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A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is critical to patients and families in my home state of washington and across the country. Today parents are wondering if they will be able to get the health care that their kids need, and communities are wondering if theyll be able to provide it. Thats unacceptable. Congress has to swiftly and fully restore the Childrens Health insurance program, or chip, and funding for other Services Families need, Like Community Health Centers, which have been waiting now more than 100 days for a longterm solution. And they should do so without making deep cuts to successful prevention programs in the ce
The unanimous vote from the House Ethics Committee comes after they initially ordered harold to pay back in september of last year when he said no, one of them notified him of the meeting, the Ethics Committee then agreed to allow harold to present his case. The special prosecutor, on the case, said his guilty plea of six Campaign Violations two years ago was ultimately the key factor in this decision. On october 22, 2014 mr. Harold pled guilty to these offenses. They constituted personal misconduct. Therefore, the use of his Campaign Funds for the purpose of paying his lawyers would be disallowed. I am disappointed. I do not agree with the decision the committee made. But i do very much appreciate the committees finally given us an opportunity to come up and stand estate our side public, our side of the story. Harold will not be able to appeal the House Ethics Committees decision. It will go into the state general fund. His 50 state decision america tour with his stop in South Carolin
Turkey is prepping again for elections on november 1st. The Wilson Center is the host of this event this afternoon, and thatll be live at three here on cspan2. Also coming up shortly on our companion network, cspan, democratic president ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders will be speaking at liberty university, and that will be in lynchburg, virginia, the same place republican senator ted cruz announced his president ial candidacy. Senator sanders will be speaking at the con convocation, thatll start at 10 30 eastern. Youll be able to see it live on cspan, and following that we will open our phone lines to get your calls and reaction. Also coming up tonight at 8 30 weve got a hearing examining the security of the u. S. mexico border with officials from the state department and Border Control agencies. Heres a quick preview. To increase security, rule of law and justice in mexico is going to be a longterm battle. I think that we have, we can see what has happened in colombia and the ty
Good morning, it is a rather grey, cloudy weekend ahead of us but at least it is a little more mild than of late. I will have all the details coming up shortly. Its saturday 28 november. Our top story just days before Englands National lockdown ends, mps are being told that hospitals could be overwhelmed if they dont back new restrictions. The lockdown comes to an End Next Week to re replaced by the return of three tiers on wednesday. That he are tougher than when they were first in place and they are being opposed by some conservative backbenchers. But writing in the times newspaper, Cabinet Office minister michael gove said that politicians need to take responsibility for difficult decisions. Heres our Political Correspondent, Jonathan Blake. Preparing for life after lockdown, under much tighter measures than before. Kent will be one of the places in tia three of the new system which many conservative mps argue is unfair. Why is it that we went into lockdown a few weeks ago in tier o