Will not ask the Citizenship Question on the census, but there is question about how the process came about and secretary ross, why he decided to ask about citizenship. They dont buy his answers and dont think he has provided enough documents. Chair how does the effort host how does the effort fit into the broader effort by House Democrats to investigate the Trump Administration . Matthew it is part of their broader scrutiny of the administration. He has said he is going to fight all these subpoenas, and there is a tug of war going on between democrats and the president on all kinds of things, whether the investigation with special counsel mueller or the census question. Even though the courts have resolved it, kratz want to pursue this contempt proceeding. Host another issue that we will see come up next week, and it came up a bit during the Defense Authorization the bait in the past week, the house is taking up a resolution next week that would block u. S. Arms sales to saudi arabia.
From above. As we celebrate this vote today, we celebrate the lives of people like lou alvarez. Well never forget the heroes james delegate rode a, ray pfeiffer, and loual v. R. E. E. The september 11th Victims Compensation fund act is named to honor these three First Responders who lost their lives to 9 11related illnesses. Today the senate has an opportunity to honor these three and so many others that we have lost who never stopped fighting for 9 11 First Responders and the country they loved by voting yes on this critical legislation. Ive shared with many of my colleagues, i never had the privilege of going to new york city before september 11th, 2001, but i will never forget my first visit after september 11, 2001. It was just a few weeks after the attack had happened. Ill never forget the smell. Ill never forget the smoke coming out of the debris pile. Ill never forget the silent fire trucks with their lights on but no siren as they delivered even more heroes to the Recovery Effo
Talking about. Its right there staring everyone in the face. It could let republicans fire away at the democrats. Protesters in puerto rico tear gassed. South korea firing warning shots at a russian plane violating its air space. And whether the new Prime Minister of the u. K. , Boris Johnson will join President Trump on his foreign policies including iran. A big announcement from mexico. Mexico cut illegal immigration by a big number in just a month and a half. We have that and have more on the news that mexico busted up a massive illegal i am grant smuggling ring that was using Fake Corporate delivery trucks. New bushr pushback threatening tariffs against guatemala for not doing more. A law that Congress Passed under bill clinton backs up the administrations fast track deportations of illegals. Well show you all that. The democrats push to steal thunder from criminal Justice Reform to the big one. The democrats messaging push to undercut the Strong Economy in 17 key battleground stat
Cspan, and the house and senate live online, or you can listen live on our free radio app. We spoke with a reporter about the week ahead. Flatley reports on congress for bloomberg news. The week, lets start with defense secretary nominee, mark asper. Hes being fast tracked to the senate for a vote. Tell us about him and some issues we might hear in debate about his nomination. Daniel sure. Esper is right now secretary of the army. He has held that position since trump came into office, and has been sort of waiting in the wings. When Patrick Shanahan was the presumptive nominee for defense secretary after jim mattis left, he was viewed as somebody who was in the running but did not get the nod. Now he is on the fast track. He had a confirmation hearing this past weekend sailed through that. Got frompushback he senators was from senator elizabeth warren, who pressed him on his work for raytheon. He was a vp in Government Relations their and their top lobbyist on capitol hill, and she ask
Pedestrians in the crosswalk. Today in front of San Francisco city hall, a moment of silence for those pedestrians and bicyclist who have die this had year after being hit on city streets. Lucy morales. Nancy ing. While this chart shows the number of People Killed has dropped over the years, city Officials Say more is needed. We need real enforcement on our streets. The mayor put out a directive which we support to focus on the five most dangerous traffic behaviors and increase citations. Reporter but San Francisco is often criticized for being reactionary yet failing to follow through with enforcement. Heres an example. A few months ago, police were stopping people on 19th avenue caught texting while driving. Today there is no enforcement in that location. Last may citations were given out to uber and lyft drivers who double parked to pick up passengers. If you will go today, theyre no longer there. The driver of the car that hit the two pedestrians was charged with involuntary vehicu