The committee on agriculture passed out a bipartisan bill in the last congress and it was never brought before my republican friends. This year the Committee Also passed out a bipartisan bill that was brought to this floor. It could have and should have been passed with a bipartisan vote. Not because i agreed with all of it, but because it was appropriate to have a bill to go to conference with on this important subject. Our republican friends added three amendments which we harmful to clearly those in need in america. As a result, we didnt vote for it, but thats not why it failed, mr. Speaker. It failed because 62 republicans voted against the bill reported out with every republican voting in committee for it. One was mr. Lucas, the chairman of the committee observed, it apparently wasnt good enough for those 62 republicans. Compromise seems very difficult for some people in this house. But i again remind us all it is absolutely essential. It we then passed a farm bill which said, unl
Nina lowey will call barrs handling of muellers report unacceptable, saying it seems to cherry pick to draw the most favorable conclusions possible for the president. Of course, many other democrats making it clear that they are also going to bring up and address reports of discrepancies between what the mueller team concluded, what bill barr concluded. Lots to get in here today. Thank you very much. We will be watching very closely. As you said, the sexiest Appropriations Committee hearing ever. Ever. Ever. Lets bring in Jeffrey Toobin and alex burns and cnn political analyst and m. J. Lee cnn political correspondent. Counselor, bill barr, if you were in congress today, if you were one of the lawmakers on the very sexy Appropriations Committee, what is your first question to him . Did Robert Mueller ask you to decide whether the president committed obstruction of justice and on what basis do you conclude that there was no obstruction of justice since he did the investigation and you d
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Like a soldier trained to watch Bikini Atoll through Rembrandts eyes, Roy Lichtenstein, arguably arts greatest humorist, takes us from the ridiculous to the sublime. As an artist who repeatedly swore that his works were purely abstract, devoid of message, Lichtensteins work may have been full of mantic allusions and meditations over our civilizations fragile future.