taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
many of those lies are well documented. we know that mr. santos hide about his education, both graduate and post graduate. claiming that he attended universities where he was never enrolled. claiming that he obtained degrees that he did not earn. we know that mr. santos lied about his employment when he claimed that he worked for two prestigious financial institutions, citi group and goldman sachs. we know that mr. santos lied about his religious faith, when he said he was jewish, and when called out meant to say that he was jew-ish. and we know he lied when he said four employees killed in a mass shooting in florida. mr. speaker, while troubling, those lies did not justify his removal from this body. but these and other misleading statements reflect directly on mr. santos s credibility. in may, mr. speaker. george santos said that he looked forward to seeing the ethics process play out. and that if the committee finds reason to remove them, then that is the process. today, m
Into your trap. That will take questions. So lets get into it. We kinda take it as an article of faith of bipartisanship and good. Pulling says we want people to work across the aisle. But when we get into the nittygritty its not always the case even if it has a positive, tatian. The democrats dont want to give victories could sits too close to an election year. And then nobody wants to help each other. So can this happen, and is there any point for bipartisanship . Bipartisanship means when he passed legislation it will stand the test of time. When one party passes without the support of the other party the other party when their power begins to try to unwind it. If you can get 70 or 80 success, you have a piece of legislation that will stand the test of time. For what its worth the Foreign Relations committee, we never start a process unless its a bipartisan way. In the Intel Committee is the same way. I agree. Its more important, if theres one thing ive learned we both have careers
We are going to get started. We do have a quorum. Thanks to everyone for taking a break and coming back with us. We are going to continue as we have spent the morning going through the next section, which is party reform. Party reform is a big section and obviously covers a lot of topics, so i would like to highlight the key areas. And then we are going to be voting and amending, amending and then voting each section. So instead of going through everything, we will go through section by section and make amendments and vote. The key elements that we will be focusing on this afternoon, are recommendations that are focused in the following areas, the first is making the party more competitive in all regions of the country, the second is supporting and growing state parties and increasing grassroots participation. The third is operating in a manner that is open and transparent. And ourth is strengthening inclusive participatory culture at the d. N. C. Fifth, building on the great diverse q
Topics. Id like to highlight the key areas were focused on. And then we are going to be voting and amending. Amending and then voting each section. So there will be instead of going through party reform, section by section, make amendments and then discuss and vote. The key elements on party reform that were going to be focusing on this afternoon are recommendations that are focused in the following areas. The first is making the party more competitive in all regions of the country. The second is supporting and growing state parties and inning creasing grassroots participation. The third is operating in a manner that is open and transparent. The fourth is strengthening an inclusive anticipatory culture at the dnc. The fifth, building on the great diversity of our party. The sixth, connecting our values and our actions and the 7th promoting and protecting the vote. So for each of those sections that i just highlighted, we will stay focused in those sections of Commission Members as we g