The committee will come to order. Without objection, declaring a recess at any time. Pursuant to Committee Rule five 11, house rule 11, the chair may postpone further proceedings today. One, the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an amendment at which a. Ecorded vote the yays and nays are ordered. Now pursuant to order, i call mr. Chairman, i have a point of order. Rep. Cummings may i finish . May i please finish . Thank you. Now, pursuant to notice, i call up a report containing a contempt resolution related to the 2020 census. Clerk will report the report which has been distributed in advance. Mr. Chairman, i have a point of order. Rep. Cummings the gentleman is not recognized. Well, the point of order actually from the parliamentary standpoint is a privileged motion. So i have a point of order. Rep. Cummings what is your point of order . My point of order is that rule 2f of the Committee Rules have been violated and the chairman has received a letter which would
Their goal was to come up with a deficit reduction plan. The process was under the budget control act, which ultimately passed, they set in motion a system called sequestration. The idea was if these 16 people could not come to an agreement on a way to reduce the deficit, there would be automatic budget cuts put in place. The budget control act as a 10 year duration. It expires after 2021. Right now, if we dont by statute increase the budget levels that are part of the budget control act, we will face cuts in the next fiscal year of about 125 billion. Relatively equally allocated against the defense and nondefense side. We have this cliff you are talking about. There is also the crisis of the debt ceiling which could have catastrophic effects on the financial markets. If congress cant agree to raise that. I want to know, how much of the burden is on democrats to find a solution that can work, a deal with republicans, if it is not an ideal situation. Democrats during the shutdown were a
A new indictment against donald trump could come in the next two days. A grand jury has just arrived at a georgia courthouse, cnn has an exclusive look at texts and emails that could be crucial evidence. The grim Reality Setting in on the island the maui, 96 people have been killed in the fires so far and it still could rise even more as crews are painstakingly making their way through the burn areas. Today six white former Mississippi Police officers are due in court facing several State Charges after being accused of torturing two black men in a racist assault. Im sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. This is cnn news central. So this morning the beginning of what could be a twoday stretch that could bring a new indictment against donald trump for trying to overturn the election. This is the case in georgia that appears this case could ensnare the greatest number of people yet and create some of the most complicated problems for trump if convicted. He would not be able to pa
Plea to a couple misdemeanors. The same prosecutor who took forever to navigate a simple fanth fact pattern, negotiated a plea deal that fell apart with just slightest scrutiny from a federal judge. Folks on the left and the media, which may be redundant will remind you david weiss was appointed by trump. David weiss was supported by the two senators from delaware. I dont Care If Weiss was suggested by martin van buren. I care in a process we can trust, one who gathers facts independent of political pressure, fairly, quickly and most of all, justly. A senate might think the Department Of Justice was trying to drag the Hunter Biden Case Out Beyond November of 2024 and the president ial race. Congress does not have the power to indict. Or to take a matter to court. But congress can investigate and were joined by the chief investigator from the great state of kentucky, House Oversight Committee Chairman mr. James comer. Mr. Chairman, start with hunter biden himself. Do you think if you we
Send back an unconfirmed number of iranian prisoners and unfreeze about 6 billion of frozen iranian oil revenue. Sandra we are learning the details right now. The move comes amid growing tensions over Irans Nuclear program and terrorist activities. Mark meredith has the breaking details. What are we learning about this deal . Sandra, good afternoon to you. News of this broke just in the last 30 minutes or so after a letter was published by a lawyer based here in the United States who was representing three of these five people who are apparently moved to house arrest in iran today after serving time in prison, at least for the last several years. Earliest dating back to 2015. We dont know exactly where these now, i dont want to say freed at this point, but the prisoners put under house arrest have been moved to in iran but the lawyer representing the families say they got direct visual confirmation the people were moved out of a prison and moved into what you have to imagine a more com