Step up the war on drug cartels after gunmen kill 9 americans in an ambush. A top ally of donald trump has altered his testimony in the impeachment inquiry gordon song wins now admits the u. S. President offered a quid pro quo with ukraine to investigate a political rival in newly released transcripts the u. S. Envoy to the European Union acknowledges that American Military aid to ukraine was contingents own investigating joe biden trump is accused of pressing ukrainian president zelinsky in july to launch a probe in surprise an ant to son hunter over corruption allegations transcripts of kurt volker the former special envoy to ukraine. Have also been made public investigators have summoned trumps chief of staff movie but hes unlikely to attend since the white house has told us officials not to comply i did you castro has more now from washington d. C. The transcripts reveal that a key witness has reversed his testimony regarding the question that is at the center of this impeachment i
Hanging in the balance on what we do here on capitol hill and with white house. Three weeks from now i hope to be joining you in the passage with you and your families in your communitys of a major which will strengthen america and give you an opportunity to be part of our future. President , i yield. First, let me tell you how pleased i am to the people of maryland that we are now in the process of ending this government shutdown. Government shutdown does not benefit any and certainly does not benefit the federal workers who live in maryland and workers around the nation. The uncertainty that is a time brings and those that are exempted or have to work without knowing when to get a paycheck from those that are on furlough and dont know whether theyll ever get a projector not it is not in the interest of our federal workforce and certainly not an interest of Government Contractors who depend upon contracts would been on suspension and not in the interest of the a public as it depends o
Are asked to work without knowing when they will get a paycheck. Those that are on furlough dont know whether theyll ever get a paycheck or not. Its not in the interest of our federal workforce. Its certainly not in the interest of federal contractors who depend upon contracts that have been put on suspension. Its not in the interest of the public who depend upon Governmental Services and it ends up costing taxpayers more money. Mr. President , im pleased to see that were on a path to end this shutdown, to get Government Back up and a path forward. I also am pleased that weve at least accelerated by two weeks the deadline for getting a budget done. Many of us have expressed major concern about continuing to operate under a continuing resolution. That makes no sense. We heard from the department of defense that they cannot keep our country safe on continuing resolutions. We know that agencies when they are trying to plan their mission cannot operate on continuing resolutions. For the pu
Mrs. Ernst mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mrs. Ernst mr. President , i rise today to urge Senate Democratic leadership to end their reckless Government Shutdown. Its no secret that over the years ive made clear that i dont like funding our government from one shortsided bandaid bill to another. We must establish a path forward to responsibly fund our government for the long term. Its responsible and right thing to do for our military, for future generations, for our veterans, and for the American People. But rather than finding a longterm funding solution to ensure stability in our military, the Senate Democratic leadership has decided to shut down the government. So what does that mean for our military . Well, for starters, critical defense projects have come to a halt. We can also see delays in maintenance of our critical aircraft, ships, our weapon systems at a time when our adversaries are becoming more aggressive and more advanced. And our Service Memb
Financial times, disheartening. One in five americans are receiving government assistance and now president obama saying lets give out solar panels to the poor just what we need to gre the economy. We havent forgotten about hillary giving the first interview since announcing her campaign. And she blames republicans for everything. Poor hillary there. Varney company is about to begin. All right. Guys, weve got a ton of news for you this morning and we have now breaking news all United Airlines flights are grounded, they say its due to a Technical Glitch. All flights, all airports are grounded, a big problem for travelers. We have a live look at Ohare Airport and thats on your screen now. Thats the giant united hub. If you have to go through there. The big story now liz the big story, there has to be something more to it than to be causing all the flights to be canceled. Charles this is worrisome because a lot of people are worried about Computer Systems worldwide particularly involving