusetts congresswoman, nicky tsongas is co-author of two separate bills to deal with the military s pervasive culture of sexual abuse. thank you so much, congresswoman, good to see you again. flad to be with you. how many of these stories do we have to hear before somebody takes charge in the administration and at the pentagon. the president is having a meeting with secretary hagel this afternoon. it does seem as though this has been going on for years and