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Now, id like to invite Gleaves Whitney, executive director of the gerald dar ford president ial foundation, to the podium to introduce tonights speaker, gleaves. Thanks i would like to invite executive director of the president ial foundation to the podium to introduce tonight speaker. As joel just said, we are back. Look at this. It is great to have all these people in the auditorium after months of covid. I applaud you for being here. You came for a great program. For many years, almost two decades. But first, i want to welcome our cspan viewing audience. I want to welcome all of you in person. I think we have trustees we have president fords family members, greg ford, nephew of the president. Always glad you are here. Go ahead and applaud. Absolutely. Those of you who have into the skate for know that i have tried every which way possible, humanly possible to introduce bill in any way. One year, in fact, we used his haiku poetry. He is the author of a lot of haiku poetry that ended
The Oversight Committee will reconvene. Were now back in order. The chair recognizes miss crockett for five minutes. The Oversight Committee will reconvene and we are back in order and the chair recognizes ms. Crockett for five minutes. The problem with going this late in the game that there is so much out there that you are all over the place so just rock with me for a bit. I want to get the elephant out of the room and to be clear, both of you provided deposition testimony. In those depositions, neither one of you ever stated that President Joe Biden interfered with your investigations, correct . The transcript doesnt include that. Nor does it include that Merrick Garland interfered with your investigations, correct . The transcript doesnt say that. Thank you. The reason i say that is because it is the insinuation that this committee is trying to make or least one side of this committee is trying to make is that for some reason there was interference. My colleagues continue to make s
Mccarthy is trying to pass a shortterm funding bill many think he will have to reach out to democrats to do that. For democrats 202 7488000 if you want to talk about congress returning in the possible shutdown, for republicans 202 7488001, for independents 202 7488002 and for federal workers you can reach us at 202 7488003 and that social media you can do that at http twitter. Com cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. What to expect when the house comes in you can follow that on our app, mccarthy says he wants to vote on a continuing resolution later this week. But this includes spending cuts thats a nonstarter for the senate. The procedural vote you can expect later today includes a defense bill. This would be a Welcome Development for gop leadership after two failed rule votes. Failed rule votes. They wanted to pass shortterm cr. They will meet later today to talk about the Border Security the Border Security bill. Speaker mccarthy showing frustration with hardliners in his conference. A
Host good morning. It is wednesday, september 20. The senate is in at 10 00 a. M. We are 11 days from a potential Government Shutdown. The password is still unclear after republicans pulled the gap yesterday on a stopgap spending measure because they did not have the votes. Some members of congress are now calling a shutdown inevitable. We want to know what you think on phone lines split up by party. 202 748000 for republicans. 202 7488001 for democrats. And 202 7488002 for independents. A very good wednesday morning to you. Start calling in now. Here are some of the headline stemming from yesterdays action in the house. The shortterm spending bill hits a new hurdle is the headline that the New York Times went with this morning. The house punts a key vote. Republican senators are increasingly alarmed as chaos over house spending bills. We will take you through all the action on the house floor today. The house is in at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. For more on what, we are joined on zoom. Guest