Association is attempting to coordinate the recall of a state legislator who is being punished as he goes for passing gun restriction legislation in his state. Democrat john morse spent 7 years as a state senator in colorado shortly after his appointment as president of the senate in 2013 he successfully proposed new legislation to restrict the sale of assault weapons the n. R. A. Retaliated by launching an initiative to force morse and other legislators out of office via a recall vote. In december of that same 2012 newtown happened and we had. Nearly 2 dozen People Killed there most of them 6 and 7 year old children so our sessions. In january and i knew that we needed to do something about gun violence in colorado since much of that violence that occurred here in colorado so by that time the n. R. A. Had gin up support for its position and so one of the days when we heard these bills in the senate they surrounded the capitol with about 20 cars that just drove around the block from ab
Advantage, we hope the republican majority on the Homeland Security committee has not become a sympathetic audience and a potential Entrance Point to foreign influenced campaigns wittingly or unwittingly. What a disastrous and disgraceful fate of affairs. The senate should pass this resolution today. I yield the floor to my colleague from oregon. Wyden wyden mr. President. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for oregon. Mr. Wyden mr. President , i rise in support for this resolution, the democratic leader. We are calling for an end to a horribl horribly flawed investigation, attempts to poison it with disinformation and to sew distrust are an established matter of fact. And it is especially troubling because for periods over the last year, two Senate Committees have conducted an investigation involving the ukraine, former Vice President biden and his son hunter. Homeland security and Government Affairs committee, led by our colleague from wisconsin, chairman john
On the rise here in berlin and officials announce new curfews and restrictions on gatherings. Also on the program a legendary guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer. He cofounded a van halen which became a one of the worlds a top selling bands with Eddie Van Halen it considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin here in berlin where belarus is exiled Opposition Leader has been holding talks with the german political leaders including chancellor Angela Merkel scotland and chicken is calling for european help to force new elections in belarus followed. A disputed poll in august since then and the country has been gripped by mass opposition protests and the violence a government crackdown now to cannot scale once germany to take a leading role in ending the unrest. This meeting at the german chancellor and berlin is crucial for us from atlanta to. She has High Expectations of angle
Good morning. The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First i would like to go through a few administrative matters that weve adopted because of covid. Weve consulted with the attending physician and the department of health and human services, centers for disease control. Individuals in the hearing room are six feet apart. Theres no room for the public in person. The press is covering as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by video conference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. So, thats why my mask is off. When im not back here, im wearing my mask in the hall. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sergeant at arms, the press gallery, the arkt te
Negotiations in geneva. Medical workers in iraq to manage better pay and protective gear as hospital struggle to cope with the rising number of coronavirus cases. With crunch spreads it talks resuming this week the u. K. Warns the e. U. We wont blink 1st. Im really wellings with the sports news this formula one celebrates a new were now at the italian called pretty ghastly is the 1st french ones to win a race in 24 years as championship lead in there was hamilton is made to pay for a mistake in the pits. But the Russian Security forces have detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital minsk president Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly issued threats of violence. Islands against the demonstrators who are defying those warnings smith has the latest for us from neighboring. I. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of ments. The ministry of interior and valorous has warned them that demonstrations are