Chairwoman blackburn, what are some of your priorities this year . Oh, we have plenty of priorities. Were looking forward to doing some Good Housekeeping work, if you will, cleaning up at f. C. C. And ntia. Those two agencies also have to go through a reauthorization. F. C. C. Has not been reauthorized since 1990 and ntia since 92. So we are looking forward to moving forward with that. You know, we appropriate in the federal budget every year there are 310 billion dollars that re appropriated over 200 agencies that have not been reauthorized. So thats kind of item number one making certain that we do that. And within that as youre doing reauthorization it is an opportunity to revisit the structure of those agencies. Times have changed since 1990 or 1992. It is time to revisit what those agencies spend their time on. I would say also to make certain that they are focused on their Core Missions and that theyre paying attention to those Core Missions. You know when you go that period of t
Who we are as americans. This is th this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the white house said today it does not believe that the president is under investigation by the f. B. I. The question came up because of President Trumps insistence that his phones were tapped during the campaign on orders from president obama. Mr. Trump has not taken a question from reporters in the five days since he called the wiretapping a fact and called mr. Obama a bad or sick guy. The f. B. I. Has been investigating contacts between the Trump Campaign and russian operatives. U. S. Intelligence has concluded that russia did medal in the president ial election. But one top u. S. Official told us so far there is no evidence of collusion between the russians and the Trump Campaign. F. B. I. Director james comey repudiated mr. Trumps wiretapping charge, and mr. Trumps staff has been struggling to fill his silence. Margaret brennan pressed the question with white house spokesman sean spicer. Is
Replacement bill through two house committees today, trying to outpace mounting criticism. What this bill needs is some extreme vetting. Reporter first the American Medical Association came out against it, then the aarp, which warned, this bill would dramatically increase Health Care Costs for americans aged 50 to 64 in the individual market. That age group would see the largest cuts to Obamacare Tax credits, in some cases by more than 5,000 a year. A the same time, insurers would be allowed to charge them a premium five times larger than younger americans, up from the 3to1 ratio under obamacare. Standard poors estimates those changes plus cuts to medicaid would leave six to ten million americans to lose coverage. Pennsylvania democrat mike doyle. This is a bad joke. No wonder youve been hiding this dog in a cave with an armed guard until monday night. Reporter Republican Leaders argued americans are already losing coverage. Louisianas steve scalise. Families are facing over 10,000 ded
Who we are as americans. This is th this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Wiretapping charge, and mr. Trumps staff has been struggling to fill his silence. Margaret brennan pressed the question with white house spokesman sean spicer. Is the president the target of a counterintelligence investigation . I think thats what we need to find out. The president has made clear he has no interest in russia, and yet a lot of these stories that come out with respect the that are frankly fake. He doesnt mow whether or not. I think thats one of the issues we have asked the senate and house to look into. Are you saying he is the target of a counterintelligence probe . No, no, no. I think what im saying is that there is a difference between that narrative and the narrative that has been perpetuated over and over again. The concern that the president has and why he asked the senate and how Intelligence Committee to look into this is to get to the bottom of what may or may not have occurred d
Today the cia said the latest revelation from the web site wikileaks has jeopardized u. S. Personnel and operations and given u. S. Adversaries the tools to do america harm. Yesterday wikileaks published topsecret cia documents and computer code that describe how the agency can hack into phones, read encrypted messages, and use tvs for eavesdropping. The fbi is investigating who leaked the files. At the white house tonight, President Trump returned to deal making as he tried to persuade conservative leaders to support the republican replacement for obamacare. Nancy cordes tells us that the bill is meeting more opposition an expected. Pushing their obamacare replacement bill through two house committees today, trying to outpace mounting criticism. What this bill needs is some extreme vetting. Reporter first the American Medical Association came out against it, then the aarp, which warned, this bill would dramatically increase Health Care Costs for americans aged 50 to 64 in the individu